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 Richmond (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 Richmond. 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.
Richmond is located in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia County : Burlington (NJ) , Camden (NJ) , Gloucester (NJ) , Bucks , Delaware & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Richmond. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richmond:
Philadelphia County (The home county of Richmond)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Port Richmond (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Port Richmond is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Frankford (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Frankford is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankford Wissinoming (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Wissinoming is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wissinoming Crescentville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Crescentville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescentville McCartersville ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
McCartersville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartersville Oxford Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Oxford Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village Tacony (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Tacony is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacony Lindley Station ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Lindley Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindley Station Logan Station ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Logan Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Station Tabor Junction ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Tabor Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor Junction Tabor Station ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Tabor Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor Station Wayne Junction (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction Branchtown ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown Allegheny County
Overbrook (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Chestnut Wood Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
County Line (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
County Line is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Croydon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Churchville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Churchville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville Johnsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Johnsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville Warminster Heights (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Warminster Heights is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Heights Newportville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Newportville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newportville Casey Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Casey Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village Ivyland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Warminster Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Warminster Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Village Hulmeville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Neshaminy ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Neshaminy is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshaminy Winder Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Winder Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Strafford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Strafford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Devon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Berwyn (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Leopard (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Leopard is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Chesterbrook (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Whitehorse (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Whitehorse is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorse Paoli (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Valley Forge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffryn Mawr Green Tree (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Green Tree is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree Lees (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Lees is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees General Warren Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Green Lane Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Green Lane Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lane Village Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Millbourne (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Millbourne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbourne Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
Colwyn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Colwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwyn Population from the 2020 Census: 2,551 people
Darby (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
East Lansdowne (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
East Lansdowne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansdowne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
Upper Darby (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Yeadon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Lansdowne (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Aldan (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Aldan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldan Population from the 2020 Census: 4,149 people
Burmont (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Burmont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmont Collingdale (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Drexel Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Haverford Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Haverford Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverford Village Haverford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Indiana County
Ernest (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Ashmead Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ashmead Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmead Village Cheltenham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ryers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ryers is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryers Elkins Park (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Rockledge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Cynwyd (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynwyd Jenkintown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Noble (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Noble is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Wyncote (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Wyndmoor (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Bala - Cynwyd (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Bala - Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala - Cynwyd West Manayunk (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
West Manayunk is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manayunk Abington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Analine Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village Carpenter (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter White Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Whites Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Ardentown (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Claymont Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Claymont Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claymont Village Claymont (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Arden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardencroft (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Holly Oak (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Holly Oak is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak Windy Bush (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Windy Bush is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush Bellefonte (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Bellefonte is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
Atlantic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Collings Lakes (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Lakes Hammonton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Hammonton is located in Atlantic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,902 people
Burlington County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Riverton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Cinnaminson (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson Maple Shade (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Maple Shade is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade Riverside (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Ramblewood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Ramblewood is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood Beverly (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Beverly is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
Greentree Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Greentree Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village Willingboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Willingboro is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willingboro Marlton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Marlton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton Heritage Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Heritage Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village Burlington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Burlington is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
Hainesport (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Hainesport is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesport Mount Holly (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Mount Holly is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Delair (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Ablett Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Pennsauken (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Camden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Colwick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Colwick is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwick Morgan Village (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Wood - Lynne (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Cherry Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Cherry Hill is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Golden Triangle (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Cherry Hill Mall (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Mall Westmont (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Barclay - Kingston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Barclay - Kingston is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay - Kingston Ellisburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Ellisburg is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
North Woodbury (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Red Bank (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Westcotville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Westcotville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcotville Woodbury (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
Thorofare (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Almonesson (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Almonesson is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almonesson Cooper Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Cooper Village is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Village Oak Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Parkville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Mantua (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Wenonah (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Wenonah is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenonah Centre City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Centre City is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City Garden City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Garden City is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Hunterdon County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Lambertville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
Prallsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Prallsville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prallsville Raven Rock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Raven Rock is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock Rosemont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Rosemont is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Linvale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Linvale is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linvale Mercer County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Somerset (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Somerset is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Trenton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
West Trenton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton Ewing (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Ewing is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Parkway Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Parkway Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village Titusville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Titusville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville White Horse (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
White Horse is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Bear Tavern (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern Warner Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Warner Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village Eldridge Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Park Mercerville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Mercerville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville Rosemont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Rosemont is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Lawrenceville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Monmouth County (NJ)
Walnford ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Walnford is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnford Ocean County (NJ)
New Egypt (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
New Egypt is located in Ocean County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Egypt Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Auburn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Whig Lane (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Whig Lane is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane Carneys Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Portertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Aldine (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Aldine is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine Olivet (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Olivet is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet Shirley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Shirley is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Riddleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richmond, see our County-by-County Page for Richmond .
Cemeteries Near Richmond ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richmond.
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 Richmond - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richmond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
St. Peters Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Belvue Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Holy Redeemer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Joachim Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Greenmount Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
New Cathedral Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
New Cathedral Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Palmer Burial Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Arlington Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Bethel Memorial Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Sinai Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (369 more) ...
Carmel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Carmel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Cedar Hills Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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.<3>
While we didn't find Richmond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richmond.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
Port Richmond (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Port Richmond is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Kensington (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Kensington is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington Bridesburg (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Bridesburg is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridesburg Frankford (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Frankford is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankford Cramer Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Cramer Hill is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer Hill Delair (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Morris (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Morris is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Fitler (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Fitler is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitler Wissinoming (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Wissinoming is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wissinoming Crescentville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Crescentville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescentville Pavonia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Pavonia is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavonia Olney (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Olney is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney Continue List (18 more) ...
Wellwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Wellwood is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellwood Tacony (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Tacony is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacony Tabor (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Tabor is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richmond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richmond .
Newspapers Published in Richmond ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richmond.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richmond, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Richmond.
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 Richmond:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Philadelphia County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Bucks County Chester County Delaware County Indiana County Montgomery County New Castle County Atlantic County Burlington County Camden County Gloucester County Hunterdon County Mercer County Monmouth County Ocean County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Richmond. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Philadelphia County: https://www.phila.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 . 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 Richmond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Richmond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.