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 Reinholds (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 Reinholds. 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.
Reinholds 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 Reinholds. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reinholds:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Reinholds)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- Blainsport
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Denver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reamstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stevens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cocalico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Red Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Ephrata
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hinkletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Terre Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Akron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Hopeland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Weaverland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Weaverland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- Adamstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Phoebe Berks Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wernersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Robesonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sinking Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alleghenyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Mohnton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- West Lawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Wyomissing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Wyomissing is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyomissing
- Whitfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Womelsdorf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Elverson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Dampman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Isabella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Birdell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Cupola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Loag
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Rockville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Compass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Knauertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Knauertown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown
- Cedar Knoll
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Knoll is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- Bachmanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Grantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hershey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Shellsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- Newmanstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stricklerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Sheridan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schaefferstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Myerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Avon Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Miners Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Burd Coleman Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Cornwall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- New Smithville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Smithville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville
- Hynemansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville
- Stines Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
- Weisenberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- Bramcote
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- West Pottsgrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Stowe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Halfway House
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Pottstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gilbertsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Sanatoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Congo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Congo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- New Hanover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fagleysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville
- Anise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Anise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise
- Pleasant Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- Aucheys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Moyers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Summit Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
- Port Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Marstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Deer Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Friedensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Landingville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Landingville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Pine Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beuchler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- East Prospect
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Wrightsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reinholds, see our County-by-County Page for Reinholds.
Cemeteries Near Reinholds ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reinholds.
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 Reinholds - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reinholds covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Blainsport.
- The Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blainsport Cemetery
- Blainsport Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193208 <2>
- Blainsport Mennonite Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Faith United Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44832 <2>
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyomissing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hains Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Weidman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sinking Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heidelberg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Reinholds in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reinholds.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reinholds, with the one closest to Reinholds listed first.
- Blainsport
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Denver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vinemont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vinemont is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemont
- Schoeneck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Schoeneck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoeneck
- Reamstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Swartzville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Swartzville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartzville
- Adamstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Fritztown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fritztown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritztown
- Stevens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wernersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cocalico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Red Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gouglersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gouglersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouglersville
- Robesonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Durlach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Durlach is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durlach
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reinholds. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reinholds.
Newspapers Published in Reinholds ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reinholds.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reinholds, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reinholds.
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 websites either 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 Reinholds:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Montgomery County
- Schuylkill County
- York 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> | 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> | 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 Reinholds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Reinholds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |