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 Hughs (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 Hughs. 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 and doctors 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.
Hughs 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 Hughs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hughs:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Hughs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Cease Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Hunlock Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Prichard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prichard is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard
- Pikes Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Glen Lyon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glen Lyon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyon
- Wanamie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wanamie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamie
- Nanticoke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lehman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meeker
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Concrete City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Concrete City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete City
- Loyalville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Lee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lee is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Bloomingdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Wilmot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Sugar Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Laddsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- New Era
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Beaver Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village
(22 miles [35.4 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
- East Side
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Tresckow
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Hudsondale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Leslie Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Weatherly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Penn Haven Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Unionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Albrightsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lansford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nesquehoning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Foundryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Jonestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Berwick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jamison City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Stillwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Briar Creek
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Zaner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Hetlerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Waller
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Mifflinville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rohrsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Milwaukee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Old Forge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moosic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Taylor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Spring Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Scranton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Unityville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Beaver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Lairdsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Monroe County
- Locust Lakes Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Nuremberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kelayres
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Zion Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Lofty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Brandonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Ferndale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Delano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Krebs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Ringtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Bernice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Long Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Laporte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dushore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sonestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beech Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Eagles Mere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Noxen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Jenks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Forkston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Osterhout
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Tunkhannock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Winola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vosburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Dixon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hughs, see our County-by-County Page for Hughs.
Cemeteries Near Hughs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hughs.
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 Hughs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hughs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sorberton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Edgehill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ceasetown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Casimirs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Newport Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marvin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Slovak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nanticoke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stanislaus RC 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hughs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hughs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hughs, with the one closest to Hughs listed first.
- Hunlock Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Nanticoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Nanticoke is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nanticoke
- Silkworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silkworth is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silkworth
- Cease Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Prichard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prichard is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard
- Glen Lyon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glen Lyon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyon
- Wanamie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wanamie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamie
- Pikes Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Nanticoke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Muhlenberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Muhlenberg is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhlenberg
- Meeker
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Lehman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sweet Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Loyalville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hughs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hughs.
Newspapers Published in Hughs ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hughs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hughs, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hughs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Hughs:
- 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
- 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> | 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 Hughs, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hughs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |