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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 Pleasant Hill (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 Pleasant Hill. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Pleasant Hill is located in Lebanon 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 Lebanon County: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster & Schuylkill.

Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill:

  • Lebanon County     (The home county of Pleasant Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
    • Cornwall Junction
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Cornwall Junction is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Junction
    • West Lebanon
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • West Lebanon is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
    • Lebanon
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Sand Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sand Hill is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
    • Westmont
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Westmont is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
    • Cleona
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Avon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Avon is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Heilmandale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Heilmandale is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilmandale
    • Avon Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
    • Cornwall
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Annville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bunker Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
  • Berks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
    • Meckville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Meckville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
    • Mount Aetna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wintersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wintersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
    • Bethel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Womelsdorf
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Rehrersburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
    • North Heidelberg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
    • Robesonia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • New Schaefferstown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
    • Schubert
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Schubert is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
    • Strausstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bernville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Columbia County
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
    • Lemoyne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • New Cumberland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Lower Allen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
    • West Fairview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
    • Wormleysburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Camp Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Enola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Westwood Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
    • Lisburn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
    • Shiremanstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
    • Sporting Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
    • Allenview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Allenview is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
  • Dauphin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
    • Bachmanville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
    • Grantville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hershey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Shellsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
    • Union Deposit
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
    • Hummelstown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Manadahill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
    • Skyline View
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
    • Clifton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Clifton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Middletown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rutherford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
    • Springford Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springford Village
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
    • Mount Hope
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Elstonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
    • Mastersonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
    • Poplar Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
    • Brickerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elm
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Elm is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
    • Naumanstown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Naumanstown is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumanstown
    • Hopeland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
    • Cocalico
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
    • Manheim
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Milton Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
    • Clay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Clay is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
  • Luzerne County
    • Newtown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Northumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
    • Leck Kill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill
    • Gowen City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
    • Alaska
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Alaska is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
    • Locust Gap
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
    • Marysville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Perdix
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Perdix is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
    • Cove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Cove is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
    • New Buffalo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • New Buffalo is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
    • Irving
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Irving is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
    • Suedberg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
    • Beuchler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
    • Marstown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
    • Pine Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Paradise
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Ravine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
    • Lorberry Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
    • Orwin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
    • Echo Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
    • Tower City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Moyers
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
    • Goldsboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Goldsboro is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
    • Marsh Run
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Marsh Run is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
    • York Haven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wrightsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Redland Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Redland Village is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
    • Valley Green
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Green is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
    • East Prospect
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • East Prospect is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
    • Manchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Wolf
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Starview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Starview is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
    • Strinestown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Strinestown is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strinestown
    • New Market
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • New Market is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Hill.

Cemeteries Near Pleasant Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill.

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 Pleasant Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.

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 Pleasant Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Hill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.

  • West Lebanon
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • West Lebanon is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
  • Coheva
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Coheva is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coheva
  • Cornwall Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cornwall Junction is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Junction
  • Lebanon
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Westmont
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Westmont is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
  • Cleona
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Avon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Avon is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Heilmandale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Heilmandale is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilmandale
  • North Cornwall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • North Cornwall is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cornwall
  • Cornwall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Iona
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Iona is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
  • Annville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Fontana
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fontana is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
    • Prescott
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Prescott is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Bunker Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Hill.

Newspapers Published in Pleasant Hill ...

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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Hill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Pleasant Hill:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Pleasant Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.