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 Mainville (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 Mainville. 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 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.
Mainville is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Mainville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mainville:
- Columbia County (The home county of Mainville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Almedia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Espy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Shumans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Lime Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Bloomsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lightstreet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lightstreet is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightstreet
- Catawissa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mifflinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paper Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Paper Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill
- Slabtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Queen City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Fernville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Rupert
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Tresckow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Coxes Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Beaver Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Lansford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Weatherly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nesquehoning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Summit Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Erdman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Gratz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Mountain Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- East Berwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Nescopeck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Tomhicken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- New Columbus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Waterton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Sybertsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Conyngham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Register
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Huntington Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shickshinny
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Unityville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Biggerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lairdsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Lungerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Beaver Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Muncy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Muncy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- Montgomery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Mooresburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Exchange
(18 miles [29 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 Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Natalie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Bear Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Elysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Alaska
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Dooleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Kulpmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reed
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rushtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Locust Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Chulasky
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Ferndale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Zion Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nuremberg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ringtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Raven Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Oneida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Ashland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Girardville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brandonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Lost Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Shenandoah Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah Heights is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Heights
- Englewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Shamokin Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hummels Wharf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Selinsgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kratzerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Dundore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dundore is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Beech Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Long Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Sonestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- New Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Linntown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- Allenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mainville, see our County-by-County Page for Mainville.
Cemeteries Near Mainville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mainville.
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 Mainville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mainville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Fisher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Creveling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creveling Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Creveling Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<2> the communities of Espy and Almedia. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Almedia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967765 <4>
- Rosemont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located in Espy.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45602 <4>
- Elan Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hidlay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rosemont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomsburg.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641294 <4>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (189 more) ...
- Kulp UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulp UMC Cemetery
- The Kulp UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kulp Cemetery
- Kulp Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987725 <4>
- Old Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mainville had a population of 577 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mainville, with the one closest to Mainville listed first.
- Espy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Almedia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Catawissa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shumans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Lightstreet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lightstreet is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightstreet
- Lime Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Bloomsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Paper Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Paper Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill
- Rupert
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Numidia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Newlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Mill Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Grove
- Beaver Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Valley is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mainville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mainville.
Newspapers Published in Mainville ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mainville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mainville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mainville.
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 Mainville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Dauphin County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- Sullivan 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Espy and Almedia. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <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- Mainville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mainville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |