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 Moyers Grove (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 Moyers Grove. 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 Moyers Grove ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Moyers Grove: Moyers Grv.
- While the name of this community is Moyers Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Moyers Grove may originally have been Moyer's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Moyers Grove might be written as Moyer Grove.
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 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.
Moyers Grove 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 Moyers Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moyers Grove:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Moyers Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Dorrance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dorrance is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrance
- Sybertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Conyngham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beach Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Lee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lee is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Slocum Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Slocum Corners is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Corners
- Tomhicken
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Glen Lyon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glen Lyon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyon
- Wanamie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wanamie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamie
- Shickshinny
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Hazleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
- Nescopeck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Berks County
- Quaker City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Coxes Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Tresckow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Beaver Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Weatherly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- East Side
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Mud Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Lansford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nesquehoning
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Summit Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Berwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Foundryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Hetlerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Briar Creek
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Mifflinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jonestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Shumans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Lime Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Almedia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Stillwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Zaner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Mainville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Espy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Moosic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Forge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Minooka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Spring Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Taylor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Jacksonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lochland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Slatedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lungerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Lairdsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Monroe County
- Locust Lakes Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Natalie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Alaska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Bear Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Elysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Marion Heights
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Kulpmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reed
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Nuremberg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kelayres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Lofty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Zion Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Delano
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Ferndale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Grier City - Park Crest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grier City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
- Sullivan County
- Long Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Noxen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Evans Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moyers Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Moyers Grove.
Cemeteries Near Moyers Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moyers Grove.
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 Moyers Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moyers Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Groover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129847 <3>
- Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Adalbert's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Alberts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Albert Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hazleton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Most Precious Blood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. John's Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- St. Stanislaus Polish RC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Ann's Parish Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Laurel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Moyers Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moyers Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moyers Grove, with the one closest to Moyers Grove listed first.
- Hobbie
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hobbie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbie
- Saint Johns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wapwallopen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Briggsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Briggsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- Sybertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Drums
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pond Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Hill
- Dorrance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dorrance is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrance
- Conyngham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Slocum
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Slocum is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Beach Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Tomhicken
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Milnesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milnesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnesville
- Mocanaqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lee is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moyers Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moyers Grove.
Newspapers Published in Moyers Grove ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moyers Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moyers Grove, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moyers Grove.
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 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 Moyers Grove:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lehigh County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Moyers Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Moyers Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |