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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 West Oak Lane (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 West Oak Lane. 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.
Name Variations for West Oak Lane ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Oak Lane: W. Oak Lane
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
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 and hospitals 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.
West Oak Lane is located in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia County : Burlington (NJ) , Camden (NJ) , Gloucester (NJ) , Bucks , Delaware & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near West Oak Lane. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Oak Lane:
Philadelphia County (The home county of West Oak Lane)
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Somerville ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the south)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Milestown ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Milestown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milestown Pittville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Pittville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville Allen Lane (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Germantown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Branchtown ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station Fern Rock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Fern Rock is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Lawton Station ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Lawton Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton Station Logan Station ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Logan Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Station Oak Lane Station ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Oak Lane Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane Station Chestnut Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Allegheny County
Overbrook (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Boyertown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Colebrookdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Ironstone (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
County Line (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
County Line is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Chestnut Wood Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Warminster Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Warminster Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Village Johnsville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Johnsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville Warminster Heights (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Heights is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Heights Casey Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Casey Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village Ivyland (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hartsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Hartsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville Churchville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Churchville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville Warrington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Croydon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Grenoble (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Grenoble is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenoble Neshaminy ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Neshaminy is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshaminy Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Strafford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Strafford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Devon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Berwyn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Chesterbrook (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Leopard (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Leopard is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Paoli (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Valley Forge (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Whitehorse (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Whitehorse is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorse Duffryn Mawr (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffryn Mawr Green Tree (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Green Tree is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree Lees (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Lees is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees General Warren Village (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Malvern (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Haverford Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Haverford Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverford Village Haverford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Millbourne (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Millbourne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbourne Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
Rosemont (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Allgates (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Allgates is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates East Lansdowne (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
East Lansdowne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansdowne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
Llanerch (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Llanerch is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llanerch Montrose Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Burmont (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Burmont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmont Drexel Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Lansdowne (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Ithan (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Radnor Station (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Indiana County
Ernest (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Wyncote (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Wyndmoor (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Elkins Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Glenside (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Glenside is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenside Jenkintown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Ashmead Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Ashmead Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmead Village Cheltenham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Fitzwatertown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Fitzwatertown is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwatertown Oreland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Noble (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Noble is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Flourtown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Rockledge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Abington (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Analine Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village Carpenter (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter White Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Whites Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Arden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardencroft (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Ardentown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Claymont Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Claymont Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claymont Village Claymont (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Holly Oak (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Holly Oak is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak Windy Bush (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Windy Bush is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush Bellefonte (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Bellefonte is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
Burlington County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Riverton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Cinnaminson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson Riverside (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Maple Shade (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Maple Shade is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade Beverly (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Beverly is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
Burlington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Burlington is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
Willingboro (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Willingboro is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willingboro Ramblewood (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Ramblewood is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood Greentree Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Greentree Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village Marlton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Marlton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton Hainesport (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Hainesport is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesport Heritage Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Heritage Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village Florence (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Florence is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Ablett Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Delair (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Pennsauken (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Camden (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Colwick (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Colwick is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwick Morgan Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Wood - Lynne (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Cherry Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Cherry Hill is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Golden Triangle (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Gloucester City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
Cherry Hill Mall (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Mall Westmont (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Brooklawn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Brooklawn is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Red Bank (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank North Woodbury (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Thorofare (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Woodbury (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
Westcotville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Westcotville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcotville Almonesson (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Almonesson is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almonesson Cooper Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Cooper Village is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Village Gibbstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Parkville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Oak Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Mantua (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Mickleton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Wenonah (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Wenonah is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenonah Hunterdon County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Lambertville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
Raven Rock (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Raven Rock is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock Prallsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Prallsville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prallsville Rosemont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Rosemont is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Idell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Idell is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idell Linvale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Linvale is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linvale Sergeantsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Sergeantsville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergeantsville Snydertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Snydertown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown Barbertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Barbertown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbertown Locktown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Locktown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locktown Larisons Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Larisons Corners is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larisons Corners Sand Brook (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Sand Brook is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Brook Mercer County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Somerset (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Somerset is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Titusville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Titusville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville West Trenton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
West Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton Bear Tavern (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern Ewing (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Ewing is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Parkway Village (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Parkway Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village Trenton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
White Horse (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
White Horse is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Eldridge Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Park Warner Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Warner Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village Lawrenceville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Mercerville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Mercerville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville Rosemont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Rosemont is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Auburn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Whig Lane (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Whig Lane is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane Carneys Point (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
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 West Oak Lane, see our County-by-County Page for West Oak Lane .
Cemeteries Near West Oak Lane ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Oak Lane.
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 West Oak Lane - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Oak Lane covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Chelten Hills Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Philadelphia National Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Ivy Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Ivy Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Ivy Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Philadelphia . The Ivy Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
Germantown & Chestnut Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45186 <2>
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Northwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Hood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Yeakel Schwenkfelder (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
St. Mary of the Assumption Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
St. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Leverington Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverington Cemetery The Leverington Cemetery has also been known as:
Roxborough Cemetery Roxbrouugh Leverington Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45934 <2>
Continue List (395 more) ...
Montefiore Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Lawnview Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnview Memorial Park To give a relative sense of its location, the Lawnview Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Rockledge . The Lawnview Memorial Park has also been known as:
Lawnview Memorial Park Odd Fellows Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45275 <2>
St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Rockledge . The St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
Fox Chase Cemetery St. Mary's Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1997475 <2>
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find West Oak Lane in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Oak Lane.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Oak Lane, with the one closest to West Oak Lane listed first.
Mermaid (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Mermaid is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Mount Airy (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mount Airy is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Airy Allen Lane (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Mount Pleasant (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mount Pleasant is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Pittville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Pittville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville Milestown ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Milestown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milestown Lamott (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Lamott is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamott Ashbourne (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Ashbourne is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashbourne Chelten Hills (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Chelten Hills is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelten Hills Wyncote (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Wyndmoor (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Gravers (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Gravers is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravers Continue List (14 more) ...
Carpenter (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Carpenter is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Upsal (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Germantown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Oak Lane. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Oak Lane .
Newspapers Published in West Oak Lane ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Oak Lane.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Oak Lane, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for West Oak Lane.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 West Oak Lane:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Philadelphia County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Bucks County Chester County Delaware County Indiana County Montgomery County New Castle County Burlington County Camden County Gloucester County Hunterdon County Mercer County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Oak Lane. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Philadelphia County: https://www.phila.gov/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about West Oak Lane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Oak Lane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.