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 Vogansville (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 Vogansville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Vogansville 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 Vogansville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vogansville:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Vogansville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Hinkletown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- New Holland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bareville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bareville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bareville
- Weaverland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Weaverland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland
- Blue Ball
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Red Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ephrata
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mascot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mascot is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Leacock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leacock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leacock
- Monterey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monterey is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Brownstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brownstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Adamstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Morgantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Morgan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Morgan is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Angelica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Beckersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beckersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville
- Mohnton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plowville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plowville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville
- Tallowyck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Joanna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Joanna is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna
- Kenneys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kenneys is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys
- Freemanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freemanville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemanville
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Cambridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Honey Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Suplee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Compass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Dampman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Birdell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Rockville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Atglen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Elverson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Isabella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Lenover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lenover is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Bachmanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Stricklerstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Johnstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Schaefferstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newmanstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Miners Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Richland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burd Coleman Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Cornwall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Myerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Bramcote
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- Stowe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Pottstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Halfway House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Pottsgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Sanatoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gilbertsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Moyers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Summit Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- East Prospect
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Goram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- Wrightsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Craley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- New Bridgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Airville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bittersville
- Kyleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kyleville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Slab
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Yorkana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Castle Fin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Hallam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hallam is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Mason Dixon Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village
- Rock Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Sylmar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Oakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Rising Sun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blake is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Calvert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Conowingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Old Line Village of Fair Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Cambria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Whiteford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vogansville, see our County-by-County Page for Vogansville.
Cemeteries Near Vogansville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vogansville.
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 Vogansville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vogansville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Metzler Mennonite Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conestoga Old Order Mennonite Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Myers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shirk Reformed Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weaverland Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bowman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Shirk - Kurtz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gordonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Lichty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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, Vogansville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vogansville, with the one closest to Vogansville listed first.
- Hinkletown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Fairmount
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Farmersville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Farmersville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Bareville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bareville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bareville
- Groffdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Groffdale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groffdale
- New Holland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martindale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Martindale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Weaverland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Weaverland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland
- Murrell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Murrell is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrell
- Hahnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hahnstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahnstown
- Leacock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leacock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leacock
- Mascot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mascot is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blue Ball
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Terre Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vogansville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vogansville.
Newspapers Published in Vogansville ...
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 153 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vogansville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vogansville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vogansville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Vogansville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Montgomery County
- Schuylkill County
- York 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- Vogansville) 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 Vogansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |