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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 Preston Corner (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 Preston Corner. 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 Preston Corner ...
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 Preston Corner: Preston Cor. (or less commonly used: Preston Crn.)
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 northeast 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 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.
Preston Corner is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Broome (NY), Delaware (NY), Sullivan (NY), Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Preston Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Preston Corner:
- Wayne County (The home county of Preston Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Lakewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Poyntelle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- High Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- High Lake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
- Wrighter Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wrighter Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrighter Corner
- Starrucca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sherman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Tanners Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Siko
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Aldenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Forest City Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Dyberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Bethany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carley Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Simpson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vandling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Carbondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tompkinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Mayfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Jermyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Craig
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Green Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Cortez
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Archbald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenter Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Masthope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Wilsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Kimble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Westcolang
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Rowland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paupack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tafton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lackawaxen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Burnwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Thompson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ararat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Union Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
- Forest City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brandt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brandt is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Lakeview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lanesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Susquehanna Depot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Susquehanna Depot is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Depot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,444 people
- South Gibson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Nicholson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Factoryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Gulf Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Deposit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Edson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- East Windsor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Corbettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ouaquaga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conklin Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conklin Station is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Station
- Conklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Conklin Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conklin Center is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Center
- Chenango County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Afton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Nineveh Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nineveh Junction is located in Chenango County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Junction
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Hancock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cadosia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Pea Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Rock Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Peakville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
- Hambletville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hambletville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
- Chiloway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chiloway is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
- Harvard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Horton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Barbourville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barbourville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourville
- Butternut Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
- Cooks Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
- Shinhopple
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Long Eddy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hankins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Callicoon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hortonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cochecton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Acidalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Acidalia is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acidalia
- North Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Narrowsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cochecton Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roscoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Youngsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Preston Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Preston Corner.
Cemeteries Near Preston Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Preston Corner.
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 Preston Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Preston Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Simpson - Sherwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Julianas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Green Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Foster Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ararat Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ararat Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Ararat
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1358324 <2>
- Uniondale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- East Jackson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lyons Street Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burdick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Preston Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Preston Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Preston Corner, with the one closest to Preston Corner listed first.
- Lake Como
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poyntelle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- Tallmanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tallmanville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallmanville
- High Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- High Lake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
- Preston Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Preston Park is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Park
- Pleasant Mount
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Niagara
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Niagara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Starlight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Burnwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Cold Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Equinunk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Autumn Leaves
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Autumn Leaves is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn Leaves
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Starrucca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Herrick Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Herrick Center is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrick Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Preston Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Preston Corner.
Newspapers Published in Preston Corner ...
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 Preston Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Preston Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Preston Corner.
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 helpful 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 Preston Corner:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Chenango County
- Delaware County
- Sullivan 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 Preston Corner, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Preston Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |