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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 Elmhurst (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 Elmhurst. 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 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.

Elmhurst is located in Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County: Luzerne, Monroe, Susquehanna, Wayne & Wyoming.

Below are the counties that are near Elmhurst. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elmhurst:

  • Lackawanna County     (The home county of Elmhurst)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmhurst, with the one closest to Elmhurst listed first.
    • Moscow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,026 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <2>
    • Aberdeen
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Cobb
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Cobb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
      • Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
    • Wimmers
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Drinker
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Drinker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
      • Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Drinker
      • From Elmhurst to Drinker
    • Dunmore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Yostville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Turnersville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
      • Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jessup
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessup have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
      • Jessup is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,372 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessup <2>
    • Green Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
      • Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Green Ridge
      • From Elmhurst to Green Ridge
    • Olyphant
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Scranton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmhurst, with the one closest to Elmhurst listed first.
    • East Side
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Side have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
      • East Side is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
    • Albrightsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Meckesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Leslie Run
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leslie Run. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
      • Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Leslie Run
      • From Elmhurst to Leslie Run
    • Unionville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmhurst, with the one closest to Elmhurst listed first.
    • Langdon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Langdon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
      • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Langdon
      • From Elmhurst to Langdon
    • Avoca
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Houston City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
      • Houston City is located in Luzerne County
    • Dupont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dupont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
      • Dupont is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,693 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupont <2>
    • Duryea
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duryea have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duryea
      • Duryea is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,910 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duryea <2>
    • Hughestown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughestown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Yatesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
      • Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Pittston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • West Pittston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Laflin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Exeter
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
      • Exeter is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,519 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <2>
    • Port Blanchard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Monroe County
  • Pike County
  • Susquehanna County
  • Wayne County
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmhurst, with the one closest to Elmhurst listed first.
    • Factoryville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Winola
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Osterhout
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • South Eaton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Nicholson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Vernon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Dixon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Wyoming County
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
      • Mill City is located in Wyoming County
    • Marcy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marcy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
      • Marcy is located in Wyoming County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Marcy
      • From Elmhurst to Marcy
    • Tunkhannock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunkhannock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunkhannock
      • Tunkhannock is located in Wyoming County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,674 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunkhannock <2>
    • Beaumont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jenks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Sullivan County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmhurst, with the one closest to Elmhurst listed first.
    • Narrowsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tusten
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tusten. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
      • Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tusten
      • From Elmhurst to Tusten

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

Cemeteries Near Elmhurst ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmhurst.

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 Elmhurst covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Elmhurst had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Moscow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Moscow is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <2>
  • Nay Aug
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nay Aug have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nay Aug
    • Nay Aug is located in Lackawanna County
  • Madisonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madisonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
    • Madisonville is located in Lackawanna County
  • Wimmers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Cobb
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Cobb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
    • Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
  • Drinker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Drinker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
    • Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Drinker
    • From Elmhurst to Drinker
  • Yostville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Daleville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
    • Daleville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daleville <2>
  • Hollisterville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Dunmore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Olyphant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Elmhurst ...

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 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmhurst.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Elmhurst. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Elmhurst and those printed in the larger area surrounding Elmhurst.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5> of Elmhurst.

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 Elmhurst:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elmhurst. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lackawanna County: www.lackawannacounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elmhurst) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elmhurst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3778, Longitude: -75.5436    
<6>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 Elmhurst, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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