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 Woodchoppertown (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 Woodchoppertown. 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 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.
Woodchoppertown is located in Berks 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 Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Woodchoppertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodchoppertown:
Berks County (The home county of Woodchoppertown)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Manatawny (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Manatawny is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatawny Yellow House (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Yellow House is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Griesemersville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Indian Springs Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Pikeville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Pikeville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville Bechtelsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Boyertown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Lobachsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Lobachsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobachsville Oley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Colebrookdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Ironstone (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Limekiln (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Limekiln is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Argus (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Milford Square (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Steinsburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Trumbauersville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Zionhill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Quakertown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Rich Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Hilltop (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Derstines (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Sellersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Perkasie (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Germans (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Ashfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Kittatinny (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Pottstown Landing (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Kenilworth (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Fricks Lock (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Bucktown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Knauertown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Pughtown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Slonaker (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Parker Ford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Nantmeal Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Elverson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Saint Davids (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Ithan (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Radnor Station (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Radnor (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Wayne (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Green Countrie Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Rosemont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Indiana County
Ernest (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Churchtown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Beartown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Red Run (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Terre Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Blue Ball (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
East Earl (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Reamstown (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Denver (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Meadville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Stevens (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Newmanstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Sheridan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Stricklerstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Richland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Myerstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Schaefferstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Alburtis (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Hosensack (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Macungie (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Zionsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
New Smithville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Ancient Oaks (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Dillingerville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville Dillingerville has also been known as:
Dillinger Dillingers Ville Dillingers Dillingersville Stahlers Hynemansville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Seipstown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Gilbertsville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Congo (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Stowe (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
West Pottsgrove (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Halfway House (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Bramcote (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote New Hanover (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Pottstown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Anise (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Pleasant Run (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Fagleysville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Leithsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Seidersville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Hellertown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Bethlehem (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hanover (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Lockport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Freemansburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Howertown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Wassergass (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Wassergass is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassergass Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Port Clinton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Auburn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Rene Mont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Mantz (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz Jefferson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson McKeansburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg New Ringgold (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Andreas (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Aucheys (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys Landingville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodchoppertown, see our County-by-County Page for Woodchoppertown .
Cemeteries Near Woodchoppertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodchoppertown.
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 Woodchoppertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodchoppertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Oley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. Pauls Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
St. Pauls Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hill Church Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mountain Marys Grave (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Lesher Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Hoch - DeTurk - Schenkel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Fritz Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Fairview Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Continue List (376 more) ...
Weller Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Friedens Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Oley . The Friedens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2211517 <3>
Young - Kissling Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Woodchoppertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodchoppertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodchoppertown, with the one closest to Woodchoppertown listed first.
Shanesville (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Shanesville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville Spangsville (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Spangsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangsville Yellow House (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Yellow House is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Earlville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Earlville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville Manatawny (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Manatawny is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatawny Worman (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Worman is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worman Griesemersville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Greshville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Greshville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greshville Pikeville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Pikeville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville Lobachsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Lobachsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobachsville Ironstone (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Colebrookdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Continue List (17 more) ...
Little Oley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Little Oley is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oley Boyertown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
New Berlinville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodchoppertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodchoppertown .
Newspapers Published in Woodchoppertown ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodchoppertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodchoppertown, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Woodchoppertown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Woodchoppertown:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodchoppertown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Woodchoppertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Woodchoppertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.