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 Evansville (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 Evansville. 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.
Evansville is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Evansville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evansville:
- Columbia County (The home county of Evansville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Briar Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Mifflinville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Berwick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Foundryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Jonestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Lime Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Hetlerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Zaner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Almedia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Orangeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Espy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Lightstreet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lightstreet is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightstreet
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Tresckow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Coxes Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Beaver Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Weatherly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lansford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Penn Haven Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Nesquehoning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Mud Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- East Berwick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Nescopeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- New Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Waterton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Mountain Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Huntington Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Register
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Shickshinny
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Harveyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Pleasant Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Bloomingdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Unityville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Biggerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lungerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Lairdsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Beaver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Muncy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Muncy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Washingtonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Mooresburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bear Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Elysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Marion Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Reed
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Rushtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Alaska
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Chulasky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Kulpmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Nuremberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ferndale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Oneida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Ringtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sheppton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Brandonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Raven Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Shenandoah Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah Heights is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Heights
- Girard Manor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Lost Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Shenandoah
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Long Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Beech Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Sonestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Laporte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Eagles Mere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- New Columbia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Beaumont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Noxen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evansville, see our County-by-County Page for Evansville.
Cemeteries Near Evansville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evansville.
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 Evansville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evansville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greek Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elan Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hidlay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Creveling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creveling Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Creveling Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<3> the communities of Espy and Almedia. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Almedia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967765 <2>
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Graveyard Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dodson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Evansville had a population of 109 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Fowlersville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fowlersville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlersville
- Briar Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Willow Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Springs is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Mifflinville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lime Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Berwick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hetlerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Nescopeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Asbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Zaner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Almedia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Beach Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Orangeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evansville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evansville.
Newspapers Published in Evansville ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evansville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evansville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evansville.
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 websites either 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 Evansville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Union 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> | 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Espy and Almedia. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | 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- Evansville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Evansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |