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 Pennhurst (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 Pennhurst. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Pennhurst 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 Pennhurst. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pennhurst:
Chester County (The home county of Pennhurst)
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Parker Ford (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Spring City (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Fricks Lock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Seven Stars (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Seven Stars is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Sheeder (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Sheeder is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeder Slonaker (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Kenilworth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Bucktown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Pottstown Landing (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Phoenixville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Pughtown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Allegheny County
Overbrook (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Ironstone (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Colebrookdale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Boyertown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Indian Springs Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Bally (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Monocacy (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Bechtelsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Eshbach (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Eshbach is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshbach Yellow House (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Yellow House is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Birdsboro (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Geigertown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Argus (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Derstines (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Fairhill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Fairhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhill Fairhill has also been known as:
Schnabletown Snoveltown Sellersville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selsie Village Trumbauersville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Milford Square (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Perkasie (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Rich Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Silverdale (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Chalfont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Steinsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Saint Davids (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Wayne (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Ithan (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Radnor Station (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Radnor (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Green Countrie Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Rosemont (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Allgates (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Allgates is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates Broomall (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Haverford (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Indiana County
Ernest (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Churchtown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Beartown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Meadville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville East Earl (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Blue Ball (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Terre Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Weaverland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Red Run (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Buyerstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Christiana (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Gap (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
New Holland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Hosensack (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Dillingerville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville Dillingerville has also been known as:
Dillinger Dillingers Ville Dillingers Dillingersville Stahlers Old Zionsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Zionsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Hensingersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Alburtis (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Limeport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Limeport is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeport Macungie (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Emmaus (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Coopersburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Royersford (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Sanatoga (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Limerick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mingo (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Trappe (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Fagleysville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville Pottsgrove (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Neiffer (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Neiffer is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neiffer Pottstown (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Collegeville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Creekwood Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Creekwood Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekwood Village Port Providence (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Leithsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Seidersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Hellertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Highland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Roxborough (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Chestnut Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Manayunk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Allen Lane (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Upsal (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Milestown ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Milestown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milestown Pittville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Pittville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville Branchtown ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown Germantown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Somerville ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Wayne Junction (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Centreville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Analine Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village Arden (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardentown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Carpenter (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Talleyville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
White Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Whites Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Winterthur (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Yorklyn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Ardencroft (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Ablett Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Camden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Bridgeport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Gibbstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Red Bank (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pennhurst, see our County-by-County Page for Pennhurst .
Cemeteries Near Pennhurst ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pennhurst.
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 Pennhurst - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pennhurst covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Parker Ford Baptist Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Vincent Mennonite Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Brower Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Oak Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Brownback UCC Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownback UCC Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Brownback UCC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> Bucktown . The Brownback UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
Brownback Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2156995 <3>
St. Vincent United Church of Christ Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincent United Church of Christ Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincent United Church of Christ Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> Spring City . The St. Vincent United Church of Christ Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Vincent German Reformed Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176817 <3>
Revolutionary Soldiers Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Dismant Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Fernwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Ellis Woods Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mingo Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (437 more) ...
Providence Church of the Brethren Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Tyson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Limerick Garden - Memories Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Pennhurst in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pennhurst.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pennhurst, with the one closest to Pennhurst listed first.
Parker Ford (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Spring City (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Royersford (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Linfield (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Fricks Lock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Slonaker (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Sheeder (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Sheeder is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeder Sanatoga (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Cromby (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Cromby is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromby Mingo (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Limerick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Kimberton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (23 more) ...
Ironsides (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Ironsides is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironsides Kenilworth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Pughtown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pennhurst. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pennhurst .
Newspapers Published in Pennhurst ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pennhurst.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pennhurst, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Pennhurst.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Pennhurst:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Bucks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lehigh County Montgomery County Northampton County Philadelphia County New Castle County Camden County Gloucester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pennhurst. 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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pennhurst) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Pennhurst, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.