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 Forest Park (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 Forest Park. 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 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.
Forest Park is located in Pike 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 Pike County : Sussex (NJ) , Orange (NY) , Sullivan (NY) , Monroe & Wayne .
Below are the counties that are near Forest Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Park:
Pike County (The home county of Forest Park)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Egypt Mills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Egypt Mills is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills Delaware (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Delaware is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Conashaugh (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Conashaugh is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh Lords Valley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Milford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Blooming Grove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Blooming Grove is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove Panther (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Panther is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther La Anna (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
La Anna is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna South Sterling (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Paupack (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Tafton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Parkers Glen (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Parkers Glen is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen Ledgedale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Ledgedale is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale Carbon County
Meckesville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Meckesville is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville Lackawanna County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Lehigh (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh Turnersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville Aberdeen (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Daleville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Drinker (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Drinker is located in Lackawanna County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker Moscow (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Yostville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Yostville is located in Lackawanna County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville Wimmers (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Bushkill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Shoemakers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Shoemakers is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers Coolbaugh (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh Delaware Water Gap (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
East Stroudsburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Parkside (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Parkside is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside Stroudsburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Mountainhome (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Paradise Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley Arlington Heights (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights Reeders (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Pocono Summit (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Appenzell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Appenzell is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Slateford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Slateford is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford Portland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Portland is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
East Bangor (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
East Bangor is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
Roseto (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Richmond (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Richmond is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Bangor (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
New Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
New Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village Pen Argyl (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Wind Gap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Kesslersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Kesslersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kesslersville Kesslersville has also been known as:
Alamanda Keslers Kesslers Belfast (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Belfast is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast Stockertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Eastlawn Gardens (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Eastlawn Gardens is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlawn Gardens Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Sterling (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Hawley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Lakeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Uswick (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Uswick is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick Hollisterville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hollisterville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville Maplewood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Maplewood is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Tresslarville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Tresslarville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville Hunterdon County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
New Hampton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
New Hampton is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton Califon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Califon is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califon Farmersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Farmersville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville Hoffmans (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Hoffmans is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans Morris County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Budd Lake (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Budd Lake is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd Lake Woodport (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Woodport is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport Hurdtown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Hurdtown is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown Weldon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Weldon is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Long Valley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Long Valley is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley Naughright (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Naughright is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naughright Succasunna (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Succasunna is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Succasunna Crestmoore (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Crestmoore is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmoore Hilltown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hilltown is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown Mine Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Mine Hill is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Hill Dover (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Dover is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
Lake Telemark (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Lake Telemark is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Telemark Hacklebarney (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hacklebarney is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacklebarney Sussex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Wallpack Center (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wallpack Center is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallpack Center Former name for Wallpack Center:
Wallpack Centre(Er) Hardwick (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Hardwick is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick Crandon Lakes (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Crandon Lakes is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon Lakes Middleville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Middleville is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleville Swartswood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Swartswood is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartswood Normanook (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Normanook is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanook Layton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton Balesville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Balesville is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balesville Newton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Newton is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 7,977 people
Washingtonville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Washingtonville is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville Augusta (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Augusta is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta Ross Corner (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Ross Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner Tranquility (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Tranquility is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility Warren County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Millbrook ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Millbrook was located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Blairstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Blairstown is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Paulina (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Paulina is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina Hainesburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Hainesburg is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg Vail (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Vail is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Mount Hermon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Mount Hermon is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon Columbia (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Columbia is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Hope (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Hope is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Delaware (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Delaware is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Long Bridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Long Bridge is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge Ramseysburg (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Ramseysburg is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseysburg Allamuchy - Panther Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Vienna (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Vienna is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Port Jervis (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Sparrow Bush (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Unionville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Huguenot (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Shin Hollow (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Shin Hollow is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Hollow Amity (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Newport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Newport is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Pine Island (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Pine Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Finchville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Finchville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville South Centerville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
South Centerville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville Sullivan County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Pond Eddy (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Barryville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Yulan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Eldred (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Tusten (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Park, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Park .
Cemeteries Near Forest Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Park.
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 Forest Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Lower Wall Pack Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Sand Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Wallpack Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wooddale UMC Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Delaware Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Franklin Hill Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Ridge Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Cedar Ridge Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Spring Valley Christian Church Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Blairstown Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Cemetery The Blairstown Cemetery has also been known as:
Blair Academy Cemetery Blair Cemetery Gravel Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297612 <2>
Marksboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Union Church Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (135 more) ...
Bevans Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Delaware Water Gap Cemetery (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Hainesburg Cemetery (12 miles [19.3 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>
While we didn't find Forest Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Park, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
Bushkill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Flatbrookville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Flatbrookville is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbrookville Egypt Mills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Egypt Mills is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills Shoemakers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Shoemakers is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers Calno (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Calno is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calno Millbrook ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Millbrook was located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Delaware (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Delaware is also located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Hardwick (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Hardwick is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick Wallpack Center (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wallpack Center is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallpack Center Former name for Wallpack Center:
Wallpack Centre(Er) Marshalls Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Middleville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Middleville is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleville Bevans (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Bevans is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevans Continue List (22 more) ...
Dingmans Ferry (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Stillwater (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Stillwater is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Swartswood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Swartswood is located in Sussex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartswood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Park .
Newspapers Published in Forest Park ...
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 Forest Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Park, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Forest Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Forest Park:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Pike County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carbon County Lackawanna County Monroe County Northampton County Wayne County Hunterdon County Morris County Sussex County Warren County Orange County Sullivan County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forest Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Pike County: https://www.pikepa.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 from Point A (ie- Forest Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Forest Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.