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 Wissahickon (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 Wissahickon. 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.
Wissahickon 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 Wissahickon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wissahickon:
Philadelphia County (The home county of Wissahickon)
The following are listed by their distance from Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Manayunk (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Germantown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Wayne Junction (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction Allen Lane (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Upsal (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Logan Station ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Logan Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Station Chestnut Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Branchtown ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown Somerville ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Roxborough (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station Fern Rock (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Fern Rock is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Allegheny County
Overbrook (2 miles [3.2 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 Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
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 Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Chestnut Wood Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
County Line (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
County Line is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Warminster Heights (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Heights is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Heights Warminster Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Village Casey Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Casey Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village Johnsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Johnsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville Hartsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Hartsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville Churchville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Churchville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville Ivyland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Croydon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Warrington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Grenoble (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Grenoble is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenoble Hulmeville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Strafford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Strafford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Devon (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Berwyn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Leopard (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Leopard is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Chesterbrook (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Whitehorse (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Whitehorse is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorse Paoli (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Valley Forge (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffryn Mawr Green Tree (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Green Tree is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree Lees (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Lees is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees General Warren Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Green Lane Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Green Lane Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lane Village Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Millbourne (4 miles [6.4 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
East Lansdowne (5 miles [8 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 (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Llanerch is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llanerch Haverford Village (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Haverford Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverford Village Haverford (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Yeadon (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Burmont (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Burmont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmont Drexel Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Lansdowne (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Upper Darby (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Allgates (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Allgates is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates Montrose Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Rosemont (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Indiana County
Ernest (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Bala - Cynwyd (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Bala - Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala - Cynwyd Cynwyd (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynwyd West Manayunk (Less than 2 miles to the west)
West Manayunk is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manayunk Narberth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Wyndmoor (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Penn Wynne (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Penn Wynne is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Wynne Ardmore (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Flourtown (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Elkins Park (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Bryn Mawr (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Ashmead Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Ashmead Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmead Village Cheltenham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Conshohocken (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Analine Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village White Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Whites Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Carpenter (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Claymont (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Arden (20 miles [32.2 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 (20 miles [32.2 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 (20 miles [32.2 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Claymont Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claymont Village Holly Oak (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Holly Oak is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak Windy Bush (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Windy Bush is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush Bellefonte (23 miles [37 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 Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Riverton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Cinnaminson (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson Maple Shade (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Maple Shade is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade Riverside (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Beverly (15 miles [24.1 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
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 Willingboro (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Willingboro is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willingboro Marlton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Marlton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton Burlington (18 miles [29 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
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 Hainesport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Hainesport is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesport Florence (22 miles [35.4 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 Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Ablett Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Camden (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Delair (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Morgan Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Gloucester City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
Pennsauken (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Wood - Lynne (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Brooklawn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Brooklawn is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
Colwick (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Colwick is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwick Golden Triangle (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Cherry Hill Mall (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Mall 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 Westmont (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Red Bank (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank North Woodbury (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Thorofare (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Woodbury (12 miles [19.3 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
Gibbstown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Cooper Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Cooper Village is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Village Parkville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Westcotville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Westcotville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcotville Almonesson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Almonesson is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almonesson Mantua (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Mickleton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Oak Valley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Wenonah (15 miles [24.1 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 Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Lambertville (27 miles [43.5 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Raven Rock is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock Prallsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Prallsville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prallsville Rosemont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Rosemont is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Mercer County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Somerset (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Somerset is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Titusville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Titusville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville West Trenton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
West Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton Bear Tavern (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern Ewing (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ewing is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Parkway Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Parkway Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village Trenton (27 miles [43.5 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
Eldridge Park (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Park Warner Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Warner Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village White Horse (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
White Horse is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Auburn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Carneys Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Whig Lane (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Whig Lane is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane Portertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Pennsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Riddleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton Shirley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Shirley is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wissahickon, see our County-by-County Page for Wissahickon .
Cemeteries Near Wissahickon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wissahickon.
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 Wissahickon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wissahickon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
West Laurel Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Westminster Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Laurel Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery The Laurel Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
Central Laurel Hill Cemetery North Laurel Hill Cemetery South Laurel Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45266 <2>
Mt. Vernon Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Mt. Peace Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Mt. Peace Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. Mary of the Assumption Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Leverington Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
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>
Hood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Old Cathedral Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Fairhill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (398 more) ...
St. Pauls Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Friends Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Woodlands Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Wissahickon had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wissahickon, with the one closest to Wissahickon listed first.
Pencoyd (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Pencoyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pencoyd Manayunk (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Cynwyd (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynwyd Bala (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Glen Willow (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Glen Willow is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Willow West Manayunk (Less than 2 miles to the west)
West Manayunk is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manayunk Narberth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Merion (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Tioga (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Tioga is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga Nicetown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Nicetown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicetown Wayne Junction (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction Germantown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Continue List (16 more) ...
Wister (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Wister is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wister Shawmont (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Shawmont is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmont Upsal (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wissahickon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wissahickon .
Newspapers Published in Wissahickon ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wissahickon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wissahickon, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Wissahickon.
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 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 Wissahickon:
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 Wissahickon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Philadelphia County: https://www.phila.gov/
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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 Wissahickon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wissahickon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.