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 Westwood (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 Westwood. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Westwood 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 Westwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westwood:
Chester County (The home county of Westwood)
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Coatesville (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Pomeroy (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Modena (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Modena is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
South Coatesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
South Coatesville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coatesville Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
Youngsburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Youngsburg is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsburg Stottsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Stottsville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville Sadsburyville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Caln (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Caln is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caln Buck Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Buck Run is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run Parkesburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Cedar Knoll (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Cedar Knoll is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll Mortonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Mortonville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortonville Lenover (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Lenover is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Morgantown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Joanna (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Kenneys (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys New Morgan (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Geigertown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Plowville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Scarlets Mill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Beckersville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Alleghenyville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Alleghenyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville Bally (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Angelica (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Angelica is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica Birdsboro (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Monocacy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Glen Mills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Chelsea (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Chester Heights (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Edgemont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Garnet Valley (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Zebleys Corner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Aston Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Glen Riddle (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Lima (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Rockdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Creekside Village at Naamans (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Elwyn (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Elwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwyn Boothwyn (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Indiana County
Ernest (30 miles [48.3 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 Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Christiana (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Gap (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Meadville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Buyerstown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Ninepoints (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Smyrna (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Beartown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Kinzers (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Churchtown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
East Earl (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Blue Ball (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Intercourse (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Leaman Place (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Leaman Place is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaman Place Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Bramcote (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Port Providence (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Stowe (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
West Pottsgrove (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Mingo (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Pottstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Royersford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Pottsgrove (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Sanatoga (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Audubon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Halfway House (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Colonial Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Collegeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
York County
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Castle Fin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Castle Fin is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin Slab (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Slab is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Slate Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Slate Hill is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill Bryansville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Bryansville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville Delta (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Susquehanna Trails (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Susquehanna Trails is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails Airville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Goram (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Goram is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram Kyleville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Kyleville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Southwood (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Vintage Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Yorklyn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Ashland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Hockessin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
York Towne (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne Centreville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Mount Cuba (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba North Star (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Cokesbury Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village Mendenhall Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village Greenville (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Montchanin (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Blake (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Old Line Village of Fair Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Appleton (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Fair Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Andora (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Blue Ball Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Calvert (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Sylmar (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar Mason Dixon Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village Bank ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Bank was located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Barksdale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Cherry Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Elk Mills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Harford County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Conowingo Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village Darlington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum Stafford ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Stafford was located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Bridgeport (29 miles [46.7 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 Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Carneys Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pennsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westwood, see our County-by-County Page for Westwood .
Cemeteries Near Westwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westwood.
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 Westwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Ukrainian Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Fallowfield Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Fairview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
St. Cecilia Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Polish Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Beth Israel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Doe Run Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Doe Run Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> Coatesville . The Doe Run Cemetery has also been known as:
Doe Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244008 <2>
Friendship Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Londonderry Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> Chatham . The St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
Doe Run Catholic Cemetery Doe Run Catholic Church Cemetery St. Malachi Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192550 <2>
Mt. Olive African American Methodist Episcopal Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
West Marlborough AME Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Continue List (374 more) ...
Glen Run Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
St. Joseph Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wateland 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>
While we didn't find Westwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
Pomeroy (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Ercildoun (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Ercildoun is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ercildoun Coatesville (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Stottsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Stottsville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville Modena (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Modena is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
Siousca (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Siousca is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siousca Wagontown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Wagontown is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagontown Sadsburyville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Parkesburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Buck Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Buck Run is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run Caln (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Caln is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caln Doe Run (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Doe Run is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Continue List (17 more) ...
Laurel (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Laurel is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mortonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Mortonville is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortonville Cedar Knoll (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Cedar Knoll is also located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westwood .
Newspapers Published in Westwood ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westwood, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Westwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Westwood:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Berks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Montgomery County York County New Castle County Cecil County Harford County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westwood. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westwood) 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 Westwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.