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 Lemon (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 Lemon. 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 Lemon ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Lemon: E. Lemon
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.
East Lemon 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 East Lemon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Lemon:
- Wyoming County (The home county of East Lemon)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon listed first.
- Dixon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Marcy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Lake Carey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Factoryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Avery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lemon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Nicholson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Winola
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Osterhout
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Tunkhannock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Vosburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Jenks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon listed first.
- Sugar Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wyalusing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wilmot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Le Raysville
(23 miles [37 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
- Limehill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Homets Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Herrickville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Asylum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- New Era
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- South Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Potterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- South Warren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Marshview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon listed first.
- La Plume
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Dalton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Glenburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Schultzville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Craig
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- East Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Clarks Green
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Clarks Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edella is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
- Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Milwaukee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- 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)
- Duryea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Pittston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harveys Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Back Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Exeter
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Houston City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Hughestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon listed first.
- Bernice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Dushore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shinerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon listed first.
- Springville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tyler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Hop Bottom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Four Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Elk Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Lenoxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Kingsley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Royal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- South Montrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- South Gibson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Montrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon listed first.
- Forest City Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Waymart
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Canaan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Maplewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Keen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Tresslarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Hollisterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Aldenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Wrighter Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wrighter Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrighter Corner
- Prompton
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- Bethany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Starrucca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon listed first.
- Corbettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hawleyton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Lemon, see our County-by-County Page for East Lemon.
Cemeteries Near East Lemon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Lemon.
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 Lemon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Lemon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon listed first.
- East Lemon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dixon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pedrick - Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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]<3> to the east of Meshoppen.
- The Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lemon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45285 <2>
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Deckertown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Post Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Lemon had a population of 145 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Lemon, with the one closest to East Lemon listed first.
- Bardwell
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bardwell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardwell
- Marcy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Dixon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- West Nicholson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Nicholson is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nicholson
- Lake Carey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Factoryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Avery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lemon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Osterhout
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lake Winola
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nicholson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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) ...
- La Plume
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Lynn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Vosburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Lemon. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Lemon.
Newspapers Published in East Lemon ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Lemon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Lemon, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Lemon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 East Lemon:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford 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> | 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- East Lemon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Lemon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |