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 Colley (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 Colley. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Colley is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Bradford, Columbia, Luzerne, Lycoming & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Colley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colley:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Colley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Shinerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Dushore
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bernice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Laporte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Millview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Forksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eagles Mere
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sonestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Beech Glen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Hillsgrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Wilmot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Sugar Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Era
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Laddsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Evergreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Wyalusing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Albany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Homets Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Overton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Asylum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Limehill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Jamison City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Waller
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Coles Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Stillwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jonestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Rohrsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Zaner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Iola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iola is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Schultzville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- La Plume
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Milwaukee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Glenburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Clarks Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Clarks Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Old Forge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Red Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Loyalville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Harveys Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mossville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mossville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Pikes Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Fairmount Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
- Rittenhouse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rittenhouse is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse
- Kunkle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Meeker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Back Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Lungerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Beaver Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Richarts Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Biggerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Unityville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lairdsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Ellenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
- Proctor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Proctor is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Chemung
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chemung is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Wallis Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wallis Run is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallis Run
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Rushville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Auburn Four Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Elk Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Springville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Fairdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- South Montrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Friendsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hop Bottom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Stowell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Forkston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Jenningsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Laceyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Skinners Eddy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Mehoopany Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Meshoppen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Vosburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Noxen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jenks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Beaumont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Colley, see our County-by-County Page for Colley.
Cemeteries Near Colley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colley.
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 Colley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Colley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Junk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Dushore.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bahr's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44827 <3>
- St. Vladimirs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fincke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lacey Street Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Flat Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quicks Bend Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lyon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Overton.
- Homet Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Overfield Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Overfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Meshoppen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45720 <3>
- St. Joachim's Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Merryall Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Colley had a population of 182 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Colley, with the one closest to Colley listed first.
- Cumiskey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cumiskey is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumiskey
- Wilmot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Lopez
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellasylva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bellasylva is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellasylva
- Lovelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lovelton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelton
- Hollenback
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollenback is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenback
- Dushore
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bernice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- New Era
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Sugar Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Laddsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Rienze
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rienze is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienze
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Kasson Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kasson Brook is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson Brook
- Forkston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Jenningsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Colley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Colley.
Newspapers Published in Colley ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colley, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colley.
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 Colley:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Susquehanna 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Colley) 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 Colley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |