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 Woodlawn (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 Woodlawn. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Woodlawn is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Cecil (MD), Harford (MD), Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon & York.
Below are the counties that are near Woodlawn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodlawn:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Woodlawn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rohrerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wheatland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
- Fruitville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fruitville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
- Kenwick Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kenwick Village is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwick Village
- New Danville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Danville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Danville
- Millersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Zooks Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zooks Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zooks Corner
- Slackwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Slackwater is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwater
- Windom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windom is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Central Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Central Manor is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Manor
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Adamstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adamstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Adamstown has also been known as:
- Adamschteddel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <1>
- Alleghenyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Womelsdorf
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Robesonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wernersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Morgantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mohnton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Phoebe Berks Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Angelica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Beckersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beckersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville
- New Morgan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Morgan is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Atglen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Compass
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Lenover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lenover is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover
- Honey Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Parkesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Sadsburyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stottsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stottsville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville
- Suplee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Tweedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tweedale is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedale
- Birdell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Bachmanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hummelstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Highspire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Shellsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Lawnton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Burd Coleman Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Johnstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Miners Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Colebrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Lawn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Mount Gretna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Cornwall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Quentin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Schaefferstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fontana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- East Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Wrightsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Craley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Goram
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- New Bridgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Bittersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bittersville
- Yorkana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Airville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hallam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hallam is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Kyleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kyleville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Holtz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holtz is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtz
- Windsor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Gorsuch Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Maryland Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Trump
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trump is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
- Freeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Shane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shane is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shane
- Stablersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stablersville is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stablersville
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Rock Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Conowingo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mason Dixon Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village
- Rowlandsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rowlandsville is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowlandsville
- Rising Sun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sylmar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Colora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Grove is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Calvert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Winchester Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Village
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Cambria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Whiteford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pylesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Street
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Conowingo Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village
- Dublin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Poole
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poole is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
- Scarboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Scarboro is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Darlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Federal Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Federal Hill is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill
- Chestnut Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Glenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodlawn, see our County-by-County Page for Woodlawn.
Cemeteries Near Woodlawn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodlawn.
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 Woodlawn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodlawn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Degel Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Josephs New Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodward Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shreiner - Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lancaster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shaurai Shomayim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Millersville Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Conestoga Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conestoga Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Conestoga Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lancaster.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44619 <2>
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Riverview Burial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Burial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Burial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Lancaster.
- The Riverview Burial Park has also been known as:
- Riverview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1542536 <2>
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Centerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Woodlawn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodlawn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rohrerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shreiners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shreiners is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreiners
- Millersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Danville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Danville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Danville
- Windom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windom is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Slackwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Slackwater is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwater
- East Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fertility
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fertility is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertility
- Landis Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Neffsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bamford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bamford is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rockhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rockhill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- West Willow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Willow is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Willow
- Willow Street
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodlawn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodlawn.
Newspapers Published in Woodlawn ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodlawn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodlawn, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodlawn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Woodlawn:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- York County
- Baltimore County
- Cecil County
- Harford 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Woodlawn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Woodlawn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |