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 East Honesdale (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 East Honesdale. 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 East Honesdale ...
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 East Honesdale: E. Honesdale
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 northeast 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 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.
East Honesdale 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 East Honesdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Honesdale:
- Wayne County (The home county of East Honesdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Honesdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Laurella
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Laurella is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurella
- Seelyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Carley Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prompton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Dyberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Hawley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Siko
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Tanners Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Boyds Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boyds Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Mills
- Calkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calkins is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calkins
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Cortez
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Simpson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vandling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Carbondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Drinker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
- Jermyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mayfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Cobb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
- Wimmers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
- Archbald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jessup
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blakely
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Green Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Avoca
(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)
- Duryea
(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
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Mountainhome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pocono
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tobyhanna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Paradise Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Wilsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Kimble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Masthope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Paupack
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tafton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Westcolang
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Rowland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ledgedale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Lackawaxen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Lords Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Panther
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Parkers Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parkers Glen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Forest City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Dale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Royal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Lenoxville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Ararat
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- South Gibson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- North Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
- Hop Bottom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Factoryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nicholson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Pea Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Rock Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Hancock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cadosia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Chiloway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chiloway is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
- Peakville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
- Cooks Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
- Horton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Horton is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Butternut Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
- Orange County (NY)
- Sparrow Bush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Narrowsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tusten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Cochecton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cochecton Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yulan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Callicoon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Hortonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Eldred
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hankins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Long Eddy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- North Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Honesdale, see our County-by-County Page for East Honesdale.
Cemeteries Near East Honesdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Honesdale.
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 East Honesdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Honesdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dyberry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Darling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Schoonover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Dyberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glass Factory Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Keen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Canaan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Old Canaan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Canaan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Tisdale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bolkcom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
While we didn't find East Honesdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Honesdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Honesdale, with the one closest to East Honesdale listed first.
- Honesdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cherry Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Indian Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Orchard is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Orchard
- Seelyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- White Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoadleys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hoadleys is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoadleys
- Carley Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prompton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Clemo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clemo is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemo
- Torrey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Torrey is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrey
- Dyberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fermoy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fermoy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fermoy
- Hawley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Honesdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Honesdale.
Newspapers Published in East Honesdale ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Honesdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Honesdale, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Honesdale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 East Honesdale:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Delaware County
- Orange 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> | 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 East Honesdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- East Honesdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |