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 White Deer (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 White Deer. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
White Deer is located in Union 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 Union County: Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland & Snyder.
Below are the counties that are near White Deer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Deer:
- Union County (The home county of White Deer)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Allenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Columbia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Milton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Lewisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Linntown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- Mazeppa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Red Bank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- New Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Livonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Woodward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Store
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
- Fiedler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Rauchtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rauchtown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauchtown
- Loganton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Avis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Greenburr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- McElhattan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Youngdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Youngdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale
- Dunnstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
- Rote
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Castanea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Swissdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Swissdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissdale
- Tylersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Lock Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Jerseytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Eyers Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Iola
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Iola is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Millville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Grovania
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Mordansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Greenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Welliversville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Welliversville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welliversville
- Coles Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Fernville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Rupert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Dauphin County
- Pillow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Richfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knousetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Montgomery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Muncy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montoursville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Muncy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- South Williamsport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duboistown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Duboistown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duboistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Faxon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Faxon is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Williamsport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newberry is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Collomsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Garden View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garden View is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Exchange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Washingtonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Mooresburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Danville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Watsontown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McEwensville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dewart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- Turbotville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Potts Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Northumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chulasky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Keefers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Rushtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Klingerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pitman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rough and Ready
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Kratzerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Shamokin Dam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hummels Wharf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Penns Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Selinsgrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Globe Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Kreamer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Freeburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Middleburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coon Hunter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter
- Paxtonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Paxtonville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville
- Dundore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dundore is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Beech Glen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Ogdonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ogdonia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdonia
- Sonestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eagles Mere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Long Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Deer, see our County-by-County Page for White Deer.
Cemeteries Near White Deer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Deer.
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 White Deer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Deer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Klopp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klopp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Klopp Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of New Columbia.
- The Klopp Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clapp Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976715 <3>
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stitzel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Allenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Allenwood Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Allenwood.
- The Allenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Uniontown Cemetery
- Milton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Deer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grandview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Allenwood.
- The Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Washington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46586 <3>
- White Deer Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (141 more) ...
- Alvira Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chillisquaque Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turbotville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 White Deer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Deer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White Deer, with the one closest to White Deer listed first.
- Watsontown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Columbia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McEwensville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Allenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dewart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Milton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Warrior Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warrior Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- Turbotville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Kelly Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly Point is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Point
- Lewisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Montandon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Potts Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limestoneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Limestoneville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestoneville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Deer. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Deer.
Newspapers Published in White Deer ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Deer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Deer, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White Deer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to White Deer:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Centre County
- Clinton County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Juniata County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Deer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 White Deer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |