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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 Fermoy (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 Fermoy. 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.

Fermoy 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 Fermoy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fermoy:

  • Wayne County     (The home county of Fermoy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fermoy, with the one closest to Fermoy listed first.
    • Keen
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Keen is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
    • Prompton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Prompton is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Waymart
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Seelyville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Seelyville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
    • South Canaan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • South Canaan is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
    • Honesdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bethany
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Aldenville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Aldenville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
    • Laurella
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Laurella is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurella
    • Carley Brook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
    • Dyberry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Dyberry is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
    • Tresslarville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
    • Forest City Station
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
  • Lackawanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fermoy, with the one closest to Fermoy listed first.
    • Vandling
      (6 miles [9.7 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Simpson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cortez
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
    • Mayfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jermyn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jermyn is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jermyn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,037 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jermyn <1>
    • Archbald
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Drinker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
    • Jessup
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jessup is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,372 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessup <1>
    • Mount Cobb
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
    • Peckville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wimmers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
    • Blakely
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fermoy, with the one closest to Fermoy listed first.
    • Avoca
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Avoca is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <1>
    • Houston City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Houston City is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
    • Dupont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Duryea
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Langdon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • Hughestown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Pittston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Pittston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Exeter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Yatesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Laflin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Laflin is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
    • Carverton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Carverton is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
    • Hilldale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hilldale is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fermoy, with the one closest to Fermoy listed first.
    • Mount Pocono
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Mountainhome
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Tobyhanna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Locust Lakes Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
    • Paradise Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
    • Pocono Summit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fermoy, with the one closest to Fermoy listed first.
    • Wilsonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilsonville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
    • Ledgedale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Ledgedale is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
    • Kimble
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Kimble is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
    • Paupack
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tafton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Masthope
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Masthope is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
    • Blooming Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
    • Rowland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Westcolang
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Westcolang is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
    • Lackawaxen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Panther
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Panther is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • South Sterling
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Lords Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fermoy, with the one closest to Fermoy listed first.
    • Forest City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Dale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Royal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Royal is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
    • Lenoxville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
    • Burnwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
    • South Gibson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ararat
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
    • Thompson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Gibson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Hop Bottom
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingsley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fermoy, with the one closest to Fermoy listed first.
    • Factoryville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Nicholson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lake Winola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Dixon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Dixon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Osterhout
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
    • Marcy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Marcy is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
    • South Eaton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
    • Avery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Avery is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • Lake Carey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
    • Lemon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lemon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
    • Tunkhannock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Delaware County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fermoy, with the one closest to Fermoy listed first.
    • Pea Brook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
    • Hancock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Hancock is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <1>
    • Rock Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
    • Cadosia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
  • Sullivan County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fermoy, with the one closest to Fermoy listed first.
    • Narrowsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Tusten
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
    • Cochecton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Cochecton Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Yulan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Callicoon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Falls Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
    • Hankins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hortonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Barryville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Long Eddy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Eldred
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • North Branch
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Fermoy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fermoy.

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 Fermoy - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fermoy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Keen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Old Canaan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • East Canaan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Darling Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • South Canaan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Dyberry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Schoonover Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Glass Factory Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tisdale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • East Dyberry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (210 more) ...

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Fermoy had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Keen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Keen is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
  • Prompton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Prompton is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
  • Clemo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clemo is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemo
  • Waymart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • South Canaan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • South Canaan is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
  • Hoadleys
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoadleys is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoadleys
  • Cherry Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Ridge is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
  • Seelyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Seelyville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
  • Varden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Varden is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varden
  • Gravity
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Gravity is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
  • Pink
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pink is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
  • Honesdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Bethany
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Aldenville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Aldenville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
    • Lake Ariel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Fermoy ...

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 Fermoy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fermoy, 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 Fermoy.

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 Fermoy:

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>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 Fermoy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fermoy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.