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 Beaver Valley (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 Beaver Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Beaver Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Beaver Valley: Beaver Vly. (or less commonly used: Beaver Vally. or Beaver Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Beaver Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beaver Valley.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Beaver Valley is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Beaver Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beaver Valley:
- Columbia County (The home county of Beaver Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Shumans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Newlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Hetlerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Mainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Numidia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Mifflinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lime Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Aristes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Briar Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Almedia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Centralia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Quaker City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Schubert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Shartlesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ededburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Hamburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Strausstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Tresckow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Coxes Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Beaver Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lansford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Weatherly
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nesquehoning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summit Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Mahoning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Penn Haven Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Jim Thorpe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <1>
- Leslie Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Erdman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Lebanon County
- Gold Mine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Lehigh County
- Jacksonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Nescopeck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tomhicken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- East Berwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Beach Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Conyngham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sybertsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- West Hazleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
- Harleigh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hazleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Waterton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Unityville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Biggerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lairdsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Lungerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Beaver Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Mooresburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Exchange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Alaska
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Dooleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Bear Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Locust Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Elysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kulpmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Marshallton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Reed
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Edgewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Ferndale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Zion Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nuremberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Raven Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Brandonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Shenandoah Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah Heights is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Heights
- Oneida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Shamokin Dam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hummels Wharf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beaver Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Beaver Valley.
Cemeteries Near Beaver Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beaver Valley.
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 Beaver Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beaver Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Michaels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kulp UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulp UMC Cemetery
- The Kulp UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kulp Cemetery
- Kulp Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987725 <2>
- Hetherington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nuremberg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roaring Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old St. Casmir's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Brandonville.
- The Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brandonville Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2227564 <2>
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Elan Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Orthodox Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Beaver Valley had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beaver Valley, with the one closest to Beaver Valley listed first.
- Raricks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raricks is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raricks
- Shumans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Ferndale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Mill Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Grove
- Newlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Ringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nuremberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gowen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gowen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen
- Rock Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Numidia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Krebs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Fern Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fern Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Hetlerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Mainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beaver Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beaver Valley.
Newspapers Published in Beaver Valley ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaver Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beaver Valley, 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 Beaver Valley.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Beaver Valley:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Carbon County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder 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> | 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 Beaver Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beaver Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |