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 Thomasville (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 Thomasville. 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 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.
Thomasville is located in York 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 York County: Baltimore (MD), Carroll (MD), Harford (MD), Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin & Lancaster.
Below are the counties that are near Thomasville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thomasville:
- York County (The home county of Thomasville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- La Bott
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- La Bott is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bott
- Spring Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
- New Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Weigelstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weigelstown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weigelstown
- Shiloh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Davidsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Davidsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsburg
- West York
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grantley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grantley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Park Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Park Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Harmony Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Roler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roler is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roler
- Glatfelters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glatfelters is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glatfelters
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- East Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Abbottstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- McSherrystown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- New Oxford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Edgegrove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edgegrove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgegrove
- Brush Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brush Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Run
- Newchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Heidlersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- York Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hunterstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hunterstown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterstown
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Lisburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Allenview
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Lower Allen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Hunters Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Camp Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lemoyne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Cumberland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shiremanstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Boiling Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Trindle Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Highspire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Middletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Royalton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Clifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Steelton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lawnton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Paxtang
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Rutherford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Edgemont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hillside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Hummelstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Penbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Falmouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Maytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Washington Borough
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Washington Borough is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Borough
- Aberdeen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elizabethtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rheems
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Florin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Central Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Central Manor is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Manor
- Creswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Highville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Highville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highville
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Lawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Campbelltown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Mount Gretna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Fontana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Mount Gretna Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Marysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Perdix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Freeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Eklo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eklo is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eklo
- Maryland Line
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Gorsuch Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Walker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Shamburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shamburg is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Trump
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trump is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
- Parkton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shane is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shane
- Stablersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stablersville is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stablersville
- Mount Carmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Trenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Trenton is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Lineboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lineboro is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineboro
- Young Mans Fancy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Young Mans Fancy is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mans Fancy
- Roller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Roller is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller
- Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Reeds Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reeds Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village
- Rockbrook Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rockbrook Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook Village
- Hampstead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Tyrone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Carrollton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Fairground Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Frizzellburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frizzellburg is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizzellburg
- Frizzellburg has also been known as:
- Frizels
- Taneytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frederick County (MD)
- Emmitsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Shawsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shawsville is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsville
- Federal Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Federal Hill is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill
- Jarrettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Pylesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Street
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thomasville, see our County-by-County Page for Thomasville.
Cemeteries Near Thomasville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomasville.
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 Thomasville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thomasville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Wolf Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Codorus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hershey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hershey Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Altland's Meeting House Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Holtzschwamm Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Folkenroth Burial Grounds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #328782 <2>
- Neimans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Paradise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cemetery
- The Paradise Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paradise Union Church Cemetery
- Strayers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- Greenmount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Prospect Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Thomasville had a population of 543 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- La Bott
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- La Bott is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bott
- Martin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Bair
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bair is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bair
- Graybill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Graybill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graybill
- Spring Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
- Farmers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Farmers is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Davidsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Davidsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsburg
- Weigelstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weigelstown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weigelstown
- Menges Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Menges Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menges Mills
- Brillhart
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brillhart is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillhart
- West York
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Iron Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Ridge is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Ridge
- Cold Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cold Spring is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Strickhousers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Strickhousers is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickhousers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thomasville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thomasville.
Newspapers Published in Thomasville ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomasville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thomasville, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thomasville.
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 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 Thomasville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Perry County
- Baltimore County
- Carroll County
- Frederick County
- Harford 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thomasville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Thomasville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |