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 Mabel (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 Mabel. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Mabel is located in Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County: Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne & Northumberland.
Below are the counties that are near Mabel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mabel:
- Schuylkill County (The home county of Mabel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Beurys Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Beurys Lake is located in Schuylkill County
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- Fountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fountain is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Haas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Haas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
- Lavelle - Locustdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lavelle - Locustdale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavelle - Locustdale
- Lavelle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buck Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Glendower
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glendower is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendower
- Gordon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Donaldson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Tremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tremont is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,656 people
- Newtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Hegins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pitman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Meckville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Bethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schubert
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Rehrersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Strausstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Aetna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shartlesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wintersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- New Schaefferstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Berne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berne is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Bernville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centerport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Tresckow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Lansford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coxes Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Locustdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Centralia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aristes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Numidia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Newlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Slabtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Queen City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Catawissa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shumans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Grovania
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Mainville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Rupert
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Bloomsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Williamstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Erdman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Gratz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lykens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
- Pillow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Berrysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Carsonville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Elizabethville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grantville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Enders
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enders is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Rife
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rife is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Gold Mine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Murray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Inwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Inwood is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Green Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Point is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
- Fredericksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lickdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lickdale is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale
- Greble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Greble is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
- Jonestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Mount Zion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Bunker Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Heilmandale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Heilmandale is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilmandale
- Myerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Newtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Mountain Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Tomhicken
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- East Berwick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Harwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- Nescopeck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Conyngham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sybertsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Hazleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
- Harleigh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Washingtonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Locust Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Alaska
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Dooleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Mount Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gowen City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Natalie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Marshallton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Shamokin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Bear Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Edgewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Kulpmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leck Kill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Shamokin Dam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dundore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dundore is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
- Hummels Wharf
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Port Trevorton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Selinsgrove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chapman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chapman is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Hoffer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hoffer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer
- Kratzerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- McKees Half Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls
- Freeburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Pallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pallas is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas
- Kreamer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Aline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Aline is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linntown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mabel, see our County-by-County Page for Mabel.
Cemeteries Near Mabel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mabel.
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 Mabel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mabel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Donaldson Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tifereth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Andrew's UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Orthodox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jacobs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mabel had a population of 81 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mabel, with the one closest to Mabel listed first.
- Haas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Haas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
- Fountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fountain is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Helfenstein
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Helfenstein is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helfenstein
- Locust Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Lavelle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Summit is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Summit
- Kehler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kehler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehler
- Hegins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Donaldson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Tremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tremont is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,656 people
- Swatara
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Swatara is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swatara
- Glendower
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glendower is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendower
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- Gordon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Locustdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Excelsior
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Excelsior is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mabel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mabel.
Newspapers Published in Mabel ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mabel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mabel, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mabel.
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 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 Mabel:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Schuylkill County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Luzerne County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Snyder County
- Union 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 Mabel, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mabel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |