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 Vintage (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 Vintage. 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 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.
Vintage 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 Vintage. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vintage:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Vintage)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Kinzers
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buyerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown
- Leaman Place
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Leaman Place is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaman Place
- Intercourse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gordonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Soudersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Soudersburg is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudersburg
- Mascot
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mascot is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Christiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ronks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Morgantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Morgan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Morgan is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Adamstown
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Alleghenyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Joanna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joanna is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna
- Kenneys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kenneys is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys
- Plowville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plowville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville
- Beckersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beckersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville
- Geigertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Geigertown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown
- Angelica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Scarlets Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill
- Flying Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flying Hills is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flying Hills
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Atglen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Compass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Lenover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lenover is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover
- Parkesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cambridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Pomeroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sadsburyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stottsville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville
- Honey Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Suplee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Birdell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Rockville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Johnstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Stricklerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Schaefferstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Newmanstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Burd Coleman Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Richland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cornwall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Quentin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Bramcote
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- Stowe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Pottsgrove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Pottstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway House
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Pottsgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Sanatoga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Goram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- Slab
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Airville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Castle Fin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Kyleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kyleville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Slate Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slate Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Bryansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bryansville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville
- Delta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna Trails
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna Trails is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails
- East Prospect
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- New Bridgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Bruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Southwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Vintage Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village
- York Towne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne
- Hockessin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Star is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
- Yorklyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Mendenhall Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village
- Centreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village
- English Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- English Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Mount Cuba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Mason Dixon Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village
- Sylmar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Rising Sun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Calvert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Blake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blake is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Old Line Village of Fair Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ball Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village
- Colora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Conowingo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Conowingo Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village
- Cambria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Whiteford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dublin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Poole
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Poole is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
- Stafford ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stafford is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Pylesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Lapidum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum
- Scarboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scarboro is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Street
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vintage, see our County-by-County Page for Vintage.
Cemeteries Near Vintage ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vintage.
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 Vintage - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vintage covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Paradise Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gordonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gordonville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Gordonville.
- The Gordonville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amish Cemetery
- Kauffman's Cemetery
- Weaver Family Cemetery
- Zook's Graveyard
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259098 <2>
- Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beiler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Myers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Siegrist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wateland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weaverland Mennonite Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Providence Church of God Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Run Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (346 more) ...
- Conestoga Old Order Mennonite Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lichty Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shirk Reformed Mennonite Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Vintage had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vintage, with the one closest to Vintage listed first.
- Kinzers
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bellemont
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bellemont is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Buyerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown
- Leaman Place
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Leaman Place is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaman Place
- Intercourse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Iva
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Iva is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gordonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Soudersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Soudersburg is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudersburg
- Strasburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Christiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mascot
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mascot is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Ronks
(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 Vintage. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vintage.
Newspapers Published in Vintage ...
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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vintage.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vintage, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vintage.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Vintage:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Lebanon County
- Montgomery County
- York County
- New Castle County
- Cecil 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 '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- Vintage) 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 Vintage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |