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 Laketon (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 Laketon. 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.
Laketon 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 Laketon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Laketon:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Laketon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- Harveys Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Loyalville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Kunkle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Meeker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Back Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Lehman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Dallas
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cease Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Trucksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- Wilmot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Sugar Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- New Era
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Wyalusing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Homets Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- New Albany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Limehill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Marshview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Overton
(27 miles [43.5 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 Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- East Side
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Coxes Village
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Leslie Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- 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
- Benton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Foundryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Stillwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waller
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Zaner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Berwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Briar Creek
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Rohrsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Coles Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- Milwaukee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Lawrenceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Old Forge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Schultzville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Moosic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Belian Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Minooka
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Clarks Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- La Plume
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Biggerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Unityville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Beaver Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Lairdsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Monroe County
- Locust Lakes Village
(30 miles [48.3 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 Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- Bernice
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Dushore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laporte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Long Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Sonestown
(25 miles [40.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- Auburn Four Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Springville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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)
- Rushville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Lenoxville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- Noxen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beaumont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- 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
- Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Jenks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Forkston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- South Eaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Osterhout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Vosburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Tunkhannock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Winola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Laketon, see our County-by-County Page for Laketon.
Cemeteries Near Laketon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Laketon.
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 Laketon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Laketon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- Kocher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bronson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fern Knoll Burial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Polish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville Cemetery
- The Huntsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Valley View Cemetery
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Laketon had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Laketon, with the one closest to Laketon listed first.
- Harveys Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Outlet
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Outlet is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlet
- Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Ruggles
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Loyalville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Idetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Idetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idetown
- Noxen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meeker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Lehman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stull
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stull is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stull
- Kunkle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Pikes Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Weintz
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Weintz is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weintz
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Laketon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Laketon.
Newspapers Published in Laketon ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Laketon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Laketon, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Laketon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Laketon:
- 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
- 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 Laketon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Laketon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |