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 Wila (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 Wila. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Wila is located in Perry County .
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Wila. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wila:
Perry County (The home county of Wila)
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Newport (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Millerstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Blain (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bailey (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Mecks Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Reward (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Rose Glen (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Rose Glen is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen Eshcol (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Elliottsburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Falling Spring (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Duncannon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Ickesburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Ickesburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg New Buffalo (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
New Buffalo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
Adams County
Latimore (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Latimore is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore Allegheny County
Bloomfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Centre County
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Ingleby (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Ingleby is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby Woodward (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Coburn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Zerby (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Zerby is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Caprivi (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Caprivi is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi Schlusser (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Schlusser is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser Middlesex (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Middlesex is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex New Kingstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Good Hope (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Westwood Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village Enola (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Carlisle (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
West Fairview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Plainfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Roxbury (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Roxbury is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Mechanicsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Sporting Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Halifax (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Millersburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Paxton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Paxton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Dauphin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Fisherville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Rife (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Rife is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife Fort Hunter (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Stone Glen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Enders (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Enterline (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Lucknow (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lucknow is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Elizabethville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Berrysburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Thompsontown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Locust Run (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Seven Stars (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Seven Stars is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Mexico (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico McAlisterville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Old Port (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Port Royal (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Knousetown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Knousetown is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown Swales (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Swales is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales Mifflin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Mifflintown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Richfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Doyles Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Paintersville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Alfarata (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Burnham (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Highland Park (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Highland Park is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Juniata Terrace (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
Lewistown Junction (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction Lewistown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Yeagertown (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Honey Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek Anderson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Anderson is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Lumber City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Lumber City is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Reedsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Kishacoquillas (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas Northumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Malta (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Mandata (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Mandata is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata Herndon (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Asherton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Asherton is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton Selinsgrove Junction (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction Mile Run (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Mile Run is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run Schuylkill County
Klingerstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Aline (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Shadle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle McClure (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Beaver Springs (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs Beavertown (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hoffer (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer McKees Half Falls (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Mount Pleasant Mills (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Middle Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Middle Creek is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Pallas (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Pallas is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas Bannerville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Bannerville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville Benfer (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Benfer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer Chapman (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Chapman is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Cherry Run (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Cherry Run is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run Glen Iron (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Glen Iron is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron Pardee (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Pardee is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee Laurelton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Laurelton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton Millmont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Hartleton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Hartleton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
Mifflinburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
New Berlin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
York County
The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
New Market (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Rudytown ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown Siddonsburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Andersontown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Marsh Run (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Nauvoo (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Dillsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Redland Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Redland Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village Uniontown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Uniontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown Lewisberry (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Mount Top (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Mount Top is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top Quaker Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Quaker Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village Valley Green (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Valley Green is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wila, see our County-by-County Page for Wila .
Cemeteries Near Wila ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wila.
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 Wila - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wila covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Newport Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Deardorff Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Mitchell Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Riverview Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Bull Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Eshcol Memorial Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Thompson Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Thompson's Lock Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Lock Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson's Lock Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Thompsontown . The Thompson's Lock Cemetery has also been known as:
Thompson Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46466 <2>
Snyders Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyders Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Snyders Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Mecks Corner . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978059 <2>
Marshal Chapel Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Auker Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
St. Matthew Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthew Cemetery The St. Matthew Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery Continue List (168 more) ...
Reward UMC Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Lantz Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Locust Run Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Locust Run Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Locust Run . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45311 <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 Wila in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wila.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
Wahneta (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Wahneta is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahneta Newport (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Blain (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bloomfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
New Bloomfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Millerstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Donnally Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Donnally Mills is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnally Mills Bailey (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Mannsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Mannsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Acker (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Acker is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker Thompsontown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Eshcol (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Continue List (16 more) ...
Losh Run (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Losh Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losh Run Reward (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Wardville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Wardville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wila. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wila .
Newspapers Published in Wila ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wila.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wila, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Wila.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Wila:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adams County Allegheny County Centre County Cumberland County Dauphin County Juniata County Mifflin County Northumberland County Schuylkill County Snyder County Union County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wila. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . 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 Wila, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wila) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.