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 Reistville (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 Reistville. 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 hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Reistville 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 Reistville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reistville:
- Lebanon County (The home county of Reistville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reistville, with the one closest to Reistville listed first.
- Schaefferstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Myerstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Richland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Johnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Newmanstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stricklerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Sheridan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Avon Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Avon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cornwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miners Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reistville, with the one closest to Reistville listed first.
- Mount Aetna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Womelsdorf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Robesonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rehrersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- North Heidelberg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Meckville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Wernersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Schaefferstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Phoebe Berks Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bernville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reistville, with the one closest to Reistville listed first.
- Cambridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Honey Brook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Elverson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Compass
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Cupola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Isabella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Birdell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Loag
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Rockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reistville, with the one closest to Reistville listed first.
- Bachmanville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Grantville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hershey
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Shellsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Union Deposit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Hummelstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Manadahill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Skyline View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Clifton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Royalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Middletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rutherford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Springford Village
(24 miles [38.6 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 Reistville, with the one closest to Reistville listed first.
- Cocalico
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Brickerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hopeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Poplar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Clay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Elm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elm is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Blainsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Brunnerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Stevens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elstonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
- Lititz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Denver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reistville, with the one closest to Reistville listed first.
- Marstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Moyers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Pine Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Irving
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Beuchler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Suedberg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Paradise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ravine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Summit Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Aucheys
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Echo Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
- Friedensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reistville, with the one closest to Reistville listed first.
- East Prospect
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- York Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hallam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hallam is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Mount Wolf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Starview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
- Valley Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Yorkana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marsh Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Redland Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reistville, see our County-by-County Page for Reistville.
Cemeteries Near Reistville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reistville.
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 Reistville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reistville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reistville, with the one closest to Reistville listed first.
- Lapps Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Horst Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horst Cemetery
- The Horst Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snavely Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Cemetery
- The Reeds Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zions Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45852 <2>
- Kimmerlings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmerlings Cemetery
- The Kimmerlings Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Jacob's Kimmerlings Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #292170 <2>
- Hebron Moravian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Savior Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miners Village Mennonite Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- United Evangelical Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Womelsdorf Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Reistville had a population of 97 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reistville, with the one closest to Reistville listed first.
- Schaefferstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Myerstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kleinfeltersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millbach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Millbach is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbach
- Prescott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Iona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Iona is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
- Newmanstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sheridan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Avon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Rexmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rexmont is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexmont
- Cocalico
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Stouchsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stouchsburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouchsburg
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Cornwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Cornwall is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cornwall
- Cornwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reistville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reistville.
Newspapers Published in Reistville ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reistville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reistville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reistville.
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 professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Reistville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lebanon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Luzerne 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 Reistville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reistville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |