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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 Greeley (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 Greeley. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

  • Pike County     (The home county of Greeley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley, with the one closest to Greeley listed first.
    • Lackawaxen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rowland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkers Glen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Parkers Glen is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
    • Lords Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Westcolang
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Westcolang is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
    • Kimble
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kimble is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
    • Masthope
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Masthope is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
    • Blooming Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
    • Tafton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Wilsonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Wilsonville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
    • Paupack
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Conashaugh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Conashaugh is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh
    • Milford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lackawanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley, with the one closest to Greeley listed first.
    • Cortez
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
    • Drinker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
    • Lehigh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
    • Mount Cobb
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
    • Turnersville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
    • Wimmers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
    • Aberdeen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
    • Simpson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Vandling
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
    • Carbondale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Daleville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Elmhurst
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Moscow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • 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>
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley, with the one closest to Greeley listed first.
    • Bushkill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Mountainhome
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Shoemakers
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
    • Coolbaugh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh
    • Paradise Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
    • Parkside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkside is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
    • Mount Pocono
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tobyhanna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pocono Summit
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Stroudsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Susquehanna County
    • Forest City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley, with the one closest to Greeley listed first.
    • Hawley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Uswick
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Uswick is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
    • Lakeville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Boyds Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Boyds Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Mills
    • Laurella
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Laurella is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurella
    • Milanville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Milanville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milanville
    • Honesdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Calkins
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Calkins is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calkins
    • Carley Brook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
    • Seelyville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Seelyville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
    • Damascus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bethany
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyberry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dyberry is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
  • Sussex County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley, with the one closest to Greeley listed first.
    • Layton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
    • Wallpack Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Wallpack Center is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallpack Center
    • Normanook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Normanook is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanook
    • Colesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
    • Crandon Lakes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Crandon Lakes is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon Lakes
    • Libertyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Libertyville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
    • Wykertown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wykertown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown
    • Swartswood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Swartswood is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartswood
    • Armstrong
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Armstrong is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Augusta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Augusta is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
    • McCoys Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
    • Pellettown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pellettown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown
    • Roys
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Roys is located in Sussex County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys
  • Warren County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley, with the one closest to Greeley listed first.
    • Millbrook ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
    • Blairstown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Blairstown is located in Warren County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
    • Paulina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Paulina is located in Warren County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina
  • Orange County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley, with the one closest to Greeley listed first.
    • Sparrow Bush
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Port Jervis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Huguenot
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Paradise
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Paradise is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Shin Hollow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Shin Hollow is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Hollow
    • Cuddebackville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Finchville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Finchville is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
    • Port Orange
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Port Orange is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Orange
    • Otisville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Unionville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • South Centerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • South Centerville is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville
    • Pine Island
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Pine Island is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
    • Middletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Sullivan County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley, with the one closest to Greeley listed first.
    • Barryville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Yulan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pond Eddy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Tusten
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
    • Eldred
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Narrowsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Cochecton Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Squirrels Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
    • Cochecton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Smallwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Kauneonga Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mongaup Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Falls Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills

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

Cemeteries Near Greeley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greeley.

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

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

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

  • Woodtown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • German Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Montoza Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Van Tuyl Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Travis Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Glen Spey Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Anthonys Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tusten Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Beaver Brook Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Paupack Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (141 more) ...
    • Milford Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mongaup Lower River Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Glen Cove Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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>

While we didn't find Greeley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greeley.

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

  • Shohola Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Shohola Falls is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shohola Falls
  • Rowland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lackawaxen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lords Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Parkers Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Parkers Glen is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
  • Barryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shohola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Eyre
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Eyre is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eyre
  • Westcolang
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Westcolang is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
  • Kimble
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kimble is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
  • Blooming Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
  • Masthope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Masthope is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pond Eddy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Pond Eddy is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Eddy
    • Pond Eddy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rosas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Rosas is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosas

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

Newspapers Published in Greeley ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greeley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greeley, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greeley.

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 helpful 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 Greeley:

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 Greeley, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greeley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.