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 Estella (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 Estella. 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 and 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.
Estella is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Bradford, Columbia, Luzerne, Lycoming & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Estella. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Estella:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Estella)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Millview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Forksville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lincoln Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Piatt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Hillsgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagles Mere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Laporte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ogdonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdonia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdonia
- Dushore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sonestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Long Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Beech Glen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Overton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Long Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Long Valley is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
- New Albany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laddsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- West Leroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Leroy is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
- Franklindale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Franklindale is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklindale
- Evergreen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Granville Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Granville Center is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville Center
- Monroeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minnequa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minnequa is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnequa
- Windfall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windfall is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Jamison City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Waller
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Coles Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Iola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Iola is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Millville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rohrsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Stillwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eyers Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Jerseytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Red Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Fairmount Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
- Mossville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mossville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Clarks View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Rittenhouse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rittenhouse is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse
- Pleasant Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Bloomingdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Harveyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Register
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Huntington Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loyalville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Ellenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
- Proctor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Chemung
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chemung is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Wallis Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wallis Run is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallis Run
- Beaver Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Lungerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Ralston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ralston is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Biggerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lairdsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Richarts Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Muncy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- Montour County
- Exchange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Turbotville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dewart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Gleason
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gleason is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Ogdensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Fallbrook ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fallbrook is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook
- East Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Morris Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Run is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Run
- Blossburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Sebring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sebring is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebring
- Mainesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hartsfield is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsfield
- Roseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Stowell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Forkston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Jenningsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Laceyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Skinners Eddy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Mehoopany Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Noxen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Meshoppen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Estella, see our County-by-County Page for Estella.
Cemeteries Near Estella ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Estella.
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 Estella - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Estella covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Millview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warburton Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St.s Phillip & James Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Overton.
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Dushore.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bahr's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44827 <3>
- Whipple Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Flats Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Canton Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kellogg Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Huntersville Trinity Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Granville Center Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Park Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Estella had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
- Forksville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Millview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Eldredsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eldredsville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldredsville
- Lincoln Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Campbellville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellville
- Piatt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Hillsgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shunk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eagles Mere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Overton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Ogdonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdonia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdonia
- Laporte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Cherry Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cherry Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Mills
- Ellenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
- Barclay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Barclay is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Estella. See our List of 1890's Communities around Estella.
Newspapers Published in Estella ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Estella.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Estella, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Estella.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Estella:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Columbia County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Tioga County
- Wyoming 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Estella) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Estella, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |