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 Raricks (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 Raricks. 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 Raricks ...
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.
While the name of this community is Raricks, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Raricks may originally have been Rarick's.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Raricks is located in Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County: Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne & Northumberland.
Below are the counties that are near Raricks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Raricks:
- Schuylkill County (The home county of Raricks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Zion Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ferndale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Ringtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Krebs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Nuremberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brandonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Oneida
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Raven Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Shenandoah Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah Heights is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Heights
- Shenandoah
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sheppton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Quaker City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Schubert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Shartlesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ededburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Hamburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Strausstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Berne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berne is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Lenhartsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stony Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Run is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
- Windsor Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Castle is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle
- Meckville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Tresckow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Beaver Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coxes Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Lansford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Summit Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Weatherly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nesquehoning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Mahoning
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Mertz Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mertz Town is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town
- Penn Haven Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Jim Thorpe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <2>
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Shumans
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Hetlerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Aristes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Newlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Mainville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Centralia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Numidia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Mifflinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Berwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Briar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Lime Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Erdman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon County
- Gold Mine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Jacksonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lochland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Tomhicken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Nescopeck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sybertsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- Beach Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- East Berwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Conyngham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Hazleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
- Hazleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harleigh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ebervale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ebervale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebervale
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lungerville
(29 miles [46.7 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 northwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Mooresburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Exchange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Alaska
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Natalie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Locust Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Bear Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Elysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Marshallton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Kulpmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Marion Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Gowen City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Reed
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Snyder County
- Shamokin Dam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Raricks, see our County-by-County Page for Raricks.
Cemeteries Near Raricks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Raricks.
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 Raricks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Raricks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hetherington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Brandonville.
- The Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brandonville Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2227564 <3>
- Nuremberg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old St. Casmir's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peddlars Grave
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kulp UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulp UMC Cemetery
- The Kulp UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kulp Cemetery
- Kulp Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987725 <3>
- St. Marys Orthodox Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- German Protestant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St.s Peter & Paul Orthodox Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Raricks had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Raricks, with the one closest to Raricks listed first.
- Ferndale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Ringtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beaver Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Valley is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Krebs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Brandonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Nuremberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gowen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gowen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen
- Raven Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Shenandoah
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Weston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Derringer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Derringer is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derringer
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fern Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Rock Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Raricks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Raricks.
Newspapers Published in Raricks ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Raricks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Raricks, 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 Raricks.
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 Raricks:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Schuylkill County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Snyder 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Raricks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Raricks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |