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 Ridgeville (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 Ridgeville. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Ridgeville is located in Montour 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 Montour County: Columbia, Lycoming & Northumberland.
Below are the counties that are near Ridgeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ridgeville:
- Montour County (The home county of Ridgeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Washingtonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Grovania
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Rupert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Buckhorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Catawissa
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fernville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Bloomsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mordansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Paper Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paper Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill
- Queen City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Espy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Eyers Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Jerseytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Lightstreet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lightstreet is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightstreet
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Erdman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Gratz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pillow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Lykens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Berrysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Loyalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
- Lebanon County
- Gold Mine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- East Berwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Mountain Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Nescopeck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Columbus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Beach Haven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Register
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Clarks View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Waterton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Fairmount Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
- Harveyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Huntington Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tomhicken
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Newtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Lairdsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Unityville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Biggerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Muncy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Montgomery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Muncy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- Maple Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Montoursville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Williamsport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Faxon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Faxon is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Riverside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rushtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Chulasky
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Reed
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Elysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marion Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Snydertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snydertown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Bear Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Kulpmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Keefers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keefers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Natalie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Potts Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Edgewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Ferndale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Pitman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ashland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lavelle - Locustdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lavelle - Locustdale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavelle - Locustdale
- Lavelle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haas
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Haas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
- Fountain Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Springs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Springs
- Ringtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beurys Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beurys Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beurys Lake
- Girardville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Shamokin Dam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hummels Wharf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kratzerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Selinsgrove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dundore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dundore is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
- Kreamer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Port Trevorton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Globe Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Chapman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Pallas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pallas is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas
- Penns Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hoffer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoffer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Beech Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Sonestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Long Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Eagles Mere
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Lewisburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Columbia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Linntown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Allenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mazeppa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- New Berlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Mifflinburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Red Bank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Millmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ridgeville, see our County-by-County Page for Ridgeville.
Cemeteries Near Ridgeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ridgeville.
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 Ridgeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ridgeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kase Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharp Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brights Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomsburg.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641294 <2>
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- All Saints Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemont Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located in Espy.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45602 <2>
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 Ridgeville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ridgeville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ridgeville, with the one closest to Ridgeville listed first.
- Boyd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Danville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mausdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mausdale is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mausdale
- Rushtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Union Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Corner is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corner
- Rupert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Buckhorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Chulasky
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Kipps Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kipps Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps Run
- Catawissa
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reed
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bloomsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cameron is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Klines Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Klines Grove is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ridgeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ridgeville.
Newspapers Published in Ridgeville ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ridgeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ridgeville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ridgeville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Ridgeville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Montour County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- Sullivan County
- Union 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 Ridgeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Ridgeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |