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 Salunga (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 Salunga. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Salunga 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 Salunga. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Salunga:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Salunga)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Landisville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sporting Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sporting Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Lancaster Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster Junction is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
- Silver Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Silver Spring is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring
- East Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ironville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ironville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Manheim
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Naumanstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Naumanstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumanstown
- Fairland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Mountville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rohrerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Adamstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Mount Aetna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Womelsdorf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Robesonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Alleghenyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Phoebe Berks Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wernersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- North Heidelberg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Tallowyck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Cambridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Compass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Atglen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lenover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lenover is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover
- Parkesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Suplee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Birdell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Dampman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Sadsburyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stottsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stottsville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- New Cumberland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lemoyne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lisburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Lower Allen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Wormleysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Enola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allenview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Shiremanstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Westwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Sporting Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Bachmanville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Clifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hummelstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Highspire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rutherford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Grantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawnton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Shellsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Mount Gretna Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Mount Gretna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Timber Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Colebrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Lawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burd Coleman Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Miners Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Cornwall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Quentin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fontana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Johnstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Campbelltown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Irving
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Suedberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Beuchler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Marstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Wrightsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Prospect
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Craley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Hallam
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Yorkana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- New Bridgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Bittersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bittersville
- Holtz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holtz is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtz
- Stonybrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stonybrook is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook
- Starview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
- Goram
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Gorsuch Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Maryland Line
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Trump
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trump is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
- Freeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Rock Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Cambria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Whiteford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pylesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Street
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Salunga, see our County-by-County Page for Salunga.
Cemeteries Near Salunga ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Salunga.
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 Salunga - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Salunga covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Silver Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ironville UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ironville UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ironville.
- The Ironville UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ironville Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2195100 <2>
- Concordia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Centerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kauffman's Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kauffman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Earhart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bassler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bassler Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Lititz.
- The Bassler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bassler Graveyard
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2369144 <2>
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shumaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (286 more) ...
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Mount Joy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44518 <2>
- Eberly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Salunga had a population of 460 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Salunga, with the one closest to Salunga listed first.
- Landisville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silver Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Silver Spring is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring
- Bamford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bamford is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Mechanicsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Lancaster Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster Junction is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
- Sporting Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sporting Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Farmdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmdale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Hempfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hempfield is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hempfield
- East Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cordelia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cordelia is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordelia
- Mountville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rohrerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Shreiners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shreiners is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreiners
- Fairland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Manheim
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Salunga. See our List of 1890's Communities around Salunga.
Newspapers Published in Salunga ...
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 181 newspapers that have been published in the area around Salunga.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Salunga, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Salunga.
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 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 Salunga:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Schuylkill County
- York County
- Baltimore County
- Cecil County
- Harford 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Salunga) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Salunga, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |