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 Peacedale (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 Peacedale. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Peacedale is located in Chester 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 Chester County : New Castle (DE) , Cecil (MD) , Berks , Delaware , Lancaster & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Peacedale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peacedale:
Chester County (The home county of Peacedale)
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Kemblesville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Kemblesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville Elkview (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Oxford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Barnsley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Barnsley is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley Chrome (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Chrome is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Jennersville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Jennersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville Strickersville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Strickersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville West Grove (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Hopewell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Hopewell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Mount Vernon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Mount Vernon is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon Tweedale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Tweedale is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedale Glen Roy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Glen Roy is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy Avondale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Morgantown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Joanna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Kenneys (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys New Morgan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Zebleys Corner (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Chelsea (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Creekside Village at Naamans (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Garnet Valley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Aston Mills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Boothwyn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Chester Heights (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Glen Mills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Linwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Marcus Hook (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rockdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Village Green (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Village Green is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green Glen Riddle (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Summerhill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Summerhill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Kirks Mills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills Oak Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Little Britain (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Little Britain is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain Ninepoints (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Christiana (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Mechanic Grove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove Smyrna (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna McSparran (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
McSparran is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McSparran Gap (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Quarryville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Furniss (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Furniss is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss Benton (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Benton is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
York County
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Slate Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Slate Hill is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill Castle Fin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Castle Fin is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin Delta (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Bryansville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Bryansville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville Slab (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Slab is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Susquehanna Trails (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Susquehanna Trails is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails Kyleville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Kyleville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville Airville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Bruce (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Bruce is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Fawn Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Goram (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Goram is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram New Freedom (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Stewartstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
York Towne (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne Newark (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Newark is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <1>
North Star (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Pike Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek Southwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood The Village of Drummond Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Windy Hills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Windy Hills is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills Brookside (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Brookside is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Wilson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Wilson is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson English Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
English Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village Hockessin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Mendenhall Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village Pencader Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Pencader Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pencader Village
Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Old Line Village of Fair Hill (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Blake (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Fair Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Blue Ball Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Andora (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Appleton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Calvert (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Zion (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Zion is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cherry Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Childs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Childs is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Bank ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Bank is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Barksdale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Elk Mills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Harford County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Conowingo Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village Lapidum (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum Havre de Grace (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Stafford ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Stafford is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Darlington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Garland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Garland is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Webster Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Webster Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village Glenville (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Glenville is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Hopewell Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village Level (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Level is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Poole (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Poole is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Dublin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Dublin is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Aberdeen Proving Ground (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Kent County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Georgetown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Gregg Neck (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck Sassafras (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras Betterton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Dogwood Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village Galena (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Locust Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Coleman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Coleman is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Lambson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Lambson is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson Still Pond (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Still Pond is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Pond Kennedyville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Massey (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Montgomery County (MD)
High Point Estates (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
High Point Estates is located in Montgomery County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Estates
Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Beckett (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Bridgeport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Pennsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Carneys Point (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pointers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Salem (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Salem is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
Acton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Auburn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Hancocks Bridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge Penton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Quinton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton Portertown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peacedale, see our County-by-County Page for Peacedale .
Cemeteries Near Peacedale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peacedale.
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 Peacedale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peacedale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Little Elk Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Elkridge Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Moores Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
St. Johns Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Sharpes Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpes Cemetery The Sharpes Cemetery has also been known as:
Sharpes Graveyard
Sharp's Cemetery
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81629 <2>
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Rosebank Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hosanna Meeting House Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Griffith Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Episcopalian Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
St. John's Episcopal Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (277 more) ...
Trinity Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Zion Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Flint Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Peacedale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peacedale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peacedale, with the one closest to Peacedale listed first.
Hickory Hill (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Hickory Hill is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill Elk Mills (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Elk Mills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mills Lombard (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lombard is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Lewisville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Lewisville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville Fair Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill New London (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
New London is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London Chrome (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Chrome is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Kemblesville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Kemblesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville Kelton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Kelton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton Elkview (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Oxford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Barnsley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Barnsley is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley Continue List (14 more) ...
Calvert (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Zion (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Zion is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Pleasant Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Pleasant Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peacedale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peacedale .
Newspapers Published in Peacedale ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peacedale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peacedale, 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 Peacedale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Peacedale:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania
Pages specific to Chester County
Genealogy information for nearby counties
Berks County
Delaware County
Lancaster County
York County
New Castle County
Cecil County
Harford County
Kent County
Montgomery County
Gloucester County
Salem County
Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Peacedale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Chester County: https://www.chesco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Peacedale, 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- Peacedale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.