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 Askam (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 Askam. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Askam is located in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Askam. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Askam:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Askam)
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Warrior Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Sugar Notch
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Concrete City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Concrete City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete City
- Nanticoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ashley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plymouth Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Larksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wilkes-Barre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wanamie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wanamie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamie
- Cease Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Albert
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Albert is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- East Side
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Beaver Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Weatherly
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leslie Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Hudsondale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Tresckow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Mud Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Penn Haven Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Unionville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Albrightsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nesquehoning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Summit Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Foundryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Berwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Briar Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Hetlerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Mifflinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zaner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jamison City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Lime Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Shumans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Rohrsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Old Forge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Moosic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Taylor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Yostville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Schultzville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Scranton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Unityville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Pocono Pines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Long Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Pocono
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tobyhanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pocono Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Kelayres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nuremberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lofty
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Girard Manor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Zion Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coaldale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Delano
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Hometown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Brandonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Ferndale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Bernice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Long Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Hollisterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Noxen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Evans Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Osterhout
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lake Winola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tunkhannock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Forkston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Marcy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Askam, see our County-by-County Page for Askam.
Cemeteries Near Askam ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Askam.
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 Askam - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Askam covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Hanover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanover Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilkes-Barre.
- The Hanover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanover Green Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45029 <2>
- Ohav Zedek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
- The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45352 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Temple B'nai B'rith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nanticoke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Slovak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (240 more) ...
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincent's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Plymouth.
- The St. Vincent's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery
- St. Vincent's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46268 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Askam had a population of 58 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Askam, with the one closest to Askam listed first.
- Warrior Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Hanover
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Sugar Notch
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Nanticoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Solomon Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Solomon Gap is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Gap
- Ashley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plymouth Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Nanticoke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Nanticoke is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nanticoke
- Wanamie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wanamie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamie
- Mountain Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wilkes-Barre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Larksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gregory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Askam. See our List of 1890's Communities around Askam.
Newspapers Published in Askam ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Askam.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Askam, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Askam.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Askam:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Askam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Askam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |