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 Cooper Corners (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 Cooper Corners. 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.
Name Variations for Cooper Corners ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cooper Corners: Cooper Cors.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Cooper Corners 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 Cooper Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cooper Corners:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Cooper Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- Lake Carey
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Marcy
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Lemon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Dixon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Avery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Tunkhannock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vosburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Osterhout
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- South Eaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Lake Winola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mehoopany Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Meshoppen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Factoryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- Sugar Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wyalusing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Limehill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Wilmot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Le Raysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Le Raysville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Raysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Herrickville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Asylum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Homets Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- New Era
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- South Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Standing Stone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone
- Marshview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Evergreen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Columbia County
- Jamison City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- La Plume
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Dalton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Schultzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Carpenter Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Glenburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Waverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Clarks Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Craig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- East Benton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Clarks Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Milwaukee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Edella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Edella is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
- Justus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Justus is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- Orange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Kunkle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Harveys Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Back Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Carverton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Dallas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Exeter
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Pittston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Duryea
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Houston City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Hughestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- Shinerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Bernice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Dushore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- Springville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Tyler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Elk Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Hop Bottom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Montrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kingsley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Fairdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Royal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Alford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Rushville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Montrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- Forest City Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Waymart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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
- Maplewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Keen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Tresslarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Wrighter Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wrighter Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrighter Corner
- Hollisterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Aldenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Prompton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Poyntelle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- Hawleyton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Conklin Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Conklin Station is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Station
- Corbettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cooper Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Cooper Corners.
Cemeteries Near Cooper Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cooper Corners.
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 Cooper Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cooper Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- Dixon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clark Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Meshoppen.
- The Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lemon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45285 <3>
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Lemon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Keiserville - Vose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prevost Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oakley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Winola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Button Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Lynn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Post Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Cooper Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cooper Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cooper Corners, with the one closest to Cooper Corners listed first.
- Lake Carey
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Marcy
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Dixon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- East Lemon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lemon
- Lemon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Bardwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bardwell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardwell
- Avery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Vosburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- West Nicholson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Nicholson is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nicholson
- Osterhout
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lynn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lynn is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- South Eaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Lake Winola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meshoppen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mehoopany Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cooper Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cooper Corners.
Newspapers Published in Cooper Corners ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooper Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cooper Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cooper Corners.
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 Cooper Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Broome 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cooper Corners) 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 Cooper Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |