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 Quaker City (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 Quaker City. 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 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.
Quaker City 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 Quaker City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Quaker City:
Berks County (The home county of Quaker City)
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Stony Run (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Stony Run is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run Lenhartsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Grimville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Grimville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville Krumsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Krumsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville Ededburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Ededburg is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg Windsor Castle (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Windsor Castle is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle Hamburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Moselem (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Moselem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem Eagle Point (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Eagle Point is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Kutztown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Monterey (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Monterey is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Schofer (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Schofer is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofer Berne (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Berne is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Steinsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Hilltop (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Zionhill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Milford Square (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Shelly (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Passer (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
New Mahoning (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Germans (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Lansford (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Ashfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Mertz Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Nesquehoning (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Summit Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Kittatinny (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Lehighton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Weissport (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Hazard (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Parryville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Bowmanstown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Columbia County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Aristes (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Aristes is located in Columbia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes Centralia (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Locustdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Newlin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Newlin is located in Columbia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin Shumans (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Shumans is located in Columbia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Blainsport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Cocalico (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Newmanstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Richland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Greble (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Greble is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble Myerstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Jacksonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Stines Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner Lochland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Lochland is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland Hynemansville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville New Smithville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Weisenberg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Seipstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Newside (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Newside is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newside Weidasville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Weidasville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weidasville Wallner ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Custer (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Custer is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Slatedale (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Slatedale is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale Emerald (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Emerald is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Luzerne County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Harwood (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Harwood is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood Hazleton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
West Hazleton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
Ebervale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Ebervale is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebervale Harleigh (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Jeddo (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Jeddo is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
Eckley ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Eckley is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley Eckley has also been known as:
Eckley Miners Village Freeland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Highlands (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Highlands is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands Conyngham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Tomhicken (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken Newtown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Newtown is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown Sybertsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Kresgeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Gilbert (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Rossland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Rossland is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Palm (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Congo (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo East Greenville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Gilbertsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Pennsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Halfway House (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Red Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
West Pottsgrove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Anise (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Hoppenville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Hoppenville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppenville New Hanover (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Lockport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Walnutport (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Berlinsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville Cherryville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Kreidersville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Northampton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Danielsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Howertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton North Catasauqua (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Weaversville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Arndts (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Arndts is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts Franks Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Franks Corner is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Corner Hanover (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Northumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Mount Carmel (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Alaska (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Alaska is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska Dooleyville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville Locust Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Rene Mont (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Mantz (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz New Ringgold (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Rauschs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Andreas (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
McKeansburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Port Clinton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Deer Lake (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Tamaqua (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Coaldale (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Middleport (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Middleport is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleport Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
Tuscarora (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Tuscarora is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Orwigsburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Quaker City, see our County-by-County Page for Quaker City .
Cemeteries Near Quaker City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quaker City.
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 Quaker City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Quaker City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
New Bethel Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Friedens Lutheran Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Lutheran Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stony Run . The Friedens Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #335558 <2>
Friedens Union Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lenhartsville . The Friedens Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Friedens Church Cemetery Friedens Reformed UCC Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976374 <2>
Drehersville Evangelical Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drehersville Evangelical Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Drehersville Evangelical Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> Deer Lake . The Drehersville Evangelical Cemetery has also been known as:
Drehersville Cemetery Drejersville Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery Salem Evangelical Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267244 <2>
New Jerusalem Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Millers Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Friedens Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 outside and to the west of New Ringgold . The Friedens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Friedens Lutheran Church Cemetery Friedens Union Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #333895 <2>
Christ Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Greenwood Catholic Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
St. Johns Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (297 more) ...
St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Steigerwalts Church of God Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Zion Moselem Church Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Quaker City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Quaker City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Quaker City, with the one closest to Quaker City listed first.
Steinsville (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Steinsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsville Wanamakers (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Wanamakers is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamakers Kempton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Trexler (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Trexler is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trexler Jacksonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Dorset (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Dorset is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset Greenawald (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Greenawald is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenawald Albany (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Albany is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Kepner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Kepner is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepner Stony Run (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Stony Run is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run Lynnport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Lynnport is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnport Leibeyville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Leibeyville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leibeyville Continue List (20 more) ...
Rene Mont (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Klinesville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Klinesville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klinesville Millers (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Millers is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Quaker City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quaker City .
Newspapers Published in Quaker City ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quaker City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quaker City, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Quaker City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Quaker City:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Columbia County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Luzerne County Monroe County Montgomery County Northampton County Northumberland County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Quaker City. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Quaker City) 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 Quaker City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.