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 North Mehoopany (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 North Mehoopany. 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 North Mehoopany ...
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 North Mehoopany: N. Mehoopany
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
North Mehoopany is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Sullivan & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near North Mehoopany. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Mehoopany:
- Wyoming County (The home county of North Mehoopany)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Mehoopany, with the one closest to North Mehoopany listed first.
- Mehoopany Station
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Meshoppen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vosburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Forkston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Jenningsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Lake Carey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lemon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Laceyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skinners Eddy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Tunkhannock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marcy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Evans Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Stowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Mehoopany, with the one closest to North Mehoopany listed first.
- Sugar Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wyalusing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Homets Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Limehill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- New Era
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Asylum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Marshview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Le Raysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Le Raysville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Raysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Herrickville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Evergreen
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Laddsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Standing Stone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Mehoopany, with the one closest to North Mehoopany listed first.
- Jamison City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Waller
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Mehoopany, with the one closest to North Mehoopany listed first.
- La Plume
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Dalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Schultzville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Glenburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Milwaukee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Carpenter Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Waverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clarks Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Clarks Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Craig
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- East Benton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Edella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edella is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
- Justus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Justus is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Mehoopany, with the one closest to North Mehoopany listed first.
- Harveys Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kunkle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Orange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Back Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Loyalville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Dallas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lehman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meeker
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Pikes Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Trucksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Carverton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Mehoopany, with the one closest to North Mehoopany listed first.
- Dushore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shinerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Bernice
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Laporte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Millview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Forksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eagles Mere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sonestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Mehoopany, with the one closest to North Mehoopany listed first.
- Auburn Four Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Springville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Elk Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Rushville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Fairdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Hop Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Montrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Alford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Tiffany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tiffany is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Mehoopany, see our County-by-County Page for North Mehoopany.
Cemeteries Near North Mehoopany ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Mehoopany.
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 North Mehoopany - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Mehoopany covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Mehoopany, with the one closest to North Mehoopany listed first.
- Carney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Joachim's Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Overfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Overfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Meshoppen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45720 <3>
- Prevost Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Keiserville - Vose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Flat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clark Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Meshoppen.
- The Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lemon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45285 <3>
- Lacey Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Dixon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Quimby Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, North Mehoopany had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Mehoopany, with the one closest to North Mehoopany listed first.
- Mehoopany
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mehoopany Station
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Meshoppen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Scottsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scottsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Vosburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Forkston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Jenningsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Lovelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lovelton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelton
- Lake Carey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lemon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Skinners Eddy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Laceyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- South Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Auburn is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Auburn
- Evans Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Marcy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Mehoopany. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Mehoopany.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of North Mehoopany ...
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 North Mehoopany.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of North Mehoopany. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of North Mehoopany and those printed in the larger area surrounding North Mehoopany.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> of North Mehoopany.
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 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 North Mehoopany:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna 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 '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- North Mehoopany) 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 North Mehoopany, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |