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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 Moscow (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 Moscow. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Moscow is located in Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County: Luzerne, Monroe, Susquehanna, Wayne & Wyoming.

Below are the counties that are near Moscow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moscow:

  • Lackawanna County     (The home county of Moscow)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.
    • Elmhurst
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Aberdeen
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
    • Daleville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Turnersville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
    • Yostville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
    • Wimmers
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
    • Spring Brook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
    • Mount Cobb
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
    • Drinker
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
    • Lehigh
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
    • Dunmore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <1>
    • Green Ridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
    • Scranton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.
    • East Side
      (21 miles [33.8 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
    • Albrightsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Meckesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Meckesville is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
    • Mud Run
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Mud Run is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
    • Leslie Run
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
    • Unionville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Unionville is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Penn Haven Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.
    • Houston City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Houston City is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
    • Langdon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • Avoca
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Avoca is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <1>
    • Dupont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Duryea
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hughestown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Pittston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Yatesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Laflin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Laflin is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
    • West Pittston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Stoddartsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
    • Exeter
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Port Blanchard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Port Blanchard is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blanchard
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.
    • Mount Pocono
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tobyhanna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Locust Lakes Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
    • Pocono Pines
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mountainhome
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pocono Summit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
    • Long Pond
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Parkside
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkside is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
    • McMichael
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • McMichael is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
    • Reeders
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Appenzell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Appenzell is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
    • Arlington Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.
    • Ledgedale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Ledgedale is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
    • South Sterling
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • La Anna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • La Anna is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
    • Panther
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Panther is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • Paupack
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Tafton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Blooming Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
    • Wilsonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wilsonville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
    • Kimble
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kimble is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
    • Lords Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Rowland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Lackawaxen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Masthope
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Masthope is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.
    • Forest City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Lenoxville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
    • Royal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Royal is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
    • Union Dale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • South Gibson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hop Bottom
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Burnwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.
    • Hollisterville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
    • Sterling
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Maplewood is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Tresslarville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
    • South Canaan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Canaan is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
    • Lakeville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Uswick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Uswick is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
    • Waymart
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Hawley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Keen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Keen is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
    • Prompton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Prompton is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Seelyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Seelyville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
    • Forest City Station
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.
    • Factoryville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Winola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Osterhout
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
    • South Eaton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
    • Nicholson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Mill City is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
    • Vernon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Vernon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Dixon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Beaumont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Marcy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Marcy is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
    • Tunkhannock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jenks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jenks is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
    • Evans Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
  • Sullivan County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.
    • Narrowsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tusten
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moscow, see our County-by-County Page for Moscow.

Cemeteries Near Moscow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moscow.

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 Moscow - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moscow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.

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 Moscow had a population of 582 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Moscow had a population of 2,026 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Moscow, with the one closest to Moscow listed first.

  • Daleville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Elmhurst
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Madisonville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Madisonville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
  • Yostville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
  • Spring Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
  • Wimmers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
  • Lehigh
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
  • Freytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Freytown is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freytown
  • Hollisterville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
  • Drinker
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
  • Mount Cobb
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
  • Nay Aug
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nay Aug is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nay Aug
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sterling
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Maplewood is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Dunmore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moscow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moscow.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Moscow ...

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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moscow.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Moscow. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Moscow and those printed in the larger area surrounding Moscow.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of Moscow.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Moscow:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moscow) 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 Moscow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.