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 Lindbergh (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 Lindbergh. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lindbergh 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 Lindbergh. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lindbergh:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Lindbergh)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Albert
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Albert is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Dorrance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dorrance is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrance
- Glen Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Slocum Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slocum Corners is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Corners
- Concrete City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concrete City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete City
- Sugar Notch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Warrior Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Mountain Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nanticoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wanamie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wanamie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamie
- Freeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- White Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- East Side
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Beaver Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Hudsondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Tresckow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Leslie Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Weatherly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Penn Haven Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Unionville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Summit Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nesquehoning
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Albrightsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Berwick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Foundryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Hetlerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Briar Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Jonestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Mifflinville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shumans
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Lime Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Zaner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Stillwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Almedia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Old Forge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moosic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Spring Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Taylor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Yostville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Scranton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Daleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Emerald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Slatedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lochland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Custer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Slatington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Long Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pocono Pines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Pocono
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tobyhanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kresgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Pocono Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gilbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Berlinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berlinsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville
- Danielsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Kelayres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nuremberg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Lofty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Sheppton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Girard Manor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Coaldale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Delano
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Hometown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Zion Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grier City - Park Crest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brandonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Noxen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Evans Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Lake Winola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Osterhout
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Tunkhannock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Forkston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lindbergh, see our County-by-County Page for Lindbergh.
Cemeteries Near Lindbergh ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lindbergh.
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 Lindbergh - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lindbergh covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Albert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Albert Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Albert.
- The Albert Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rippletown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988179 <2>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129847 <2>
- St. Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Slovak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nanticoke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Ann's Parish Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
- The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45352 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Newport Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanover Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilkes-Barre.
- The Hanover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanover Green Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45029 <2>
- Ohav Zedek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Lindbergh in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lindbergh.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lindbergh, with the one closest to Lindbergh listed first.
- Rita
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rita is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rita
- Dorrance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dorrance is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrance
- Glen Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Upper Lehigh
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Upper Lehigh is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lehigh
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hanover is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Penobscot
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Penobscot is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penobscot
- Mountain Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Solomon Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Solomon Gap is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Gap
- Sugar Notch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Warrior Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Slocum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Slocum is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Saint Johns
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drums
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Freeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lindbergh. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lindbergh.
Newspapers Published in Lindbergh ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lindbergh.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lindbergh, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lindbergh.
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 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 Lindbergh:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lehigh County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Northampton County
- Schuylkill 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 Lindbergh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lindbergh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |