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 Chase (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 Chase. 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.
Chase 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 Chase. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chase:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Chase)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Courtdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Trucksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Edwardsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Larksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pringle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pringle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Back Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Lehman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Cease Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Wilmot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Sugar Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- New Era
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Wyalusing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- East Side
(20 miles [32.2 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Beaver Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Weatherly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mud Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Hudsondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Tresckow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Albrightsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Unionville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Meckesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Jim Thorpe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <1>
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Foundryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Jonestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Jamison City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Berwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Briar Creek
(23 miles [37 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
- Zaner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Hetlerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Waller
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Mifflinville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Milwaukee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Old Forge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moosic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Schultzville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Scranton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Clarks Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Unityville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown
(29 miles [46.7 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 Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Mount Pocono
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tobyhanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pocono Pines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Kelayres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nuremberg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lofty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Girard Manor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Zion Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Bernice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Long Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Dushore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laporte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Springville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Hop Bottom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tyler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Hollisterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Noxen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Evans Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Osterhout
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lake Winola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tunkhannock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Forkston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Dixon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Vosburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chase, see our County-by-County Page for Chase.
Cemeteries Near Chase ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chase.
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 Chase - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chase covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Huntsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville Cemetery
- The Huntsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Valley View Cemetery
- St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- 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<2> 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 <3>
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Ignatius Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Ignatius Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pringle.
- The St. Ignatius Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Ignatius Catholic Church Cemetery
- St. Ignatius Parish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975437 <3>
- St. Mary's Annunciation Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Slovak of Luzerne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Crest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest Cemetery
- The Cedar Crest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trucksville Cemetery
- Trucksville UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #913512 <3>
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- Polish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ceasetown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. John's Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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 Chase in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chase.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Gregory
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Huntsville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Larksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trucksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Shavertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plymouth Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lehman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cease Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Forty Fort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
- West Nanticoke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Nanticoke is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nanticoke
- Askam
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Askam is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askam
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chase. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chase.
Newspapers Published in Chase ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chase.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chase, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chase.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Chase:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Chase) 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 Chase, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |