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 Creamton (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 Creamton. 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 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.
Creamton is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Broome (NY), Delaware (NY), Sullivan (NY), Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Creamton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Creamton:
- Wayne County (The home county of Creamton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Aldenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Tanners Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Forest City Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Keen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Siko
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Waymart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prompton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Carley Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Seelyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Honesdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- High Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- High Lake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Simpson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vandling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Carbondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jermyn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Cortez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Archbald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Green Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Craig
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Jessup
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duryea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houston City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Dupont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Wilsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Kimble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Masthope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Ledgedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Paupack
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tafton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rowland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Blooming Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Lackawaxen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lords Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Panther
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- South Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Forest City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Royal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Ararat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Lenoxville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- South Gibson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Thompson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Lakeview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- North Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
- Hop Bottom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Nicholson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Factoryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Winola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Avery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Marcy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Osterhout
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lake Carey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lemon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- South Eaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Tunkhannock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Gulf Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Deposit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Windsor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Hancock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pea Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Cadosia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Rock Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Peakville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
- Chiloway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chiloway is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
- Butternut Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
- Cooks Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
- Harvard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Horton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Hambletville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hambletville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
- Shinhopple
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gregorytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gregorytown is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorytown
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Cochecton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Narrowsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Callicoon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hankins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Long Eddy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cochecton Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Tusten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- North Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Acidalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Acidalia is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acidalia
- Jeffersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Yulan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Creamton, see our County-by-County Page for Creamton.
Cemeteries Near Creamton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Creamton.
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 Creamton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Creamton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Green Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glass Factory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Uniondale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Dyberry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burdick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Canaan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bolkcom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Julianas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burdick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Saints Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dyberry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Creamton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Creamton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Creamton, with the one closest to Creamton listed first.
- Whites Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whites Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Valley
- Aldenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Forest City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tanners Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Niagara
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Niagara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Keen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Pleasant Mount
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waymart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prompton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Dyberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Siko
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Carley Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Creamton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Creamton.
Newspapers Published in Creamton ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Creamton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Creamton, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Creamton.
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 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 Creamton:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Delaware County
- Sullivan 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 Creamton, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Creamton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |