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.
| 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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