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 Hawley (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 Hawley. 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 and 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.
Hawley 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 Hawley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hawley:
- Wayne County (The home county of Hawley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Uswick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Honesdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laurella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Laurella is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurella
- Seelyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Carley Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Prompton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Tresslarville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Boyds Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Boyds Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Mills
- Dyberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Bethany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Canaan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Calkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Calkins is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calkins
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Cortez
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Drinker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
- Wimmers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
- Vandling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Mount Cobb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
- Carbondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Turnersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Archbald
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jermyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mayfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elmhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Houston City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dupont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Duryea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Langdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Mountainhome
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pocono
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tobyhanna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Parkside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Pocono Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bushkill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shoemakers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Pocono Pines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coolbaugh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh
- Locust Lakes Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Wilsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Kimble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Tafton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paupack
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rowland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Westcolang
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Masthope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Lords Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lackawaxen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ledgedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Panther
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Parkers Glen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Parkers Glen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Forest City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Union Dale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Lenoxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Burnwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- South Gibson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Layton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Wallpack Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallpack Center is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallpack Center
- Normanook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Normanook is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanook
- Crandon Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crandon Lakes is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon Lakes
- Warren County (NJ)
- Millbrook ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Pea Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Rock Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Orange County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Sparrow Bush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Port Jervis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Paradise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Paradise is located in Orange County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Huguenot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cuddebackville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shin Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shin Hollow is located in Orange County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Hollow
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Tusten
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Narrowsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yulan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Barryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eldred
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cochecton Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cochecton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pond Eddy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Callicoon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hortonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kauneonga Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Smallwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hawley, see our County-by-County Page for Hawley.
Cemeteries Near Hawley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hawley.
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 Hawley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hawley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Paupack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Darling Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dyberry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vine Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Schoonover Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tisdale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tusten Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Dyberry Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Cove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Canaan Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hawley had a population of 1,968 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hawley had a population of 1,138 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
- West Hawley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Hawley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley
- Uswick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- White Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kimble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Tafton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Indian Orchard is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Orchard
- Paupack
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glen Eyre
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen Eyre is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eyre
- Hoadleys
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoadleys is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoadleys
- Cherry Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Blooming Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Rowland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Honesdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clemo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clemo is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemo
- Pink
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pink is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hawley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hawley.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hawley ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawley.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hawley. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hawley and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hawley.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of Hawley.
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 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 Hawley:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Sussex County
- Warren County
- Delaware County
- Orange County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 Hawley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hawley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |