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 Springville (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 Springville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Springville is located in Lancaster County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lancaster County: Cecil (MD), Harford (MD), Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon & York.
Below are the counties that are near Springville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Springville:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Springville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Stevens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ephrata
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Reamstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Denver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Akron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hopeland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Hinkletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Blainsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Cocalico
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Brownstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brownstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Brunnerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Adamstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Adamstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Adamstown has also been known as:
- Adamschteddel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <1>
- Alleghenyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Robesonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Womelsdorf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Phoebe Berks Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Wernersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mohnton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sinking Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Angelica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- West Wyomissing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Wyomissing is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyomissing
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Honey Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Compass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Dampman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Suplee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Elverson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Isabella
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Cupola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Birdell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Rockville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Loag
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Atglen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Bachmanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Shellsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hummelstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Manadahill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Skyline View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Stricklerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Schaefferstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newmanstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Richland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Miners Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Cornwall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Myerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Burd Coleman Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Avon Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Bramcote
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- Stowe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Halfway House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Pottstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Sanatoga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Moyers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Summit Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Aucheys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Marstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lake Wynonah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
- Irving
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Pine Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Friedensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beuchler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Paradise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- East Prospect
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Wrightsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Craley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Goram
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- New Bridgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Hallam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hallam is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Yorkana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Bittersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bittersville
- Kyleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kyleville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Airville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holtz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holtz is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtz
- Starview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Springville, see our County-by-County Page for Springville.
Cemeteries Near Springville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Springville.
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 Springville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Springville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Faith United Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44832 <2>
- Metzler Mennonite Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Conestoga Old Order Mennonite Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (286 more) ...
- Hopeland UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hopeland UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Hopeland.
- The Hopeland UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopeland Brethren Church Cemetery
- Hopeland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154417 <2>
- Brunnerville United Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shirk Reformed Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Springville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Springville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Ephrata
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stevens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Murrell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Murrell is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrell
- Reamstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Denver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Schoeneck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Schoeneck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoeneck
- Akron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hahnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hahnstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahnstown
- Durlach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Durlach is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durlach
- Millway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millway is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millway
- Hinkletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brunnerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cocalico
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Rothsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rothsville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Springville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Springville.
Newspapers Published in Springville ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Springville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Springville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Springville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Springville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Montgomery County
- Schuylkill County
- York 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 Springville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Springville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |