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 Briggsville (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 Briggsville. 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 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.
Briggsville 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 Briggsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Briggsville:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Briggsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Beach Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Nescopeck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sybertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Berwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Conyngham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tomhicken
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Shickshinny
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lee is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Dorrance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dorrance is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrance
- Glen Lyon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glen Lyon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyon
- Harleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- Berks County
- Quaker City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Tresckow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Coxes Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Weatherly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lansford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Nesquehoning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- East Side
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Mud Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- New Mahoning
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Foundryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Berwick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hetlerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Briar Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Mifflinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jonestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Shumans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Lime Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Almedia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Zaner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Mainville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Espy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Lightstreet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lightstreet is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightstreet
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Old Forge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lehigh County
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lungerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Lairdsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Beaver Lake
(29 miles [46.7 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 Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Exchange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Washingtonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Mooresburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Alaska
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Dooleyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Bear Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Elysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Marion Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Kulpmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reed
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Marshallton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Rushtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Nuremberg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zion Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kelayres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- Brandonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Girard Manor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- McAdoo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Krebs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Ringtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lofty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Delano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Long Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Beech Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Sonestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Beaumont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Noxen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Briggsville, see our County-by-County Page for Briggsville.
Cemeteries Near Briggsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Briggsville.
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 Briggsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Briggsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Groover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129847 <2>
- Greek Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nuremberg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sorber Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Adalbert's Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- St. Alberts Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Briggsville had a population of 98 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Briggsville, with the one closest to Briggsville listed first.
- Wapwallopen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beach Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Nescopeck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sybertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hobbie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hobbie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbie
- Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Rock Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Tomhicken
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Conyngham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mocanaqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hetlerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Gowen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gowen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen
- Fern Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fern Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Derringer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Derringer is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derringer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Briggsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briggsville.
Newspapers Published in Briggsville ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Briggsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Briggsville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Briggsville.
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 Briggsville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lehigh County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 Briggsville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Briggsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |