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 Center Moreland (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 Center Moreland. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Center Moreland is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Sullivan & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Center Moreland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Center Moreland:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Center Moreland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Vernon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Jenks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Evans Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Osterhout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Noxen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Winola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tunkhannock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Marcy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Vosburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Sugar Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Wyalusing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Era
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Homets Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Laddsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Limehill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Evergreen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Asylum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Marshview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- New Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon County
- East Side
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Jamison City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Jonestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Waller
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Berwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Milwaukee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Schultzville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Old Forge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Moosic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Minooka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Clarks Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Belian Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Clarks Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- La Plume
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Kunkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Dallas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Back Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Harveys Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Trucksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Exeter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Wyoming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
- Lehman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Courtdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Duryea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Mount Pocono
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Bernice
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Dushore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Laporte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Long Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Springville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Tyler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Hop Bottom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Lenoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Kingsley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fairdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Rushville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- South Montrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Gibson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Hollisterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- South Canaan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Tresslarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest City Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Waymart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Center Moreland, see our County-by-County Page for Center Moreland.
Cemeteries Near Center Moreland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Center Moreland.
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 Center Moreland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Center Moreland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Fitch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eaton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fern Brook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Knoll Burial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Memorial Shrine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Post Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- Parks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Center Moreland had a population of 124 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Center Moreland, with the one closest to Center Moreland listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Lockville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lockville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
- Keelersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Keelersburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelersburg
- Vernon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Beaumont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Kunkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Ketcham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ketcham is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketcham
- Ransom
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ransom is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- South Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Evans Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Dallas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shavertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Center Moreland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Center Moreland.
Newspapers Published in Center Moreland ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Center Moreland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Center Moreland, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Center Moreland.
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 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 Center Moreland:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne 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 Center Moreland, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Center Moreland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |