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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Barbertown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Barbertown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Barbertown, please Contact Us.
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 Barbertown (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 Barbertown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Barbertown is historic, it would have been located within present day Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County: Luzerne, Monroe, Susquehanna, Wayne & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Barbertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barbertown:
- Lackawanna County (The home county of Barbertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- Old Forge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Moosic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Taylor
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Minooka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Belian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Scranton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Green Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Dunmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Clarks Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dickson City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- East Side
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Albrightsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leslie Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Mud Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Meckesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Unionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Penn Haven Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Weatherly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- Duryea
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Avoca
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Houston City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Dupont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Langdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Hughestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Pittston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Pittston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Exeter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Laflin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laflin is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Port Blanchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Port Blanchard is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blanchard
- Wyoming
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Mount Pocono
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tobyhanna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pocono Pines
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pocono Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Long Pond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainhome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- Ledgedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- South Sterling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- La Anna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- Panther
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Paupack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Blooming Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- Lenoxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Hop Bottom
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Forest City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Springville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Gibson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tyler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Kingsley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Union Dale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Four Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Elk Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Alford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Burnwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- Hollisterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Sterling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- South Canaan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Waymart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Forest City Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Keen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Uswick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- Prompton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Aldenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Seelyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- Lake Winola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osterhout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- South Eaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Vernon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Factoryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beaumont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Jenks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Evans Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Marcy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Tunkhannock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barbertown, see our County-by-County Page for Barbertown.
Cemeteries Near Barbertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barbertown.
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 Barbertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barbertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- Old Forge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Slavic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marcy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns the Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
- The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Minooka Polish Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #412152 <3>
- St. Josephs RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
- The St. Josephs RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964856 <3>
- St. Mary's Greek Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
- The St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Stanislaus Cathedral PNCC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641328 <3>
- Italian American Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Vladimirs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stratford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (241 more) ...
- St. Georges Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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.
While we didn't find Barbertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barbertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barbertown, with the one closest to Barbertown listed first.
- Old Forge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Moosic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Avoca
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Minooka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Dupont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harding is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- West Pittston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pittston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scranton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Ransom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ransom is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Exeter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Port Griffith
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Griffith is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Griffith
- Sebastopol
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sebastopol is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
- Yatesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barbertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barbertown.
Newspapers Published in Barbertown ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barbertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barbertown, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barbertown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Barbertown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lackawanna County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Barbertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barbertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |