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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 Demunds 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 Demunds 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 Demunds 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Demunds Corners: Demunds Cors.
- While the name of this community is Demunds Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Demunds Corners may originally have been Demund's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Demunds Corners might be written as Demund Corners.
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 hospitals 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.
Demunds Corners 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 Demunds Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Demunds Corners:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Demunds Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Kunkle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carverton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Back Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Trucksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Harveys Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Courtdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Luzerne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Wyoming
(6 miles [9.7 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Sugar Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Wyalusing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- New Era
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Evergreen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Homets Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Limehill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Asylum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Marshview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- New Albany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- East Side
(25 miles [40.2 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Mud Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Coxes Village
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Albrightsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Jamison City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Foundryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Jonestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berwick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waller
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Stillwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Briar Creek
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Coles Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Hetlerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Milwaukee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Lawrenceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Old Forge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Moosic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Schultzville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Belian Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Minooka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Scranton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clarks Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Green
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Dalton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Mount Pocono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tobyhanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Long Brook
(28 miles [45.1 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 Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Springville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Tyler
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Hop Bottom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elk Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Lenoxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Kingsley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Montrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fairdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- South Gibson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Hollisterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- South Canaan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Waymart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Jenks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Evans Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Noxen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Eaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Osterhout
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lake Winola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tunkhannock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Vosburg
(12 miles [19.3 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 Demunds Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Demunds Corners.
Cemeteries Near Demunds Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Demunds 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 Demunds Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Demunds Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Fern Brook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Knoll Burial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eaton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chapel Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Memorial Shrine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Fitch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville Cemetery
- The Huntsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Valley View Cemetery
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 Demunds Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Demunds Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Demunds Corners, with the one closest to Demunds Corners listed first.
- Ketcham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ketcham is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketcham
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Center Moreland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Center Moreland is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Moreland
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Kunkle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beaumont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Idetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Idetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idetown
- Shavertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carverton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Lockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lockville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Harveys Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Demunds Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Demunds Corners.
Newspapers Published in Demunds 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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Demunds Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Demunds Corners, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Demunds Corners.
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 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 Demunds Corners:
- 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
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Demunds Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Demunds Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |