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 Wardville (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 Wardville. 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 and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Wardville is located in Perry 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 Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Wardville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wardville:
Perry County (The home county of Wardville)
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Millerstown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Reward (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Pfoutz Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Newport (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Liverpool (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bailey (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Blain (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Rose Glen (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Rose Glen is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen New Buffalo (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
New Buffalo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
Eshcol (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Mecks Corner (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Duncannon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Ickesburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Ickesburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg Allegheny County
Bloomfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Centre County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Ingleby (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Ingleby is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby Woodward (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Coburn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Fiedler (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Fiedler is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler Zerby (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Zerby is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby Aaronsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Millheim (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Livonia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Livonia is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia Penn Hall (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Penn Hall is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Hall Spring Mills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Wolfs Store (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Wolfs Store is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store Potters Mills (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Potters Mills is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills Rebersburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Westwood Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village Caprivi (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Caprivi is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi Good Hope (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Schlusser (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Schlusser is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser Enola (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Middlesex (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Middlesex is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex New Kingstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
West Fairview (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Sporting Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill Wormleysburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Carlisle (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Camp Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Lemoyne (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Millersburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Paxton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Paxton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Halifax (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Fisherville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Rife (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Rife is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife Enders (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Berrysburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Elizabethville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Enterline (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Pillow (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Dauphin (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Carsonville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Carsonville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Seven Stars (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Seven Stars is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Thompsontown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Knousetown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Knousetown is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown Swales (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Swales is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales Richfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
McAlisterville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Locust Run (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Mexico (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Mifflin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Mifflintown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Old Port (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Port Royal (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Doyles Mills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Paintersville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Alfarata (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Burnham (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Highland Park (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Highland Park is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Honey Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek Juniata Terrace (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
Lewistown Junction (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction Lewistown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Yeagertown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Lumber City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lumber City is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Reedsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Milroy (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Anderson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Anderson is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Northumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Malta (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Mandata (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Mandata is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata Herndon (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Asherton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Asherton is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton Selinsgrove Junction (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction Mile Run (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Mile Run is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run Augustaville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Augustaville is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustaville Sunbury (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Leck Kill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill Farnsworth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Farnsworth is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth Northumberland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Trevorton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Keefers (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Keefers is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Klingerstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Rough and Ready (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Aline (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Beaver Springs (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs Beavertown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Mount Pleasant Mills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Shadle (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Hoffer (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer McClure (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Benfer (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Benfer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer Paxtonville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Paxtonville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville McKees Half Falls (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Pallas (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Pallas is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas Middle Creek (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Middle Creek is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Bannerville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Bannerville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Glen Iron (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Glen Iron is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron Laurelton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Laurelton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton Millmont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Pardee (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Pardee is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee Hartleton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Hartleton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
Cherry Run (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Cherry Run is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run Mifflinburg (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
New Berlin (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Dry Valley Crossroads (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Red Bank (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Red Bank is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Mazeppa (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Mazeppa is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa Linntown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Linntown is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown Lewisburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
York County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
New Market (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Rudytown ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wardville, see our County-by-County Page for Wardville .
Cemeteries Near Wardville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wardville.
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 Wardville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wardville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Marshal Chapel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Auker Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Riverview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Pfoutz Valley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Cemetery The Pfoutz Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
Pfoutz Valley UMC Cemetery Thompson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Thompson's Lock Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Lock Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson's Lock Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Thompsontown . The Thompson's Lock Cemetery has also been known as:
Thompson Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46466 <2>
Reward UMC Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Deardorff Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Mitchell Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
St. Matthew Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthew Cemetery The St. Matthew Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery Niemonds Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niemonds Cemetery The Niemonds Cemetery has also been known as:
Susquehanna Valley Mennonite Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244254 <2>
Faith Lutheran Church (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Continue List (165 more) ...
Bull Hill Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Lauver Mennonite Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
St. Johns UMC Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 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, Wardville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wardville, with the one closest to Wardville listed first.
Dimmsville (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Dimmsville is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmsville Millerstown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Nekoda (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Nekoda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoda Reward (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Maze (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Maze is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maze Thompsontown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pfoutz Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Cocolamus (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Cocolamus is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocolamus East Salem (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
East Salem is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Salem Donnally Mills (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Donnally Mills is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnally Mills Evendale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Evendale is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evendale Knousetown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Knousetown is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown Continue List (15 more) ...
Swales (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Swales is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales Newport (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Acker (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Acker is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wardville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wardville .
Newspapers Published in Wardville ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wardville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wardville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Wardville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Wardville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Centre County Cumberland County Dauphin County Juniata County Mifflin County Northumberland County Schuylkill County Snyder County Union County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wardville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.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 '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- Wardville) 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 Wardville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.