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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 Eagles Mere (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 Eagles Mere. 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.

Eagles Mere is located in Sullivan County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties 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 Eagles Mere. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagles Mere:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagles Mere, see our County-by-County Page for Eagles Mere.

Cemeteries Near Eagles Mere ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagles Mere.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagles Mere covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagles Mere, with the one closest to Eagles Mere listed first.

  • Millview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Warburton Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warburton Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warburton Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huntersville Trinity Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huntersville Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huntersville Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St.s Phillip & James Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Whipple Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whipple Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whipple Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Salem Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Vladimirs Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vladimirs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Vladimirs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...
    • Gordner Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gordner Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gordner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pine Center UMC Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Eagles Mere had a population of 268 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Eagles Mere had a population of 112 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Eagles Mere, with the one closest to Eagles Mere listed first.

  • Sonestown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Muncy Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muncy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy Valley
    • Muncy Valley is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muncy Valley <1>
  • Laporte
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Forksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
    • Forksville is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forksville <1>
  • Beech Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Long Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nordmont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nordmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordmont
    • Nordmont is located in Sullivan County
  • Millview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Millview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
    • Millview is located in Sullivan County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Millview
    • From Eagles Mere to Millview
  • Hillsgrove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ogdonia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Glen Mawr
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Mawr have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mawr
    • Glen Mawr is located in Lycoming County
  • Strawbridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawbridge
    • Strawbridge is located in Lycoming County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Estella
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estella have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estella
      • Estella is located in Sullivan County
    • North Mountain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Mountain
      • North Mountain is located in Lycoming County
    • Lincoln Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagles Mere. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagles Mere.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Eagles Mere ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagles Mere.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Eagles Mere. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Eagles Mere and those printed in the larger area surrounding Eagles Mere.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5> of Eagles Mere.

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 Eagles Mere:

The official website for Eagles Mere: www.eaglesmere.org/

The official website for Sullivan County: www.sullivancounty-pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eagles Mere) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eagles Mere. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4107, Longitude: -76.5814    
<6>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.
<7>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 Eagles Mere, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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