Old Place Names and Their Locations

The following list is just a small collection of old place names and their locations. If you know of a place that is hard to locate, please submit it to Nancy.

Old Place Names and Their Locations
Place Name Location
Allemangel Albany Twp.
Allendale Heights Located in Perry Twp.
Alliance Located in Bethel Township
Athol Amityville
Blottadahl Irish Creek Road on Blottadahl Rd, Centre Twp.
Brookside Located in Cumru Twp.
Brumfield Weavertown
Brumfieldville Weavertown
California Glen Morgantown/Churchtown area
Colby's Corner Located in Robeson Twp.
Cootstown Kutztown
Coxtown Fleetwood
Dengler's Mount Penn
Edrisville Rte 501 and Frystown Rd. Bethel Twp.
Forest, The Robeson/Plow
Friedensburg Oley
Fritztown Lower end in Spring Township; upper end in South Heidelberg
Gantertown Richtown, now included in the city of Reading
Glauberstown East end of Strausstown
Goosetown AKA Willow Glen; south east end of Morgantown
Goshenhoppen Bally
Hetrichestettle Obold
Host Tulpehocken Twp.
Huffsville Located in Hereford Twp.
Levan Kutztown
Limestone Greshville, Douglass Twp.
Locust Grove Amity
Middletown Womelsdorf
Millersburg Bethel
New Store Amityville
Nigger Hill Birdsboro area
Obold Mt. Pleasant
Pig Hill Bern Twp.
Rattlesnake Hill Douglass Twp.
Reberstown Shubert (intersection of Rte 419 & Shubert Rd.)
Richtown Part of Reading
Ryeland Womesldorf Train Station
Schoeneck Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co.
Shoen Eck Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co.
Shoeneck Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co.
Smoketown adjacent to Bethel in Bethel Twp.
Spring (not to be confused with Spring Twp.) Womesldorf Train Station
Spunktown Engelsville, Colebrookdale Twp.
Stumptown Fredericksburg, Lebanon Co.
Stumptown New Danville, Lancaster Co.
Weitzeltown Spring Township (between Sinking Spring and Montello
Wesnerville Stony Run
Wohleberstown Mt. Aetna
Woodchoppertown Earl Township
Wooltown Wooltown Road and Ruth Ave, Wernersville
Wyomissing Gouglersville

The following web site lists some additional old and Pennsylvania Dutch place names:

Pennsylvaanisch-Deitsche Blatznaame in Lengeschter Kaundi (Lancaster County, PA)


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