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 Spangsville (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 Spangsville. 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 and hospitals 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.
Spangsville 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 Spangsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spangsville:
Berks County (The home county of Spangsville)
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Griesemersville (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Manatawny (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Manatawny is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatawny Yellow House (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Yellow House is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Lobachsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Lobachsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobachsville Pikeville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Pikeville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville Oley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Limekiln (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Limekiln is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln Stonersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Stonersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonersville Boyertown (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Indian Springs Village (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Amity Gardens (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Colebrookdale (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Argus (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Milford Square (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Steinsburg (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Trumbauersville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Zionhill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Quakertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Rich Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Hilltop (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Derstines (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Sellersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Perkasie (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Germans (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Ashfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Hazard (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Kittatinny (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny New Mahoning (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Pottstown Landing (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Kenilworth (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Coventryville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Knauertown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Fricks Lock (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Bucktown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Pughtown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Parker Ford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Slonaker (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Elverson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Nantmeal Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Saint Davids (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Radnor Station (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Radnor (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Wayne (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Green Countrie Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Ithan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Indiana County
Ernest (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Churchtown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Beartown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Red Run (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Terre Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Denver (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
East Earl (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Reamstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Blue Ball (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Meadville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Stevens (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Newmanstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Sheridan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Stricklerstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Richland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Myerstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Schaefferstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Johnstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Johnstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Alburtis (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Powder Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Hosensack (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Macungie (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville New Smithville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Wallner ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Ancient Oaks (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Dillingerville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville Dillingerville has also been known as:
Dillinger Dillingers Ville Dillingers Dillingersville Stahlers Zionsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hynemansville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Gilbertsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Halfway House (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Stowe (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
West Pottsgrove (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Congo (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Bramcote (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Pottstown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
New Hanover (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Pleasant Run (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Fagleysville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville Sanatoga (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Seidersville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Leithsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville 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
Bethlehem (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hellertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Northampton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Lockport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Freemansburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hanover (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover 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 Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Port Clinton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Auburn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (24 miles [38.6 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
Jefferson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Rauschs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Rene Mont (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Mantz (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz McKeansburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg New Ringgold (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Andreas (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Aucheys (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys Landingville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spangsville, see our County-by-County Page for Spangsville .
Cemeteries Near Spangsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spangsville.
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 Spangsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spangsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Oley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Hoch - DeTurk - Schenkel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Lesher Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
St. Pauls Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
St. Pauls Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Friedens Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Oley . The Friedens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2211517 <3>
Young - Kissling Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hill Church Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mountain Marys Grave (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Schwarzwald Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
DeTurk Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (375 more) ...
Union Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Fairview Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Union Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Spangsville had a population of 97 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spangsville, with the one closest to Spangsville listed first.
Griesemersville (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Manatawny (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Manatawny is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatawny Yellow House (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Yellow House is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Earlville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Earlville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville Shanesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Shanesville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville Limekiln (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Limekiln is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln Worman (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Worman is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worman Pikeville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Pikeville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville Lobachsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Lobachsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobachsville Oley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Stonersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Stonersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonersville Greshville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Greshville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greshville Continue List (18 more) ...
Basket (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Basket is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket Ironstone (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Colebrookdale (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spangsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spangsville .
Newspapers Published in Spangsville ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spangsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spangsville, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Spangsville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Spangsville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh 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 Spangsville. 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. 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- Spangsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Spangsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.