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 Mount Pocono (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 Mount Pocono. 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 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.
Mount Pocono 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 Mount Pocono. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Pocono:
- Monroe County (The home county of Mount Pocono)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Tobyhanna
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pocono Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pocono Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Lakes Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Mountainhome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paradise Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Long Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Parkside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Reeders
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Appenzell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Arlington Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
- Brodheadsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Albrightsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meckesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- East Side
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Leslie Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Mud Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Unionville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Penn Haven Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Jonesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Little Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Little Gap is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
- Jim Thorpe
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowmanstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lehighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Lehigh
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Turnersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Daleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yostville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Aberdeen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Drinker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
- Elmhurst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cobb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
- Wimmers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
- Belian Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Minooka
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Stoddartsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Bear Creek Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Langdon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Dupont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Houston City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Penn Lake Park
(18 miles [29 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
- Avoca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Duryea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hughestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Pittston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Laurel Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Pen Argyl
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Roseto
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Slateford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Slateford is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
- Wind Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bangor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
- Portland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Portland is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- East Bangor
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Arndts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arndts is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts
- Danielsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Belfast
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Berlinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Berlinsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- La Anna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- South Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Panther
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Ledgedale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Paupack
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Tafton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lords Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Egypt Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Egypt Mills is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Kimble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Delaware
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Delaware is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Rowland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Sterling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hollisterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Lakeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Uswick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- South Canaan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Hawley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Keen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Prompton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Seelyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Waymart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Honesdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Hardwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hardwick is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Wallpack Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wallpack Center is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallpack Center
- Middleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Middleville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleville
- Warren County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Millbrook ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Hainesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hainesburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg
- Vail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vail is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
- Delaware
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Blairstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blairstown is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Mount Hermon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Paulina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paulina is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina
- Ramseysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ramseysburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseysburg
- Belvidere
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belvidere is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
- Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Pocono, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Pocono.
Cemeteries Near Mount Pocono ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Pocono.
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 Mount Pocono - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Pocono covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Clifton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freytown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Daleville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Lake UMC Upper Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- Springbrook Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Maple Lake UMC Lower Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisterville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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 Mount Pocono had a population of 336 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mount Pocono had a population of 3,122 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Pocono, with the one closest to Mount Pocono listed first.
- Tobyhanna
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lehigh
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Pocono Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- La Anna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- South Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Angels
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Angels is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
- Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Freytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Freytown is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freytown
- Swiftwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Cresco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountainhome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Long Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Canadensis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Daleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Pocono. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Pocono.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mount Pocono ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Pocono.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mount Pocono. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mount Pocono and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mount Pocono.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of Mount Pocono.
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 helpful websites 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 Mount Pocono:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Northampton County
- Pike County
- Wayne County
- Sussex 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- Mount Pocono) 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 Mount Pocono, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |