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 Slabtown (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 Slabtown. 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 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.
Slabtown is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Frederick (MD), Washington (MD), Adams, Cumberland, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Slabtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slabtown:
- Franklin County (The home county of Slabtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Mont Alto
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Quincy
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Altenwald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Altenwald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altenwald
- Nunnery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nunnery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnery
- Guilford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Fayetteville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Franklin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Wayne Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wayne Heights is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Heights
- Waynesboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zullinger
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zullinger is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zullinger
- Caledonia Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Park
- Beartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beartown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Virginia Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Virginia Mills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Mills
- Jacks Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Orrtanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trust
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trust is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Carroll Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cashtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cashtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
- Cashtown - McKnightstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McKnightstown Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Zora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zora is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zora
- Seven Stars
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Mummasburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mummasburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mummasburg
- Arendtsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Shippensburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lees Cross Roads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Newburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Big Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Huntsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Montsera
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Newville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hunters Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Barnitz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Mount Holly Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bears Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Knobsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- McConnellsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Fort Littleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Clear Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Neelyton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Maddensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maddensville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddensville
- Shade Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Pennville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pennville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Harney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Keysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Keysville is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
- Bruceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bruceville is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Crabster ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crabster is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
- Keymar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Taneytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fairground Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Union Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bark Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bark Hill is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Hill
- Linwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Tyrone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Uniontown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- McKinstrys Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McKinstrys Mill is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinstrys Mill
- Frederick County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Sabillasville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emmitsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thurmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Catoctin Furnace
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Catoctin Furnace is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoctin Furnace
- Jimtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jimtown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Pleasant Walk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Walk is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Walk
- Rocky Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Creagerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Creagerstown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creagerstown
- Mountaindale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mountaindale is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaindale
- Myersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Midway is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Midway
- Frostown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Frostown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostown
- Ladiesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ladiesburg is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiesburg
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Hill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hill Village is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
- Pen Mar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pen Mar is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Pen Mar has also been known as:
- Pen Mar Park
- Highfield - Cascade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Leitersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leitersburg is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitersburg
- Smithsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cavetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cavetown is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Long Meadow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadow
- Paramount - Long Meadow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paramount - Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount - Long Meadow
- Chewsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chewsville is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewsville
- Greenvale Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greenvale Village is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Village
- Fountainhead - Orchard Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maugansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Berkeley County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Falling Waters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Bedington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bedington is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedington
- Scrabble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scrabble is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Hedgesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Pond is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Pond
- Jefferson County (WV)
- Shepherdstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Cherry Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Sleepy Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sleepy Creek is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slabtown, see our County-by-County Page for Slabtown.
Cemeteries Near Slabtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slabtown.
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 Slabtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slabtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- New Guilford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Antietam Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antietam Church Cemetery
- The Antietam Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Prices Church Cemetery
- Trinity Fellowship Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1753915 <2>
- Strang Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harbaugh Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ringgold Graveyard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- German Reformed Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Reformed Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Reformed Cemetery is located in Greencastle.
- The German Reformed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261256 <2>
- Millers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Welty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stouffers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Germantown Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobs Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Fountaindale Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fountaindale Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Slabtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slabtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Knepper
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Knepper is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knepper
- Quincy
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mont Alto
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Nunnery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nunnery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnery
- Altenwald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Altenwald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altenwald
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Pond Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pond Bank is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Bank
- Duffield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Duffield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffield
- Roadside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roadside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadside
- Zullinger
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zullinger is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zullinger
- Waynesboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fayetteville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Franklin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Clay Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clay Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Slabtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slabtown.
Newspapers Published in Slabtown ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slabtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slabtown, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slabtown.
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 Slabtown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Cumberland County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- York County
- Carroll County
- Frederick County
- Washington County
- Berkeley County
- Jefferson County
- Morgan 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 Slabtown, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Slabtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |