Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Peace Church (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Peace Church. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Peace Church is located in Cumberland County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cumberland County: Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry & York.
Below are the counties that are near Peace Church. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peace Church:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Peace Church)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- Shiremanstown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Sporting Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Camp Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lower Allen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Good Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Lemoyne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Cumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Fairview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Wormleysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allenview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Mechanicsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trindle Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Enola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- Latimore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- Lake Meade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- York Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Idaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- East Berlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gardners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Heidlersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Aspers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Bendersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Paxtang
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Steelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Edgemont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Penbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Lucknow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lucknow is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow
- Progress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Lawnton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Fort Hunter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Bloomburg Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg Village
- Dauphin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Colonial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Park is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Park
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- Seven Stars
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Locust Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Thompsontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Knousetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Mexico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Old Port
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- Falmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Aberdeen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elizabethtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Rheems
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Milton Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Maytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Florin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Mastersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Marietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Joy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elstonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- Campbelltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Syner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Lawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Colebrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Annville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fontana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Mount Gretna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Mount Gretna Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Timber Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Cleona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Green Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Point is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
- Northumberland County
- Malta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Malta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- Marysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Perdix
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Duncannon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Glen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Mecks Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- New Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Falling Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Bailey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Blain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alinda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Landisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- McKees Half Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls
- Hoffer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hoffer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rudytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
- New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Andersontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Siddonsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Siddonsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg
- Nauvoo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nauvoo is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Marsh Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Lewisberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Redland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Dillsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Quaker Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Erney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
- Valley Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Alpine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peace Church, see our County-by-County Page for Peace Church.
Cemeteries Near Peace Church ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peace Church.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Peace Church - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peace Church covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rolling Green Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Poplar Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- War of 1812 Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lantz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairview Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roof Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola Cemetery
- The Enola Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brick Church Cemetery
- Zion Evangelical Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2206443 <2>
- Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Harrisburg.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1921632 <2>
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Peace Church in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peace Church.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peace Church, with the one closest to Peace Church listed first.
- Shiremanstown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- White Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- White Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill
- Camp Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rossmoyne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rossmoyne is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoyne
- Eberlys Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eberlys Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eberlys Mill
- Good Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Mechanicsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trindle Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- New Cumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Fairview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Dillsburg Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dillsburg Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillsburg Junction
- Bowmansdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bowmansdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmansdale
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Nantilly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Nantilly is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantilly
- Lisburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Enola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peace Church. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peace Church.
Newspapers Published in Peace Church ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 186 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peace Church.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peace Church, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peace Church.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Peace Church:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Dauphin County
- Juniata County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Snyder County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Peace Church, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peace Church) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |