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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 Newton Center (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 Newton Center. 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 Newton Center ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Newton Center: Newton Ctr. (or less commonly used: Newton Cen., Newton Cent. or Newton Cntr.)

You might see Newton Centre instead of Newton Center.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Newton Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Newton Center.

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.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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.

Newton Center 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 Newton Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newton Center:

  • Lackawanna County     (The home county of Newton Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newton Center, with the one closest to Newton Center listed first.
    • Milwaukee
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
    • Schultzville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
    • Clarks Summit
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Forge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Taylor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <1>
    • Dalton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Dalton is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton <1>
    • Clarks Green
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
    • Glenburn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
    • Waverly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawrenceville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
    • Minooka
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
    • Moosic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <1>
    • Edella
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Edella is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newton Center, with the one closest to Newton Center listed first.
    • Sugar Run
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wyalusing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilmot
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Wilmot is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
  • Carbon County
    • East Side
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • East Side is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newton Center, with the one closest to Newton Center listed first.
    • Duryea
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Orange
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Avoca
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Exeter
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Houston City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Houston City is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
    • Hughestown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Pittston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • West Pittston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Carverton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Carverton is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
    • Langdon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • West Wyoming
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
    • Wyoming
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newton Center, with the one closest to Newton Center listed first.
    • Locust Lakes Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
    • Mount Pocono
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tobyhanna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pocono Pines
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newton Center, with the one closest to Newton Center listed first.
    • Ledgedale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Ledgedale is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
    • South Sterling
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • La Anna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • La Anna is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
    • Panther
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Panther is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • Paupack
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sullivan County
    • Bernice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Bernice is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newton Center, with the one closest to Newton Center listed first.
    • Lenoxville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
    • Hop Bottom
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Royal
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Royal is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
    • Springville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Tyler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Kingsley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • South Gibson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Forest City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Auburn Four Corners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
    • Elk Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
    • Alford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Alford is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
    • South Montrose
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Union Dale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newton Center, with the one closest to Newton Center listed first.
    • Maplewood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Maplewood is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Hollisterville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
    • South Canaan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • South Canaan is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
    • Tresslarville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
    • Sterling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Forest City Station
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
    • Waymart
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Keen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Keen is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
    • Prompton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Prompton is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Aldenville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Aldenville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
    • Lakeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Seelyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Seelyville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
    • Bethany
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newton Center, with the one closest to Newton Center listed first.
    • Lake Winola
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Osterhout
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
    • South Eaton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
    • Factoryville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Vernon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Vernon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Dixon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Tunkhannock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jenks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jenks is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Mill City is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
    • Marcy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Marcy is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
    • Beaumont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Lake Carey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
    • Evans Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls

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

Cemeteries Near Newton Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newton Center.

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 Newton Center - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Georges Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cosner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Abington Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Post Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fitch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Huff Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Dreisbach - Morse Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Slavic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Stratford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (253 more) ...
    • Washburn Street Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn Street Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Washburn Street Cemetery is located in Scranton.
      • The Washburn Street Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hyde Park Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46584 <2>
    • Cathedral Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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>

While we didn't find Newton Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newton Center.

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

  • Milwaukee
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
  • Schultzville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
  • Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Falls is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
  • Ransom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ransom is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
  • Clarks Summit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lockville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockville is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
  • Old Forge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chinchilla
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lake Winola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Keelersburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Keelersburg is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelersburg
  • Orange
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Harding
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Harding is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Moosic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <1>
    • Minooka
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
    • Clarks Green
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people

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

Newspapers Published in Newton Center ...

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 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newton Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newton Center, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newton Center.

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 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 Newton Center:

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 Newton Center, 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 from Point A (ie- Newton Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.