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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 Freytown (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 Freytown. 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 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.

Freytown is located in Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County: Luzerne, Monroe, Susquehanna, Wayne & Wyoming.

Below are the counties that are near Freytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freytown:

  • Lackawanna County     (The home county of Freytown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • Turnersville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
    • Lehigh
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
    • Daleville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Aberdeen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
    • Moscow
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Moscow is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,026 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
    • Yostville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
    • Drinker
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
    • Wimmers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
    • Elmhurst
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Brook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
    • Mount Cobb
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
    • Cortez
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
    • Dunmore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <1>
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • Albrightsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Meckesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Meckesville is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
    • East Side
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Side is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
    • Leslie Run
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
    • Mud Run
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Mud Run is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
    • Unionville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Unionville is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Penn Haven Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • Stoddartsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
    • Langdon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • Avoca
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Dupont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Houston City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Houston City is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
    • Duryea
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Hughestown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Pittston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Yatesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Bear Creek Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Laflin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Laflin is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
    • West Pittston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Exeter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • Mount Pocono
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Tobyhanna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Locust Lakes Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
    • Mountainhome
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pocono Pines
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pocono Summit
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
    • Long Pond
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Parkside
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkside is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
    • Reeders
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Appenzell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Appenzell is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
    • McMichael
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • McMichael is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
    • Arlington Heights
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
  • Northampton County
    • Slateford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Slateford is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • South Sterling
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • La Anna
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • La Anna is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
    • Panther
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Panther is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • Ledgedale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Ledgedale is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
    • Paupack
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Blooming Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
    • Tafton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilsonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Wilsonville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
    • Lords Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Kimble
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kimble is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
    • Rowland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lackawaxen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Masthope
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Masthope is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • Forest City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Lenoxville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
    • Royal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Royal is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
    • Union Dale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • Sterling
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollisterville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
    • Maplewood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Maplewood is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Tresslarville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
    • Lakeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • South Canaan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • South Canaan is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
    • Uswick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Uswick is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
    • Hawley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Waymart
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Keen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Keen is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
    • Prompton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Prompton is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Honesdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Seelyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Seelyville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • Factoryville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Winola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Osterhout
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
    • South Eaton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
    • Nicholson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Mill City is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
    • Vernon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Vernon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Dixon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Beaumont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Jenks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jenks is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
  • Sussex County (NJ)
    • Wallpack Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Wallpack Center is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallpack Center
  • Warren County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • Millbrook ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
    • Hainesburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hainesburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg
  • Sullivan County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freytown, with the one closest to Freytown listed first.
    • Tusten
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
    • Narrowsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Barryville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Yulan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Freytown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freytown.

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

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

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

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, Freytown had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Lehigh
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
  • Daleville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Madisonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Madisonville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
  • Angels
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Angels is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
  • Sterling
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • South Sterling
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Moscow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moscow is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
  • Yostville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
  • La Anna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • La Anna is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
  • Newfoundland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hollisterville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
  • Clifton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Clifton is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Wimmers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
    • Mount Pocono
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Greentown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Freytown ...

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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freytown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freytown, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freytown.

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 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 Freytown:

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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freytown) 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 Freytown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.