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 Swartzville (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 Swartzville. 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.
Swartzville 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 Swartzville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swartzville:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Swartzville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- Reamstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Denver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blainsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Stevens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Terre Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hinkletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Weaverland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Weaverland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland
- Ephrata
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cocalico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Blue Ball
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Earl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Akron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- Adamstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Tallowyck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Angelica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Phoebe Berks Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wernersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mohnton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shillington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sinking Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Lawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Wyomissing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Wyomissing is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyomissing
- Beckersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Beckersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville
- Deerfield Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield Village is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- Cambridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Elverson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Honey Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Dampman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Isabella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Birdell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Cupola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Loag
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Rockville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Compass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Knauertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Knauertown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown
- Cedar Knoll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Knoll is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- Bachmanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- Newmanstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stricklerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Sheridan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Richland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Schaefferstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Myerstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Avon Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Cornwall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Miners Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Avon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Burd Coleman Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Lehigh County
- New Smithville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Smithville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- Bramcote
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- West Pottsgrove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Stowe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pottstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Halfway House
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Pottsgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Gilbertsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sanatoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Hanover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Congo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Congo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Fagleysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville
- Royersford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Anise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Anise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- Summit Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Aucheys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Port Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moyers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
- Deer Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Friedensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Marstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Landingville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Landingville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Schuylkill Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- East Prospect
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Craley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Goram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- New Bridgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swartzville, see our County-by-County Page for Swartzville.
Cemeteries Near Swartzville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swartzville.
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 Swartzville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swartzville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Reams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Allegheny Union Cemetery (Old)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Allegheny Union Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wyomissing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Blainsport.
- The Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blainsport Cemetery
- Blainsport Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193208 <2>
- Blainsport Mennonite Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alleghenyville Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (314 more) ...
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Swartzville had a population of 73 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Swartzville, with the one closest to Swartzville listed first.
- Adamstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- 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>
- Reamstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Vinemont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vinemont is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemont
- Denver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stevens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hahnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hahnstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahnstown
- Bowmansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knauers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Knauers is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauers
- Gouglersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gouglersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouglersville
- Fritztown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fritztown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritztown
- Blainsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Martindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martindale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Terre Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Schoeneck
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Schoeneck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoeneck
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Swartzville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swartzville.
Newspapers Published in Swartzville ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swartzville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swartzville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Swartzville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Swartzville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Lehigh 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 Swartzville, 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' (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- Swartzville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |