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 Schlemville (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 Schlemville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Schlemville is located in Berks 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 Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Schlemville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Schlemville:
Berks County (The home county of Schlemville)
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Kirbyville (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Kirbyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville Georgetown Village (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Georgetown Village is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown Village Moselem (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Moselem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem Fleetwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Shoemakersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
South Temple (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
South Temple is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Temple Temple (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Ontelaunee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Ontelaunee is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontelaunee Leesport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Laureldale (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Rickenbach (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Rickenbach is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickenbach Tuckerton (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Tuckerton is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerton Dauberville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Dauberville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dauberville Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Steinsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Milford Square (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Zionhill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Hilltop (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Argus (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Trumbauersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Quakertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Passer (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Rich Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Richlandtown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pullen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Pullen is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullen Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Germans (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans New Mahoning (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Ashfield (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Lansford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Mertz Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Hazard (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Kittatinny (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Lehighton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Weissport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bowmanstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Parryville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Nesquehoning (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Palmerton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Palmerton is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Pottstown Landing (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Elverson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Kenilworth (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Knauertown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Loag (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Loag is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag Bucktown (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Fricks Lock (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Pughtown (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Isabella (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Isabella is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella Nantmeal Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Parker Ford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Blainsport (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Cocalico (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Denver (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Reamstown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Red Run (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Stevens (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Churchtown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Terre Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Weaverland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Beartown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Blue Ball (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Ephrata (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Hinkletown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Newmanstown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Stricklerstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Richland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Myerstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Schaefferstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Greble (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Greble is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble Prescott (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Prescott is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Johnstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Johnstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Avon Heights (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights Mount Zion (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion Avon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Avon is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Fredericksburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
New Smithville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Hynemansville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Stines Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner Weisenberg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Seipstown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Jacksonville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Wallner ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Alburtis (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Hensingersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Ancient Oaks (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Chapman (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Chapman is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Macungie (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Lochland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Lochland is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland Luzerne County
Newtown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Newtown is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Congo (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Gilbertsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Palm (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Bramcote (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Halfway House (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Stowe (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
West Pottsgrove (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Fruitville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Pottstown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
East Greenville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
New Hanover (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Pottsgrove (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Lockport (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport North Catasauqua (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Walnutport (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville Cherryville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Seidersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Howertown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Weaversville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Hanover (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Bethlehem (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Port Clinton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Auburn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Rene Mont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Jefferson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Rauschs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs New Ringgold (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Aucheys (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys Landingville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
McKeansburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Orwigsburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Lake Wynonah (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah Summit Station (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Schlemville, see our County-by-County Page for Schlemville .
Cemeteries Near Schlemville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Schlemville.
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 Schlemville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Schlemville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Maidencreek Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
St. Peters Reformed Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Beckers St. Peters Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
St. Johns Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
St. Pauls Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Fleetwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Leesport Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Salem Shalters Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Johns Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Zion Moselem Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
St. Lukes Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Birch Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Continue List (341 more) ...
Good Shepherd Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Laureldale Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Fairview Cemetery (5 miles [8 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 Schlemville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Schlemville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Schlemville, with the one closest to Schlemville listed first.
Molltown (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Molltown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molltown Evansville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Evansville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville Maiden Creek (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Maiden Creek is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Creek Kirbyville (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Kirbyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville Blandon (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Walnuttown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Walnuttown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnuttown Moselem Springs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Moselem Springs is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem Springs Moselem (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Moselem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem Berkley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Berkley is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley Fleetwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Virginville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Leesport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Continue List (19 more) ...
Ontelaunee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Ontelaunee is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontelaunee Temple (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Pricetown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Pricetown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Schlemville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Schlemville .
Newspapers Published in Schlemville ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Schlemville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Schlemville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Schlemville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Schlemville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Luzerne County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Schlemville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.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 Schlemville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Schlemville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.