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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 Wescosville (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 Wescosville. 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 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.

Wescosville is located in Lehigh County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lehigh County: Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Northampton & Schuylkill.

Below are the counties that are near Wescosville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wescosville:

  • Lehigh County     (The home county of Wescosville)
  • Berks County
  • Bucks County
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wescosville, with the one closest to Wescosville listed first.
    • Hazard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hazard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
      • Hazard is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hazard
      • From Wescosville to Hazard
    • Kittatinny
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Palmerton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmerton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
      • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
    • Bowmanstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowmanstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmanstown
      • Bowmanstown is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowmanstown <3>
    • Ashfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Germans
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Germans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans
      • Germans is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Germans
      • From Wescosville to Germans
    • Little Gap
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Parryville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jonesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Weissport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weissport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weissport
      • Weissport is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weissport <3>
    • Lehighton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mertz Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mertz Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town
      • Mertz Town is located in Carbon County
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wescosville, with the one closest to Wescosville listed first.
    • Fricks Lock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Kenilworth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenilworth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth
      • Kenilworth is located in Chester County
    • Pottstown Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • South Pottstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Pottstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown
      • South Pottstown is located in Chester County
    • Parker Ford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Spring City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Bucktown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Seven Stars
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Stars have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
      • Seven Stars is located in Chester County
    • Slonaker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Slonaker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker
      • Slonaker is located in Chester County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Slonaker
      • From Wescosville to Slonaker
    • Coventryville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Knauertown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Pughtown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Monroe County
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wescosville, with the one closest to Wescosville listed first.
    • Palm
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • East Greenville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
      • East Greenville is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,937 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Greenville <3>
    • Fruitville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pennsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsburg
      • Pennsburg is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,853 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pennsburg <3>
    • Hoppenville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Red Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
      • Red Hill is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,357 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Hill <3>
    • Congo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Run
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Anise
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Anise. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise
      • Anise is located in Montgomery County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Anise
      • From Wescosville to Anise
    • Green Lane
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lane
      • Green Lane is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Lane <3>
    • Gilbertsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Perkiomenville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Northampton County
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wescosville, with the one closest to Wescosville listed first.
    • Andreas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mantz
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mantz. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz
      • Mantz is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mantz
      • From Wescosville to Mantz
    • Rene Mont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rene Mont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont
      • Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rene Mont
      • From Wescosville to Rene Mont
    • New Ringgold
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Port Clinton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Clinton
      • Port Clinton is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Clinton <3>
    • Rauschs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rauschs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs
      • Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rauschs
      • From Wescosville to Rauschs
    • Coaldale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coaldale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
      • Coaldale is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,131 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coaldale <3>
    • McKeansburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKeansburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg
      • McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County
    • Deer Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
      • Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
    • Hometown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tamaqua
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tamaqua have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaqua
      • Tamaqua is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,633 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamaqua <3>
    • Auburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
      • Auburn is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <3>
  • Hunterdon County (NJ)
  • Warren County (NJ)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wescosville, see our County-by-County Page for Wescosville.

Cemeteries Near Wescosville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wescosville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wescosville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wescosville, with the one closest to Wescosville listed first.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wescosville had a population of 366 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Wescosville, with the one closest to Wescosville listed first.

  • East Texas
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Texas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Texas
    • East Texas is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Texas <3>
  • Litzenberg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litzenberg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litzenberg
    • Litzenberg is located in Lehigh County
  • Trexlertown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trexlertown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trexlertown
    • Trexlertown is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trexlertown <3>
  • Spring Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek is located in Lehigh County
  • Walbert
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Macungie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macungie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macungie
    • Macungie is located in Lehigh County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,183 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macungie <3>
  • Chapman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chapman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
    • Chapman is located in Lehigh County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Chapman
    • From Wescosville to Chapman
  • Stetlersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Haines
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haines have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines
    • Haines is located in Lehigh County
  • Breinigsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breinigsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breinigsville
    • Breinigsville is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Breinigsville <3>
  • Alburtis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Orefield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Allentown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fogelsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fogelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogelsville
      • Fogelsville is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fogelsville <3>
    • Shimerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shimerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shimerville
      • Shimerville is located in Lehigh County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wescosville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wescosville.

Newspapers Published in Wescosville ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wescosville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wescosville, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wescosville.

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 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 Wescosville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wescosville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lehigh County: www.lehighcounty.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Wescosville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Wescosville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wescosville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5673, Longitude: -75.5512    









 

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