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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 Bohemia (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 Bohemia. 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 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.

Bohemia is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Sussex (NJ), Orange (NY), Sullivan (NY), Monroe & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Bohemia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bohemia:

  • Pike County     (The home county of Bohemia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.
    • Rowland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Westcolang
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Westcolang is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
    • Masthope
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Masthope is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
    • Kimble
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kimble is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
    • Lackawaxen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Wilsonville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilsonville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
    • Lords Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Tafton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Blooming Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
    • Paupack
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkers Glen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkers Glen is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
    • Ledgedale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ledgedale is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
    • Millrift
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Millrift is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
  • Lackawanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.
    • Cortez
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
    • Drinker
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
    • Carbondale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Mount Cobb
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
    • Simpson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Vandling
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
    • Wimmers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
    • Aberdeen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
    • Turnersville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
    • Jermyn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jermyn is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jermyn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,037 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jermyn <1>
    • Mayfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Archbald
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Elmhurst
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.
    • Mountainhome
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bushkill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Parkside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Parkside is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
    • Shoemakers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
    • Mount Pocono
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Paradise Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
    • Tobyhanna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Coolbaugh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.
    • Forest City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Dale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Burnwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
    • Royal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Royal is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.
    • Hawley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Laurella
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Laurella is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurella
    • Uswick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Uswick is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
    • Boyds Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Boyds Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Mills
    • Calkins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Calkins is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calkins
    • Honesdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Milanville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Milanville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milanville
    • Carley Brook
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
    • Seelyville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Seelyville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
    • Dyberry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Dyberry is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
    • Damascus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bethany
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sussex County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.
    • Layton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
    • Normanook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Normanook is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanook
    • Wallpack Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wallpack Center is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallpack Center
    • Colesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
    • Libertyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Libertyville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
    • Crandon Lakes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Crandon Lakes is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon Lakes
    • Wykertown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wykertown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown
    • Armstrong
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Armstrong is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Augusta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Augusta is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
    • McCoys Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
    • Pellettown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pellettown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown
    • Roys
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Roys is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys
    • Swartswood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Swartswood is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartswood
  • Warren County (NJ)
    • Millbrook ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
  • Delaware County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.
    • Pea Brook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
    • Rock Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
  • Orange County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.
    • Sparrow Bush
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Paradise
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Paradise is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Port Jervis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Huguenot
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Cuddebackville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Shin Hollow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Shin Hollow is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Hollow
    • Port Orange
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Port Orange is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Orange
    • Finchville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Finchville is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
    • Otisville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • South Centerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • South Centerville is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville
    • Unionville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sullivan County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.
    • Tusten
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
    • Yulan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Narrowsburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Barryville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Eldred
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cochecton Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pond Eddy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cochecton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Falls Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
    • Kauneonga Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Smallwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Squirrels Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
    • Callicoon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bohemia, see our County-by-County Page for Bohemia.

Cemeteries Near Bohemia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bohemia.

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 Bohemia - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bohemia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.

  • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tusten Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • German Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Beaver Brook Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Cove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Montoza Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lava Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Vine Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Paupack Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodtown Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (163 more) ...
    • Van Tuyl Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • St. Anthonys Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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>

While we didn't find Bohemia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bohemia.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bohemia, with the one closest to Bohemia listed first.

  • Glen Eyre
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Glen Eyre is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eyre
  • Rowland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Kimble
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kimble is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
  • Westcolang
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Westcolang is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
  • Masthope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Masthope is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
  • Lackawaxen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Tusten
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
  • West Hawley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • West Hawley is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley
  • Hawley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Narrowsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • White Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tafton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bohemia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bohemia.

Newspapers Published in Bohemia ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bohemia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bohemia, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bohemia.

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 Bohemia:

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 Bohemia, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bohemia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.