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 Murray (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 Murray. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Murray is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Bradford, Columbia, Luzerne, Lycoming & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Murray. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Murray:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Murray)
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- Bernice
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Dushore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laporte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Millview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Sonestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eagles Mere
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Forksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beech Glen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Lincoln Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Hillsgrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- Wilmot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Laddsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- New Era
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- New Albany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Overton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Sugar Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marshview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Wyalusing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Homets Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Asylum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Long Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Valley is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- Jamison City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Waller
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Coles Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Stillwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jonestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Rohrsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Zaner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Greenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Iola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Iola is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- Milwaukee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Schultzville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- La Plume
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Red Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Mossville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mossville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Fairmount Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
- Loyalville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Pleasant Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Rittenhouse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rittenhouse is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse
- Clarks View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Bloomingdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Harveys Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Harveyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- Lungerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Richarts Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Beaver Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Biggerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Unityville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lairdsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Ellenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
- Proctor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Proctor is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Chemung
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chemung is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Wallis Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wallis Run is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallis Run
- Muncy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- Muncy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montour County
- Exchange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- Rushville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Auburn Four Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Springville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Tyler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Fairdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- Stowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Forkston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Jenningsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Noxen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Laceyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Skinners Eddy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Evans Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Mehoopany Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Beaumont
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Jenks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Vosburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Meshoppen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Murray, see our County-by-County Page for Murray.
Cemeteries Near Murray ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Murray.
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 Murray - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Murray covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- St. Vladimirs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Dushore.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bahr's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44827 <3>
- Junk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fincke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Overton.
- Warburton Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- St.s Phillip & James Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lateer Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Lacey Street Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Flat Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Murray in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Murray.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Murray, with the one closest to Murray listed first.
- Lopez
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bernice
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Dushore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bellasylva
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bellasylva is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellasylva
- Colley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Colley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colley
- Cumiskey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cumiskey is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumiskey
- Cherry Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cherry Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Mills
- Laporte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Laddsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Wilmot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Nordmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nordmont is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordmont
- Lovelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lovelton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelton
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Long Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- New Era
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Murray. See our List of 1890's Communities around Murray.
Newspapers Published in Murray ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Murray.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Murray, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Murray.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Murray:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Susquehanna 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Murray) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Murray, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |