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 Virginville (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 Virginville. 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.
Virginville is located in Berks 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 Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Virginville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Virginville:
Berks County (The home county of Virginville)
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Moselem (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Moselem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem Lenhartsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Kirbyville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Kirbyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville Windsor Castle (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Windsor Castle is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle Kutztown (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Grimville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Grimville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville Krumsville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Krumsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville Ededburg (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Ededburg is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg Georgetown Village (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Georgetown Village is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown Village Fleetwood (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Shoemakersville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Berne (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Berne is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Steinsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Milford Square (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Zionhill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Hilltop (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Argus (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Trumbauersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Passer (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Quakertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Rich Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Richlandtown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pullen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Pullen is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullen Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Germans (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans New Mahoning (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Ashfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Lansford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mertz Town (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Kittatinny (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Hazard (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Parryville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Weissport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Lehighton (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Nesquehoning (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bowmanstown (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Pottstown Landing (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Kenilworth (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Elverson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Knauertown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Fricks Lock (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Coventryville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Bucktown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Pughtown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Isabella (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Isabella is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella Loag (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Loag is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag Nantmeal Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Blainsport (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Cocalico (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Denver (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Reamstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Red Run (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Stevens (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Terre Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Churchtown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Weaverland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Ephrata (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hopeland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hopeland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland Beartown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Newmanstown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Richland (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Myerstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Greble (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Greble is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble Prescott (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Prescott is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Schaefferstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Avon Heights (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights Johnstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Johnstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Mount Zion (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion Avon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Avon is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
New Smithville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Stines Corner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner Hynemansville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Weisenberg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Jacksonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Wallner ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Seipstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Alburtis (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Ancient Oaks (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Chapman (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Chapman is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Hensingersville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Lochland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Lochland is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland Luzerne County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Newtown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Newtown is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown Harwood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Harwood is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood Hazleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
West Hazleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Palm (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Congo (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Fruitville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Gilbertsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House East Greenville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Bramcote (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote New Hanover (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Pennsburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Stowe (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
West Pottsgrove (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Lockport (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport North Catasauqua (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Walnutport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville Cherryville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Howertown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Weaversville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Hanover (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Seidersville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Danielsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Port Clinton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Rauschs (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Rene Mont (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Auburn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg New Ringgold (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Mantz (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz Landingville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Orwigsburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Aucheys (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Virginville, see our County-by-County Page for Virginville .
Cemeteries Near Virginville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Virginville.
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 Virginville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Virginville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Zion Moselem Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
New Jerusalem Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Beckers St. Peters Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
St. Peters Reformed Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Friedens Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lenhartsville . The Friedens Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Friedens Church Cemetery Friedens Reformed UCC Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976374 <2>
Fairview Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Hope Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
St. Lukes Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Birch Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
St. Johns Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Maidencreek Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
St. Pauls Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (339 more) ...
Fleetwood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Virginville had a population of 2,612 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Virginville, with the one closest to Virginville listed first.
Moselem (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Moselem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem Lenhartsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Evansville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Evansville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville Molltown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Molltown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molltown Kirbyville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Kirbyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville Moselem Springs (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Moselem Springs is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem Springs Klinesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Klinesville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klinesville Windsor Castle (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Windsor Castle is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle Shoemakersville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Maiden Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Maiden Creek is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Creek Blandon (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Walnuttown (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Walnuttown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnuttown Continue List (24 more) ...
Fleetwood (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Kutztown (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Grimville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Grimville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Virginville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Virginville .
Newspapers Published in Virginville ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Virginville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Virginville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Virginville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Virginville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Luzerne County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Virginville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
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 . 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 Virginville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Virginville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.