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 Pine Grove (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 Pine Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Pine Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Grove: Pine Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
Pine Grove is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Cecil (MD), Harford (MD), Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon & York.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Grove:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Pine Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Summerhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summerhill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Oak Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Little Britain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Britain is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Kirks Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills
- Mechanic Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove
- Ninepoints
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints
- McSparran
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McSparran is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McSparran
- Quarryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Furniss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Furniss is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
- Smyrna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Smyrna is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Buck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Morgantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Joanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Joanna is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna
- Kenneys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kenneys is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys
- New Morgan
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Plowville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plowville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville
- Adamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Adamstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Adamstown has also been known as:
- Adamschteddel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <1>
- Alleghenyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Geigertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Geigertown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Tweedale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tweedale is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedale
- Mount Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Glen Roy
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Glen Roy is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Hopewell
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Oxford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barnsley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnsley is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley
- Chrome
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chrome is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
- Elkview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elkview is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview
- Jennersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jennersville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville
- Daleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Daleville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- West Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Atglen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Zebleys Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner
- Glen Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Slate Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Slate Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Castle Fin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Delta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Slab
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Bryansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bryansville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville
- Susquehanna Trails
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Susquehanna Trails is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails
- Kyleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kyleville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Airville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Goram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- Bruce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bruce is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Fawn Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- York Towne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne
- North Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Star is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
- Southwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Newark
(17 miles [27.4 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>
- Hockessin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pike Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek
- The Village of Drummond Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vintage Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village
- Windy Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Windy Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
- Wilson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- English Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- English Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Brookside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brookside is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Franklinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinville is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
- Jerusalem Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Mills
- Gorsuch Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Baldwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shane is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shane
- Trump
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trump is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Mason Dixon Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village
- Sylmar
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Rising Sun
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Calvert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Colora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blake is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Blue Ball Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village
- Rock Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Old Line Village of Fair Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zion is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Oakwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Conowingo Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village
- Darlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Lapidum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum
- Dublin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Garland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garland is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Glenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Poole
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poole is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
- Webster Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Webster Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village
- Hopewell Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village
- Level
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Level is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level
- Scarboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scarboro is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Kent County (MD)
- Betterton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County (MD)
- High Point Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- High Point Estates is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Estates
- Salem County (NJ)
- Pennsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pine Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Grove.
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 Pine Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Nottingham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oxford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Elk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elkridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hosanna Meeting House Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Bridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Krauss Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rising Sun Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rosebank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Nottingham Meetinghouse Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (307 more) ...
- Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moores Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Run Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
While we didn't find Pine Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Tweedale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tweedale is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedale
- Glen Roy
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Glen Roy is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Hopewell
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Mount Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Spruce Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spruce Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Grove
- Oak Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- White Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Little Britain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Britain is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Freemont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freemont is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemont
- Nottingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Barnsley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnsley is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley
- Oxford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Kirks Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills
- Kirkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kirkwood is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Wrightsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wrightsdale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pine Grove ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Grove, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Grove.
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 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 Pine Grove:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Delaware County
- York County
- New Castle County
- Baltimore County
- Cecil County
- Harford County
- Kent County
- Montgomery County
- Salem 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> | 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 Pine Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |