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 Mountain Top (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 Mountain Top. 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.
Name Variations for Mountain Top ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mountain Top: Mtn. Top
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mountain Top. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain Top.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and 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.
Mountain Top is located in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Mountain Top. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountain Top:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Mountain Top)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- Glen Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Ashley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Laurel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Notch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Albert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Albert is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Warrior Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Wilkes-Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plymouth Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Concrete City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Concrete City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete City
- Bear Creek Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- East Side
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Leslie Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Weatherly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mud Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Beaver Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Penn Haven Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Hudsondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Albrightsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Tresckow
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Meckesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- Foundryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Berwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Briar Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Jonestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Mifflinville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Stillwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Zaner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Shumans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jamison City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Old Forge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moosic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Spring Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Taylor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Yostville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Scranton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Daleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Long Pond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pocono Pines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pocono
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tobyhanna
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pocono Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kresgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Gilbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Appenzell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Reeders
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brodheadsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- La Anna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- South Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Panther
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- Kelayres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lofty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Nuremberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coaldale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Hometown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Delano
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Grier City - Park Crest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grier City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- Hollisterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Noxen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Lake Winola
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Osterhout
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Tunkhannock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Factoryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mountain Top, see our County-by-County Page for Mountain Top.
Cemeteries Near Mountain Top ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain Top.
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 Mountain Top - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mountain Top covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- Albert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Albert Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Albert.
- The Albert Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rippletown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988179 <2>
- Temple B'nai B'rith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
- The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45352 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hanover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanover Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilkes-Barre.
- The Hanover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanover Green Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45029 <2>
- Ohav Zedek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hollenbeck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- St. Francis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nanticoke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Mountain Top had a population of 961 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mountain Top, with the one closest to Mountain Top listed first.
- Fairview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairview is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Solomon Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Solomon Gap is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Gap
- Penobscot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Penobscot is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penobscot
- Glen Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Rita
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rita is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rita
- Ashley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Laurel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Notch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Askam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Askam is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askam
- Warrior Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Moosehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moosehead is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Plymouth Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Wilkes-Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Larksville
(6 miles [9.7 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 Mountain Top. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountain Top.
Newspapers Published in Mountain Top ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain Top.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain Top, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain Top.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Mountain Top:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Schuylkill County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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 Mountain Top, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain Top) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |