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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 Franklin Junction (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 Franklin Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Franklin Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Franklin Junction: Franklin Jct. (or less commonly used: Franklin Jctn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Franklin Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Franklin Junction.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Franklin Junction is located in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Franklin Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Franklin Junction:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Franklin Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Ashley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wilkes-Barre
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kingston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Larksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Plymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Notch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Laurel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pringle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pringle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
- Mountain Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Warrior Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- East Side
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Leslie Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Mud Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Coxes Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Weatherly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beaver Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Penn Haven Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Hudsondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Tresckow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Albrightsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Meckesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Foundryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Berwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Briar Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Hetlerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Mifflinville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Stillwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zaner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Rohrsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Moosic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Old Forge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Minooka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Taylor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Yostville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Scranton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Lycoming County
- Richarts Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Mount Pocono
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pocono Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tobyhanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Long Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pocono Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kresgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- South Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- La Anna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Kelayres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nuremberg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Lofty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Sheppton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Girard Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Coaldale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Hometown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Zion Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Bernice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Hollisterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maplewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Noxen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Lake Winola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Osterhout
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Tunkhannock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Forkston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Franklin Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Franklin Junction.
Cemeteries Near Franklin Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Franklin Junction.
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 Franklin Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Franklin Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
- The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45352 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Temple B'nai B'rith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hollenbeck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ohav Zedek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hanover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanover Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilkes-Barre.
- The Hanover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanover Green Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45029 <2>
- St. John's Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincent's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Plymouth.
- The St. Vincent's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery
- St. Vincent's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46268 <2>
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Ignatius Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Ignatius Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pringle.
- The St. Ignatius Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Ignatius Catholic Church Cemetery
- St. Ignatius Parish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975437 <2>
- St. Mary's Annunciation Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- Shawnee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Franklin Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Franklin Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Ashley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wilkes-Barre
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sugar Notch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Larksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plymouth Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Plymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Askam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Askam is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askam
- Warrior Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Solomon Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Solomon Gap is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Gap
- Fairview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Mountain Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Laurel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gregory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hanover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Franklin Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Franklin Junction.
Newspapers Published in Franklin Junction ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Franklin Junction, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Franklin Junction.
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 Franklin Junction:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Wayne 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> | 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- Franklin Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Franklin Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |