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 Ship Road (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 Ship Road. 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.
Name Variations for Ship Road ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ship Road: Ship Rd.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
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 doctors and 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.
Ship Road is located in Chester 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 Chester County : New Castle (DE) , Cecil (MD) , Berks , Delaware , Lancaster & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Ship Road. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ship Road:
Chester County (The home county of Ship Road)
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Exton (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Whitford (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Whitford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford Bacton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Bacton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacton Mill Lane (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mill Lane is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Lane Lionville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Caswallen (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Caswallen is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caswallen Fern Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Fern Hill is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill Suburban Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Suburban Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Village Ackworth (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Ackworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth General Warren Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Chester Springs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Anselma (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Anselma is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselma West Chester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Allegheny County
Overbrook (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Bally (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Joanna (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Kenneys (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Geigertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Morgantown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Amity Gardens (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Monocacy (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy New Morgan (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Scarlets Mill (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Colebrookdale (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Ironstone (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Birdsboro (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Plowville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Argus (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Fairhill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Fairhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhill Fairhill has also been known as:
Schnabletown Snoveltown Derstines (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Chalfont (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Sellersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selsie Village Silverdale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Castle Valley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Castle Valley is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley New Britain (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Perkasie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Trumbauersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Village Warrington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Edgemont (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Glen Mills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Green Countrie Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Chester Heights (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Lima (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Ithan (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Marple (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Marple is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Radnor Station (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Saint Davids (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Wayne (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Broomall (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Aston Mills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Indiana County
Ernest (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Beartown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Churchtown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Meadville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Christiana (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Gap (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown East Earl (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Kinzers (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Smyrna (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Blue Ball (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Ninepoints (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Weaverland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland New Holland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Hosensack (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Port Providence (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Colonial Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Royersford (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Audubon (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Mingo (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo King - of - Prussia (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Gulph Mills Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Gulph Mills Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulph Mills Village Brandywine Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Brandywine Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Village Collegeville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Trappe (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Eagleville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Evansburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Evansburg is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansburg Forge Spring Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Forge Spring Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Spring Village Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Roxborough (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Manayunk (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Bartram Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village Chestnut Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Upsal (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Allen Lane (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane University City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
University City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Germantown (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Somerville ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Southwest Center City (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Southwest Center City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Center City Wayne Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction Branchtown ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Centreville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Ashland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Rockland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Talleyville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Winterthur (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Yorklyn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Arden (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
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>
Greenville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Analine Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village Ardencroft (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Ardentown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Carpenter (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Appleton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Old Line Village of Fair Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Andora (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Barksdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Blake (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Fair Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Iron Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Iron Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill West Creek Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village Winding Brook Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Winding Brook Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Brook Village Bank ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Bank is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Elk Mills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Cherry Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Camden (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Ablett Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Brooklawn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Brooklawn is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
Gloucester City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
Morgan Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Wood - Lynne (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Delair (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Pennsauken (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Golden Triangle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Westmont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Bridgeport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Beckett (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Gibbstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Mickleton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Red Bank (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Thorofare (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Parkville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville North Woodbury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Woodbury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
Centre City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Centre City is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City Mantua (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Mullica Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Mullica Hill is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullica Hill Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Carneys Point (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pennsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Auburn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Pointers (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ship Road, see our County-by-County Page for Ship Road .
Cemeteries Near Ship Road ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ship Road.
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 Ship Road - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ship Road covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Grove Methodist Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
St. Agnes Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Agnes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45960 <2>
Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex To give a relative sense of its location, the Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . The Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex has also been known as:
Chestnut Grove Annex Cemetery Oaklands Cemetery Annex Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44579 <2>
Oakland Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Oakland Friends Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Friends Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Friends Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . The Oakland Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
Oakland Friends Burial Ground West Chester Orthodox Friends Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2150516 <2>
Immaculata Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Haym Salomon Memorial Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Philadelphia Memorial Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Ebenezer AME Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer AME Cemetery The Ebenezer AME Cemetery has also been known as:
Chester Valley AME Cemetery Valley Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2351899 <2>
Oaklands Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklands Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oaklands Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45667 <2>
Bible Baptist Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Grove Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (428 more) ...
Green Mount Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Rolling Green Memorial Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
East Goshen Bible Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ship Road had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ship Road, with the one closest to Ship Road listed first.
Exton (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Whitford (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Whitford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford Green Hill (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Green Hill is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Kirkland (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Kirkland is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland Glenloch (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Glenloch is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenloch Oakland (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Oakland is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Bradford Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Bradford Hills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Hills Frazer (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Swedesford Road (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Swedesford Road is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesford Road Bacton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Bacton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacton Ackworth (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Ackworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth Fern Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Fern Hill is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill Continue List (23 more) ...
Goshenville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Goshenville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshenville Mill Lane (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mill Lane is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Lane Lionville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ship Road. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ship Road .
Newspapers Published in Ship Road ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ship Road.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ship Road, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Ship Road.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ship Road:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Bucks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lehigh County Montgomery County Philadelphia County New Castle County Cecil County Camden County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ship Road. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Chester County: https://www.chesco.org/
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 Ship Road, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ship Road) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.