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 Locust Lakes Village (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 Locust Lakes Village. 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 Locust Lakes Village ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Locust Lakes Village: Locust Lks. Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 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.
Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Sussex (NJ), Warren (NJ), Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northampton, Pike & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Locust Lakes Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Locust Lakes Village:
- Monroe County (The home county of Locust Lakes Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Pocono Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tobyhanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pocono
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pocono Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McMichael
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Paradise Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Reeders
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainhome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Appenzell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Parkside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Gilbert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brodheadsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Albrightsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Meckesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- East Side
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Mud Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Leslie Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Unionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Penn Haven Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Jonesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Jim Thorpe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <1>
- Weatherly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Little Gap is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
- Hudsondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Bowmanstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Spring Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Yostville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Lehigh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Daleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Turnersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elmhurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Belian Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Lawrenceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Minooka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Moosic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drinker
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Slatington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Custer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Emerald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Friedens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Friedens is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens
- Slatedale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Rockdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Rising Sun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Stoddartsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Bear Creek Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Penn Lake Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Penn Lake Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Langdon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Avoca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houston City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Laflin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Yatesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Glen Summit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Laurel Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hilldale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hilldale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Arndts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Arndts is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts
- Danielsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pen Argyl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roseto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wind Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berlinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Berlinsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville
- Cherryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bangor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
- Slateford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slateford is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
- Chapman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chapman is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- East Bangor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Bangor is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
- Portland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Portland is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- La Anna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- South Sterling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Panther
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Ledgedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Blooming Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Paupack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tafton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Lords Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Egypt Mills is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- McAdoo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coaldale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kelayres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- Andreas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Sterling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Lakeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Canaan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Uswick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- Hawley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waymart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Lake Winola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- South Eaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Warren County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Hainesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hainesburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg
- Millbrook ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Delaware
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Vail
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vail is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Locust Lakes Village, see our County-by-County Page for Locust Lakes Village.
Cemeteries Near Locust Lakes Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Locust Lakes Village.
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 Locust Lakes Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Locust Lakes Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Locust Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Springbrook Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springbrook Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Daleville.
- The Springbrook Cemetery has also been known as:
- Springbrook Congregational Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1370723 <2>
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Freytown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Daleville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Lake UMC Upper Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Maple Lake UMC Lower Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Laurel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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 Locust Lakes Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Locust Lakes Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Locust Lakes Village, with the one closest to Locust Lakes Village listed first.
- Stoddartsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Blakeslee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Tobyhanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pocono
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pocono Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Albrightsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Yostville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Lehigh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Swiftwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Freytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freytown is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freytown
- Daleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Locust Lakes Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Locust Lakes Village.
Newspapers Published in Locust Lakes Village ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Locust Lakes Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Locust Lakes Village, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Locust Lakes Village.
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 websites either 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 Locust Lakes Village:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Lackawanna County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Northampton County
- Pike County
- Schuylkill County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Warren 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Locust Lakes Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Locust Lakes Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |