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 Upper Octoraro (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 Upper Octoraro. 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.
Upper Octoraro is located in Chester 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 Chester County : New Castle (DE) , Cecil (MD) , Berks , Delaware , Lancaster & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Upper Octoraro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper Octoraro:
Chester County (The home county of Upper Octoraro)
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Sadsburyville (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Parkesburg (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Stottsville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Stottsville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville Lenover (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Lenover is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover Pomeroy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Compass (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Compass is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass Atglen (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Coatesville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
South Coatesville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
South Coatesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coatesville Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
Youngsburg (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Youngsburg is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsburg Buck Run (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Buck Run is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run Modena (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Modena is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
Cedar Knoll (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Cedar Knoll is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Morgantown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Kenneys (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Joanna (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna New Morgan (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Geigertown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Plowville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Beckersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Scarlets Mill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Alleghenyville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Alleghenyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville Adamstown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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>
Angelica (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Angelica is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica Birdsboro (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Bally (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Glen Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Chester Heights (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Edgemont (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Zebleys Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Aston Mills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Chelsea (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Garnet Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Lima (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Creekside Village at Naamans (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Rockdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Boothwyn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Elwyn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Elwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwyn Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Christiana (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Gap (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Smyrna (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Meadville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Ninepoints (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Buyerstown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Kinzers (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Beartown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Intercourse (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Leaman Place (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Leaman Place is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaman Place Churchtown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
East Earl (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Gordonville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Johnstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Johnstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Schaefferstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Stricklerstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Newmanstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Sheridan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Bramcote (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Pottstown (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Stowe (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Pottsgrove (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Mingo (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Halfway House (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Port Providence (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Pottsgrove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Royersford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Sanatoga (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Audubon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Limerick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Collegeville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
York County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Castle Fin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Castle Fin is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin Slab (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Slab is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Slate Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Slate Hill is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill Kyleville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Kyleville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville Goram (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Goram is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram Bryansville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Bryansville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville Delta (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Susquehanna Trails (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Susquehanna Trails is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails Airville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Bruce (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Bruce is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce New Bridgeville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
New Bridgeville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Southwood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Hockessin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Vintage Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village York Towne (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne Yorklyn (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Ashland (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland North Star (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Centreville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Cokesbury Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village Mendenhall Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village Mount Cuba (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba Pike Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek Brandywine Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Brandywine Springs is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Springs Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Blake (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Old Line Village of Fair Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Blue Ball Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Fair Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Sylmar (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar Appleton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Calvert (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Mason Dixon Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village Andora (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Rising Sun (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Zion (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Zion is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Barksdale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Cherry Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Harford County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Conowingo Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village Darlington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Stafford ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Stafford is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Dublin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Dublin is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Lapidum (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum Whiteford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cambria (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Cambria is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria Garland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Garland is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Glenville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Glenville is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Poole (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Poole is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Havre de Grace (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Hopewell Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village Level (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Level is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Carneys Point (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pennsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Upper Octoraro, see our County-by-County Page for Upper Octoraro .
Cemeteries Near Upper Octoraro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Octoraro.
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 Upper Octoraro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Octoraro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Ukrainian Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Friendship Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fallowfield Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Polish Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Beth Israel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Glen Run Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
St. Cecilia Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Wateland Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Londonderry Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> Chatham . The St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
Doe Run Catholic Cemetery Doe Run Catholic Church Cemetery St. Malachi Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192550 <2>
Fairview Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (354 more) ...
Doe Run Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Doe Run Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> Coatesville . The Doe Run Cemetery has also been known as:
Doe Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244008 <2>
Mt. Olive African American Methodist Episcopal Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
West Marlborough AME Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 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>
While we didn't find Upper Octoraro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Octoraro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper Octoraro, with the one closest to Upper Octoraro listed first.
Parkesburg (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Stottsville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Stottsville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville Sadsburyville (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Blackhorse (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Blackhorse is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse Pomeroy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Atglen (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Christiana (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Ercildoun (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Ercildoun is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ercildoun Cains (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Cains is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cains Wagontown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Wagontown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagontown Buck Run (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Buck Run is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run Coatesville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Continue List (18 more) ...
Siousca (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Siousca is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siousca Martins Corner (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Martins Corner is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner Gap (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Upper Octoraro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper Octoraro .
Newspapers Published in Upper Octoraro ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Octoraro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Octoraro, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Upper Octoraro.
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 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 Upper Octoraro:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Berks County Delaware County Lancaster County Lebanon County Montgomery County York County New Castle County Cecil County Harford County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Upper Octoraro. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Chester County: https://www.chesco.org/
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. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Upper Octoraro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Upper Octoraro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.