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 Lovelton (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 Lovelton. 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 and doctors 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.
Lovelton is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Sullivan & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Lovelton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lovelton:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Lovelton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Stowell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Forkston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Jenningsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Mehoopany Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Laceyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Skinners Eddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Meshoppen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vosburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Evans Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Noxen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jenks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Tunkhannock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Sugar Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Wyalusing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Era
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Evergreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Laddsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Limehill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Homets Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Marshview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Asylum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- New Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Overton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Jamison City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Waller
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Jonestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Stillwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coles Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Zaner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Rohrsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Schultzville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- La Plume
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Milwaukee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Dalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Glenburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clarks Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Clarks Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Old Forge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Loyalville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Harveys Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kunkle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Pikes Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Meeker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Back Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Lehman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Dallas
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Orange
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Lungerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Richarts Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Beaver Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Biggerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Unityville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lairdsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Shinerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Bernice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Dushore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Laporte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Millview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Forksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eagles Mere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sonestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Beech Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Hillsgrove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Auburn Four Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Rushville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Springville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Elk Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Fairdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- South Montrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hop Bottom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Friendsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kingsley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lovelton, see our County-by-County Page for Lovelton.
Cemeteries Near Lovelton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lovelton.
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 Lovelton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lovelton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Junk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fincke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Flat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lacey Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Overfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Overfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Meshoppen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45720 <3>
- St. Joachim's Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Vladimirs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carney Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Quicks Bend Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prevost Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lyon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Dushore.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bahr's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44827 <3>
- Keiserville - Vose Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boles Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lovelton had a population of 136 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lovelton, with the one closest to Lovelton listed first.
- Forkston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Jenningsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Kasson Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kasson Brook is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson Brook
- Hollenback
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hollenback is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenback
- Colley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Colley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colley
- Bellasylva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellasylva is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellasylva
- Mehoopany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Mehoopany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Mehoopany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Mehoopany
- Scottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scottsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Sugar Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mehoopany Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Skinners Eddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Laceyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Cumiskey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cumiskey is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumiskey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lovelton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lovelton.
Newspapers Published in Lovelton ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lovelton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lovelton, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lovelton.
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 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 Lovelton:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna 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> | 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- Lovelton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Lovelton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |