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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 Jerseytown (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 Jerseytown. 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 southeast 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 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.

Jerseytown is located in Columbia County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Columbia County: Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill & Sullivan.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Jerseytown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jerseytown.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Ikelers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brights Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brights Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brights Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McHenry Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McHenry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McHenry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lemon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Center UMC Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Billmeyer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Billmeyer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Billmeyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old St. Josephs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rosemont Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Gordner Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gordner Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gordner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Kase Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Rohrsburg Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rohrsburg Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rohrsburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Jerseytown had a population of 149 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Strawberry Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Ridge
    • Strawberry Ridge is located in Montour County
  • Eyers Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eyers Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
    • Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
  • Millville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • White Hall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • White Hall is located in Montour County
  • Mordansville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Iola
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Dieffenbach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dieffenbach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dieffenbach
    • Dieffenbach is located in Montour County
  • Washingtonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Welliversville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sereno
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sereno have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
    • Sereno is located in Columbia County
  • Exchange
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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    • Buckhorn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Summit
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Summit
      • Pine Summit is located in Columbia County
    • Ottawa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ottawa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
      • Ottawa is located in Montour County

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

Newspapers Published in Jerseytown ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jerseytown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jerseytown, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jerseytown.

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 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 Jerseytown:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jerseytown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiapa.org/county/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 from Point A (ie- Jerseytown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jerseytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0887, Longitude: -76.5786       In this case, the coordinates for Jerseytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Jerseytown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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