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 Broadway (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 Broadway. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Broadway 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 Broadway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Broadway:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Broadway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Rittenhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rittenhouse is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse
- Bloomingdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Pleasant Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Harveyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Mossville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mossville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Prichard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prichard is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard
- Huntington Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clarks View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Register
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Fairmount Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
- Red Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Waterton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Wilmot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Laddsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Overton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Evergreen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- New Era
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Sugar Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wyalusing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marshview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Coxes Village
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Tresckow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Beaver Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Side
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Hudsondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Weatherly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Jamison City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Jonestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stillwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Foundryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Zaner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Berwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rohrsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Briar Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Coles Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Milwaukee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Old Forge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belian Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Moosic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Minooka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Schultzville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Scranton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Unityville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Beaver Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Lairdsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Muncy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Muncy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Exchange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Mechanicsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Washingtonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Turbotville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Nuremberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Zion Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sheppton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ferndale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Brandonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Girard Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Ringtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kelayres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Lofty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Long Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Bernice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Laporte
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Sonestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Dushore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagles Mere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Ogdonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ogdonia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdonia
- Hillsgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Noxen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Evans Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Forkston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Jenks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Stowell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Jenningsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- South Eaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Mehoopany Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Osterhout
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Broadway, see our County-by-County Page for Broadway.
Cemeteries Near Broadway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Broadway.
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 Broadway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Broadway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Broadway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Benscoter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benscoter Cemetery
- The Benscoter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arnold - Benscote Cemeetery
- Goss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goss Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Huntington Mills.
- The Goss Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harveyville Cemetery
- Trescott Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186549 <3>
- Benscoter Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marvin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Casimirs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lateer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Graveyard Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sorber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Boston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Broadway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Broadway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
- Pleasant Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Bloomingdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Rittenhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rittenhouse is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse
- Harveyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Muhlenberg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Muhlenberg is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhlenberg
- Clarks View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Register
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Huntington Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ripple ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ripple is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple
- Prichard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prichard is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard
- Sweet Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kyttle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kyttle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyttle
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Cambra
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Town Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Town Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill
- Waterton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Broadway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Broadway.
Newspapers Published in Broadway ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Broadway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Broadway, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Broadway.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Broadway:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Broadway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Broadway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |