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 Valley View Acres (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 Valley View Acres. 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.
Name Variations for Valley View Acres ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Valley View Acres: Valley Vw. Acres
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Valley View Acres. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Valley View Acres.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Valley View Acres is located in Dauphin 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 Dauphin County: Cumberland, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill & York.
Below are the counties that are near Valley View Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valley View Acres:
- Dauphin County (The home county of Valley View Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- Bachmanville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union Deposit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Hummelstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Royalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Rutherford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Shellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Manadahill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Skyline View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Springford Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springford Village
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- East Berlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Latimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- York Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- Meckville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Mount Aetna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Womelsdorf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rehrersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Robesonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Schubert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- North Heidelberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- New Schaefferstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Strausstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adamstown
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- New Cumberland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lemoyne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Wormleysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Camp Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Lisburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Enola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Westwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Allenview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Sporting Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- Aberdeen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elizabethtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Milton Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Mastersonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Rheems
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Falmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Mount Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Florin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Elstonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Maytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Joy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- Campbelltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Fontana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Syner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Mount Gretna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Annville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Cleona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Northumberland County
- Malta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Malta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- Marysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Perdix
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- New Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Duncannon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Bailey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Mecks Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Liverpool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- Suedberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Irving
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Orwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
- Tower City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beuchler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Marstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Pine Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ravine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Joliett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Joliett is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliett
- Keffers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Keffers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keffers
- Lorberry Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Marsh Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- York Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Redland Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Valley Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- New Market
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Quaker Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Strinestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Strinestown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strinestown
- Manchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Wolf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rudytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
- Erney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valley View Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Valley View Acres.
Cemeteries Near Valley View Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valley View Acres.
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 Valley View Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valley View Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- Moyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hershey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shearer Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Ober Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oberholtzer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hostetter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Siegrist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Smoketown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Tunnel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. John's UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Grantville.
- The St. John's UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grantville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980027 <2>
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 Valley View Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valley View Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valley View Acres, with the one closest to Valley View Acres listed first.
- Waltonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waltonville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltonville
- Bachmanville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Deodate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deodate is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deodate
- Campbelltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Deposit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Hummelstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Aberdeen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Beverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beverly is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Bellaire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bellaire is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Lawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Palmyra
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Conewago
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Conewago is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewago
- Rutherford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valley View Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley View Acres.
Newspapers Published in Valley View Acres ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley View Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valley View Acres, 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 Valley View Acres.
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 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 Valley View Acres:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Dauphin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Berks County
- Cumberland County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Northumberland County
- Perry 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 Valley View Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Valley View Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |