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 Wallace (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 Wallace. 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 doctors 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.
Wallace 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 Wallace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wallace:
Chester County (The home county of Wallace)
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Cornog (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Cornog is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornog Milford Mills (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Milford Mills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Mills Springton (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Springton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springton Lyndell (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Lyndell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndell Ludwigs Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Ludwigs Corner is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwigs Corner Matthews (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Matthews is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Nantmeal Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Loag (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Loag is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag Anselma (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Anselma is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselma Knauertown (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Isabella (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Isabella is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella Cedar Knoll (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Knoll is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll Cupola (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Cupola is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola Allegheny County
Overbrook (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Kenneys (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Joanna (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Morgantown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Bally (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
New Morgan (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Monocacy (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Scarlets Mill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Amity Gardens (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Birdsboro (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Plowville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Beckersville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Lorane (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Lorane is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Argus (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Derstines (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Fairhill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Fairhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhill Fairhill has also been known as:
Schnabletown Snoveltown Sellersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Trumbauersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Milford Square (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Rich Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Selsie Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selsie Village Silverdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Edgemont (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Glen Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Green Countrie Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Saint Davids (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Chester Heights (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Lima (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Ithan (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Marple (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Marple is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Radnor Station (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Radnor (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Wayne (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Broomall (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Aston Mills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Indiana County
Ernest (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Beartown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Churchtown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Meadville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville East Earl (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Christiana (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Gap (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Terre Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Weaverland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Kinzers (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Smyrna (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna New Holland (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Newmanstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Stricklerstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Hosensack (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Hensingersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Old Zionsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Zionsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Alburtis (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Dillingerville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville Dillingerville has also been known as:
Dillinger Dillingers Ville Dillingers Dillingersville Stahlers Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Bramcote (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Stowe (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
West Pottsgrove (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Mingo (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Pottstown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Royersford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Sanatoga (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Halfway House (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Pottsgrove (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Limerick (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Audubon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Collegeville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Roxborough (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Manayunk (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Chestnut Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Upsal (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Allen Lane (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Bartram Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village Germantown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown University City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
University City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Centreville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Yorklyn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Ashland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Hockessin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Vintage Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Mount Cuba (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba Southwood (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Talleyville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Winterthur (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Cokesbury Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village Greenville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Montchanin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
North Star (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Old Line Village of Fair Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Appleton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Blake (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Fair Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Andora (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Blue Ball Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Barksdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Cherry Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Elk Mills (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
West Creek Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village Winding Brook Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Winding Brook Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Brook Village Calvert (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Sylmar (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Bridgeport (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Beckett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Gibbstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Salem County (NJ)
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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wallace, see our County-by-County Page for Wallace .
Cemeteries Near Wallace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wallace.
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 Wallace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wallace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Morningside Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
St. Joseph Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Pughtown Baptist Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Elverson Methodist Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Springfield Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Beth Israel Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Polish Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
St. Cecilia Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Pine Grove Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Fairview Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Grove Methodist Church Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (421 more) ...
Ebenezer AME Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer AME Cemetery The Ebenezer AME Cemetery has also been known as:
Chester Valley AME Cemetery Valley Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2351899 <2>
Brownback UCC Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownback UCC Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Brownback UCC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> Bucktown . The Brownback UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
Brownback Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2156995 <2>
Ukrainian Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Wallace had a population of 60 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wallace, with the one closest to Wallace listed first.
Cornog (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Cornog is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornog Springton (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Springton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springton Milford Mills (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Milford Mills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Mills Glenmoore (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Lyndell (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Lyndell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndell East Nantmeal (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
East Nantmeal is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nantmeal Brandywine Manor (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Brandywine Manor is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Manor Guthriesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Guthriesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthriesville Dowlin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Dowlin is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowlin Byers (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Byers is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Barneston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Barneston is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneston Brandamore (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Brandamore is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandamore Continue List (29 more) ...
Matthews (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Matthews is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Nantmeal Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Loag (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Loag is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wallace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wallace .
Newspapers Published in Wallace ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wallace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wallace, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Wallace.
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 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 Wallace:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Bucks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Montgomery County Philadelphia County New Castle County Cecil County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wallace. 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' (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- Wallace) 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 Wallace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.