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 Belmont Corner (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 Belmont Corner. 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 Belmont Corner ...
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 Belmont Corner: Belmont Cor. (or less commonly used: Belmont Crn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Belmont Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Belmont Corner.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Belmont Corner is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Broome (NY), Delaware (NY), Sullivan (NY), Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Belmont Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belmont Corner:
- Wayne County (The home county of Belmont Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- Poyntelle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- Wrighter Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wrighter Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrighter Corner
- Forest City Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Lakewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aldenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- High Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- High Lake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
- Tanners Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Starrucca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Waymart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Keen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Siko
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Bethany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- Simpson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vandling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Carbondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tompkinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Mayfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Scott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Jermyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Benton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Craig
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Green Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Archbald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carpenter Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Edella
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Edella is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- Wilsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Kimble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Ledgedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Masthope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Paupack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tafton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rowland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Blooming Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Lackawaxen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- Union Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burnwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ararat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Thompson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- South Gibson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gibson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Lenoxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- North Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
- Brandt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brandt is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- Nicholson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Factoryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Avery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Dixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Marcy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Lake Carey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lemon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Osterhout
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- South Eaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Tunkhannock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vosburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- Gulf Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Deposit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Corbettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Conklin Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conklin Station is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Station
- East Windsor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor
- Conklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ouaquaga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conklin Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conklin Center is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Center
- Center Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- Hancock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cadosia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Pea Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Rock Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Hambletville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hambletville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
- Peakville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
- Chiloway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chiloway is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
- Harvard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Barbourville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barbourville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourville
- Horton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- China
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- China is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Butternut Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
- Cooks Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- Long Eddy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hankins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Callicoon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cochecton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hortonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Narrowsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- North Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Acidalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Acidalia is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acidalia
- Cochecton Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tusten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Jeffersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Briscoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Briscoe is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belmont Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Belmont Corner.
Cemeteries Near Belmont Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belmont Corner.
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 Belmont Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belmont Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- St. James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Uniondale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wheeler Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burdick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burdick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Orson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Julianas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Welsh Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Welsh Hill Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of South Gibson.
- The Welsh Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Community Church Cemetery
- Welsh Hill Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2170971 <2>
- Simpson - Sherwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Ararat Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ararat Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Ararat
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1358324 <2>
- Dundaff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Belmont Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belmont Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belmont Corner, with the one closest to Belmont Corner listed first.
- Pleasant Mount
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Herrick Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Herrick Center is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrick Center
- Union Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burnwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Whites Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whites Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Valley
- Niagara
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Niagara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Poyntelle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- Tirzah
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tirzah is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tirzah
- Elkdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkdale
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dundaff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dundaff is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundaff
- Ararat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gelatt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gelatt is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gelatt
- Thompson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Aldenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belmont Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belmont Corner.
Newspapers Published in Belmont Corner ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belmont Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belmont Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belmont Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Belmont Corner:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Delaware County
- Sullivan 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 '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- Belmont Corner) 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 Belmont Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |