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 Waters (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 Waters. 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 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 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 Waters is located in Berks 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 Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Pine Waters. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Waters:
Berks County (The home county of Pine Waters)
The following are listed by their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Lobachsville (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Lobachsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobachsville Pikeville (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Pikeville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville Landis Store (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Landis Store is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis Store Manatawny (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Manatawny is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatawny Sally Ann ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Sally Ann is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sally Ann Dryville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Dryville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryville Dale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Dale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Huffs Church (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Huffs Church is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Church Oley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hancock (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Hancock is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Bechtelsville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Eshbach (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Eshbach is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshbach Griesemersville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Steinsburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Milford Square (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Argus (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Hilltop (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Trumbauersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Zionhill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Quakertown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Rich Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Passer (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Richlandtown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Derstines (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Perkasie (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Germans (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Ashfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Kittatinny (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Hazard (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard New Mahoning (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Palmerton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Palmerton is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
Bowmanstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mertz Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Parryville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Weissport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Lehighton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Lansford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Little Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Little Gap is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Pottstown Landing (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Kenilworth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Fricks Lock (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Parker Ford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Bucktown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Knauertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Pughtown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Slonaker (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Seven Stars (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Seven Stars is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Spring City (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Elverson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Indiana County
Ernest (30 miles [48.3 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 Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Blainsport (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Churchtown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Beartown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Red Run (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Terre Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Denver (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Reamstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Blue Ball (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
East Earl (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Stevens (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Hinkletown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Newmanstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Sheridan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Stricklerstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Richland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Alburtis (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Powder Valley (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Ancient Oaks (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Macungie (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Hosensack (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Zionsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hynemansville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville New Smithville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Seipstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Wallner ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Weisenberg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Congo (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Gilbertsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Palm (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
East Greenville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Halfway House (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House New Hanover (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Pennsburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Red Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Stowe (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Anise (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Pottsgrove (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
North Catasauqua (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Seidersville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Leithsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Northampton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Lockport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Bethlehem (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Hanover (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Hellertown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Howertown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Weaversville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Freemansburg (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Port Clinton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Mantz (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz Rauschs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Rene Mont (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Andreas (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Auburn (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
New Ringgold (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson McKeansburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Landingville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Aucheys (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys Orwigsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Waters, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Waters .
Cemeteries Near Pine Waters ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Waters.
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 Waters - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Waters covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
St. Pauls Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mountain Marys Grave (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Lesher Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hill Church Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Weller Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Friedens Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Oley . The Friedens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2211517 <2>
Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Oley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Christ DeLong UCC Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Union Cemetery of Bowers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery of Bowers The Union Cemetery of Bowers has also been known as:
Bowers Cemetery Christ DeLong's Cemetery Huff Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Huff Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Huffs Church The Huff Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Huff Union Church Cemetery Huff's Evangelical Church Cemetery Huff's Union Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45157 <2>
Continue List (378 more) ...
Hoch - DeTurk - Schenkel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Union Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Rauch Hertzog Cemetery (5 miles [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 Pine Waters in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Waters.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Waters, with the one closest to Pine Waters listed first.
Lobachsville (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Lobachsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobachsville Pikeville (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Pikeville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville Manatawny (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Manatawny is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatawny Landis Store (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Landis Store is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis Store Fredericksville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Fredericksville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksville New Jerusalem (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
New Jerusalem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jerusalem Shanesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Shanesville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville Dryville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Dryville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryville Oley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Spangsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Spangsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangsville Dale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Dale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Huffs Church (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Huffs Church is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Church Continue List (18 more) ...
Griesemersville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Bechtelsville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Eshbach (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Eshbach is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshbach
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Waters. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Waters .
Newspapers Published in Pine Waters ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Waters.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Waters, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Pine Waters.
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 Pine Waters:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Indiana County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pine Waters. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
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. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Waters) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Waters, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.