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 Buttonwood (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 Buttonwood. 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 doctors and 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.
Buttonwood 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 Buttonwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buttonwood:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Buttonwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Plymouth Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Plymouth
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sugar Notch
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Ashley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Larksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Warrior Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Concrete City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Concrete City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete City
- Edwardsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkes-Barre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nanticoke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cease Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Mountain Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- East Side
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Leslie Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Coxes Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weatherly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mud Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Hudsondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Tresckow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Penn Haven Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Albrightsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Nesquehoning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Meckesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Foundryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Berwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Briar Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Hetlerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Jamison City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Stillwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zaner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Mifflinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Waller
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Rohrsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Old Forge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moosic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Minooka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Taylor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Scranton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yostville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Green Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Schultzville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Dunmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Unityville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Mount Pocono
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pocono Pines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tobyhanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Long Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pocono Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pike County
- South Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Kelayres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nuremberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Lofty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Sheppton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Zion Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coaldale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Grier City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
- Hometown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Brandonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Bernice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Long Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Hollisterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Maplewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Noxen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Lake Winola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Osterhout
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Tunkhannock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Vosburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Forkston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buttonwood, see our County-by-County Page for Buttonwood.
Cemeteries Near Buttonwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buttonwood.
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 Buttonwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buttonwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Ohav Zedek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hanover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanover Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilkes-Barre.
- The Hanover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanover Green Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45029 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
- The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45352 <2>
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Temple B'nai B'rith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincent's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Plymouth.
- The St. Vincent's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery
- St. Vincent's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46268 <2>
- Nanticoke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- St. Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Slovak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Buttonwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buttonwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buttonwood, with the one closest to Buttonwood listed first.
- Askam
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Askam is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askam
- Sugar Notch
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Plymouth Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Plymouth
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Warrior Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Ashley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gregory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Larksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Nanticoke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Wilkes-Barre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- West Nanticoke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Nanticoke is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nanticoke
- Mountain Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buttonwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buttonwood.
Newspapers Published in Buttonwood ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buttonwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buttonwood, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buttonwood.
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 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 Buttonwood:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Wayne 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> | 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- Buttonwood) 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 Buttonwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |