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 Hays Corner (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 Hays Corner. 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 Hays Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Hays Corner: Hays Cor. (or less commonly used: Hays Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Hays Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hays Corner may originally have been Hay's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hays Corner might be written as Hay Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hays Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hays Corner.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hays Corner 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 Hays Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hays Corner:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Hays Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Kunkle
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Back Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Dallas
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lehman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harveys Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Trucksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Meeker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Orange
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Loyalville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Carverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Courtdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Luzerne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Sugar Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Wyalusing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- New Era
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Evergreen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Homets Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Limehill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- New Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Marshview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Overton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- East Side
(25 miles [40.2 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Mud Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Beaver Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Tresckow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Albrightsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Jamison City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Foundryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Jonestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Berwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Waller
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Zaner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Briar Creek
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Rohrsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Coles Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Hetlerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Milwaukee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Old Forge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Belian Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Moosic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Schultzville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Minooka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Scranton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clarks Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Dalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Biggerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Unityville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- Locust Lakes Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Schuylkill County
- Nuremberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Bernice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Dushore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Long Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Laporte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sonestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beech Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Eagles Mere
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Springville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Tyler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Elk Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Hop Bottom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Rushville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Kingsley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Hollisterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Beaumont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Noxen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Evans Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Osterhout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lake Winola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tunkhannock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forkston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Dixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Vosburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hays Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Hays Corner.
Cemeteries Near Hays Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hays Corner.
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 Hays Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hays Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Chapel Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Parks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fern Knoll Burial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Polish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville Cemetery
- The Huntsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Valley View Cemetery
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- Fern Brook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Crest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest Cemetery
- The Cedar Crest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trucksville Cemetery
- Trucksville UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #913512 <3>
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Hays Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hays Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hays Corner, with the one closest to Hays Corner listed first.
- Idetown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Idetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idetown
- Dallas
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kunkle
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Lehman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harveys Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Outlet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Outlet is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlet
- Huntsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Shavertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Laketon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Laketon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Meeker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Trucksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Ketcham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ketcham is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketcham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hays Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hays Corner.
Newspapers Published in Hays Corner ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hays Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hays Corner, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hays Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hays Corner:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Hays Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Hays Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |