Thanks for this message. It deals with the Dillerville west of the city of Lancaster, which is different from the Dillerville under question at the place where the Penna. RR crosses U. S. Rt. 30 well east of the city of Lancaster. My interest actually stems from research regarding church history, specifically of the former St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Dillerville (on the west side of the city), a congregation no longer extant but whose building cornerstone does remain. Karl E. Moyer Lancaster PA On 11/17/10 12:50 PM, "D. Kohler" <dkohlerx2@comcast.net> wrote: > Hope this helps. Just found this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > Dillerville,_Pennsylvania Dillerville is an extinct hamlet in Lancaster > County, Pennsylvania, United States. Dillerville was established between > the Harrisburg and Manheim pikes, at the intersection of the Lancaster and > Reading railroads.[1] It is sometimes called Dillerville, and sometimes > called Dillersville. The USPS database uses the singular spelling for > Dillerville Road, as does Mapquest's database. Searching on Google shows > the singular spelling to be about six times as popular. The Dillerville name > lives on in the Conrail maintenance yard in Lancaster, a wetlands known as > the Dillerville swamp, and in Dillerville Road. In 1910, this was the first > steel boxcar purchased by the Raritan River RR. Later, it became a tool shed > at Dillerville Conrail yard. According to an 1855 publication, the > Pennsylvania Railroad, double- tracked, runs east from Dillerville 69 miles > (111 km) to Philadelphia and west to Columbia; at Dillerville, there is a > junction with the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad, > which extends 36 miles (58 km) to Harrisburg.[2] An 1864 atlas of Lancaster > County shows six property owners in Dillerville: Benjamin Herr, Henry Huber, > Hy Holl, Patrick McLaughlin, Samuel Ruth, and Emil Shober.[3] Lue E. Huber, > age 42, died in Dillerville on April 16, 1893[4] and Viola Keith, age 1 > year, on Mar 1, 1888[5] according to inscriptions on their headstones. In > the Lancaster County Historical Society Vol. 53, No. 3, p.87[6] a list of > teachers for the one-room schoolhouse is given as: * In 1851-52 James > Benson was teaching a group of 44 including the names Ruth Hall, McGrann, > Schreiner, Huber, Smith, McGlaughlan, Blizzard, hackman, Swails, Graft and > Getz. The school was referred to as No. 5 and was located "on the west side > of Dillerville Lane opposite the lane that led to the Brennan Farm". * > About 1895, Harry R. Bassler * about 1900, Miss Anna Eby * 1903, > Miss Ada Burkholder (Shuman) * 1904, Mr. Evans * 1905, Dr. J.G. > Hess * 1906, C. H. Martin (Treasurer of the historical society) with > fifty-five pupils in eight grades * 1907, John Matter * Later, and > for twenty years, it was occupied as a dwelling by Frank Heisler. In 1999, > students from the Lancaster Academy planted more than 500 wetland plants, > including buttonbush, soft-stem bullrush, water iris and silky dogwood in an > 8-acre (32,000 m2) wetland near Red Rose Commons, known as the Dillerville > Swamp.[7] [edit] Geography Leaman Place is located at 40°0′26″N 76°7′0″ > W€ / €40.00722°N 76.116667°W€ / 40.00722; -76.116667 (40.007222, > -76.116667)[8], and is 385 feet (117 m) above mean sea level. [edit] > References 1. ^ Manheim Township Comprehensive Plan 2. ^ Guide for > the Pennsylvania Railroad 3. ^ 1864 Atlas 4. ^ Lancaster Cemetery, > Surnames Starting HO thru I, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA 5. ^ > Lancaster Cemetery, Surnames Starting J thru KE, Lancaster, Lancaster > County, PA 6. ^ Brian C. Bassler on PALANCAS-L 7. ^ PennDEP > newsletter 8. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census > Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/ gazette.html. > Retrieved 2008-01-31. ... and this at > http://radnorhistory.org/archive/articles/ytmt/?p=47 " By the time the first > çGuide of the Pennsylvania Railroadé was published in 1855, the line of road > between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh was complete. At that time it had three > owners. The State of Pennsylvania owned that part extending from the city to > Dillersville, one mile above Lancaster, consisting of a double track, in > length 69 miles. From Dillersville to Harrisburg, the Portsmouth Mount Joy > and Lancaster Railroad took over that distance of 36 miles. The remaining > 248 miles between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh was the property of the > Pennsylvania Railroad." On Nov 16, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Karl Moyer wrote: > > A friend has sent me the reference below to çDillerville PA > 17562.é > That > ZIP Code is for Paradise, Lancaster Co, and the location > seems to be > at > present-day Leaman Place. the atlas of 1899 shows the site as > Leaman > > Place, but does anyone have an atlas older than that which shows a > > settlement there called çDillerville?é > > The Dillerville as per > Dillerville Road lay adjacent to that > road to the > east, with its only > street, Market Street, where the current big > drive-in to > the Armstrong > World Industries property is. Dillerville existed > at the > time the > road, then known s Old Reading Road, crossed the > Pennsylvania and > > Reading railroad tracks at grade. > > So what is this reference to > Dillerville at Leaman Place? > > Thanks. > > Karl E. Moyer > > Lancaster PA > > > Dillerville, PA 17562 > > <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=dillerville > > +pa&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&h > > q=&hnear=Dillerville&gl=us&ei=OyjjTM2KKMH68Abh9fWEDw&o > > i=geoc > ode_result&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA&z=14> > > Show on Google Maps > > <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=dillerville > > +pa&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&h > > q=&hnear=Dillerville&gl=us&ei=OyjjTM2KKMH68Abh9fWEDw&o > > i=geoc > ode_result&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA&z=14> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to PALANCAS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to PALANCAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Page 9 of the 1864 Atlas shows Dillerville in Manheim Twp Sent from my iPhone On Nov 17, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Karl Moyer <kmoyer@millersville.edu> wrote: > Thanks for this message. It deals with the Dillerville west of the city > of Lancaster, which is different from the Dillerville under question at the > place where the Penna. RR crosses U. S. Rt. 30 well east of the city of > Lancaster. > > My interest actually stems from research regarding church history, > specifically of the former St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Dillerville (on the > west side of the city), a congregation no longer extant but whose building > cornerstone does remain. > > Karl E. Moyer > Lancaster PA > > > > On 11/17/10 12:50 PM, "D. Kohler" <dkohlerx2@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Hope this helps. > > Just found this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >> > Dillerville,_Pennsylvania > > Dillerville is an extinct hamlet in Lancaster >> County, Pennsylvania, > United States. > > Dillerville was established between >> the Harrisburg and Manheim pikes, > at the intersection of the Lancaster and >> Reading railroads.[1] > > It is sometimes called Dillerville, and sometimes >> called > Dillersville. The USPS database uses the singular spelling for >> > Dillerville Road, as does Mapquest's database. Searching on Google > shows >> the singular spelling to be about six times as popular. > > The Dillerville name >> lives on in the Conrail maintenance yard in > Lancaster, a wetlands known as >> the Dillerville swamp, and in > Dillerville Road. > In 1910, this was the first >> steel boxcar purchased by the Raritan > River RR. Later, it became a tool shed >> at Dillerville Conrail yard. > > According to an 1855 publication, the >> Pennsylvania Railroad, double- > tracked, runs east from Dillerville 69 miles >> (111 km) to Philadelphia > and west to Columbia; at Dillerville, there is a >> junction with the > Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad, >> which > extends 36 miles (58 km) to Harrisburg.[2] > > An 1864 atlas of Lancaster >> County shows six property owners in > Dillerville: Benjamin Herr, Henry Huber, >> Hy Holl, Patrick McLaughlin, > Samuel Ruth, and Emil Shober.[3] Lue E. Huber, >> age 42, died in > Dillerville on April 16, 1893[4] and Viola Keith, age 1 >> year, on Mar > 1, 1888[5] according to inscriptions on their headstones. > > In >> the Lancaster County Historical Society Vol. 53, No. 3, p.87[6] a > list of >> teachers for the one-room schoolhouse is given as: > > * In 1851-52 James >> Benson was teaching a group of 44 including > the names Ruth Hall, McGrann, >> Schreiner, Huber, Smith, McGlaughlan, > Blizzard, hackman, Swails, Graft and >> Getz. The school was referred to > as No. 5 and was located "on the west side >> of Dillerville Lane > opposite the lane that led to the Brennan Farm". > * >> About 1895, Harry R. Bassler > * about 1900, Miss Anna Eby > * 1903, >> Miss Ada Burkholder (Shuman) > * 1904, Mr. Evans > * 1905, Dr. J.G. >> Hess > * 1906, C. H. Martin (Treasurer of the historical society) with >> > fifty-five pupils in eight grades > * 1907, John Matter > * Later, and >> for twenty years, it was occupied as a dwelling by > Frank Heisler. > > In 1999, >> students from the Lancaster Academy planted more than 500 > wetland plants, >> including buttonbush, soft-stem bullrush, water iris > and silky dogwood in an >> 8-acre (32,000 m2) wetland near Red Rose > Commons, known as the Dillerville >> Swamp.[7] > [edit] Geography > > Leaman Place is located at 40°0′26″N 76°7′0″ >> > W€ / €40.00722°N 76.116667°W€ / 40.00722; -76.116667 > (40.007222, >> -76.116667)[8], and is 385 feet (117 m) above mean sea > level. > [edit] >> References > > 1. ^ Manheim Township Comprehensive Plan > 2. ^ Guide for >> the Pennsylvania Railroad > 3. ^ 1864 Atlas > 4. ^ Lancaster Cemetery, >> Surnames Starting HO thru I, Lancaster, > Lancaster County, PA > 5. ^ >> Lancaster Cemetery, Surnames Starting J thru KE, Lancaster, > Lancaster >> County, PA > 6. ^ Brian C. Bassler on PALANCAS-L > 7. ^ PennDEP >> newsletter > 8. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census >> > Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/ > gazette.html. >> Retrieved 2008-01-31. > > > > ... and this at >> http://radnorhistory.org/archive/articles/ytmt/?p=47 > > " By the time the first >> çGuide of the Pennsylvania Railroadé was > published in 1855, the line of road >> between Philadelphia and > Pittsburgh was complete. At that time it had three >> owners. The State > of Pennsylvania owned that part extending from the city to >> > Dillersville, one mile above Lancaster, consisting of a double track, > in >> length 69 miles. From Dillersville to Harrisburg, the Portsmouth > Mount Joy >> and Lancaster Railroad took over that distance of 36 miles. > The remaining >> 248 miles between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh was the > property of the >> Pennsylvania Railroad." > > > > > > On Nov 16, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Karl Moyer wrote: > >> >> A friend has sent me the reference below to çDillerville PA >> 17562.é >> That >> ZIP Code is for Paradise, Lancaster Co, and the location >> seems to be >> at >> present-day Leaman Place. the atlas of 1899 shows the site as >> Leaman >> >> Place, but does anyone have an atlas older than that which shows a >> >> settlement there called çDillerville?é >> >> The Dillerville as per >> Dillerville Road lay adjacent to that >> road to the >> east, with its only >> street, Market Street, where the current big >> drive-in to >> the Armstrong >> World Industries property is. Dillerville existed >> at the >> time the >> road, then known s Old Reading Road, crossed the >> Pennsylvania and >> >> Reading railroad tracks at grade. >> >> So what is this reference to >> Dillerville at Leaman Place? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Karl E. Moyer >> >> Lancaster PA >> >> >> Dillerville, PA 17562 >> >> <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=dillerville >> >> +pa&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&h >> >> q=&hnear=Dillerville&gl=us&ei=OyjjTM2KKMH68Abh9fWEDw&o >> >> i=geoc >> ode_result&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA&z=14> >> >> Show on Google Maps >> >> <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=dillerville >> >> +pa&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&h >> >> q=&hnear=Dillerville&gl=us&ei=OyjjTM2KKMH68Abh9fWEDw&o >> >> i=geoc >> ode_result&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA&z=14> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >> email to PALANCAS- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > >> > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >> email to PALANCAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALANCAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message