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 Richmondale (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 Richmondale. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Richmondale 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 Richmondale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richmondale:
- Lackawanna County (The home county of Richmondale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Simpson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vandling
(3 miles [4.8 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mayfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Jermyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Archbald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Green Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Cortez
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Jessup
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Craig
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Avoca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Duryea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Houston City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Dupont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Hughestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Pittston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Pittston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Exeter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Yatesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Carverton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Laflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Laflin is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Ledgedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Wilsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Kimble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Paupack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tafton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Masthope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Blooming Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Rowland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Panther
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- South Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lackawaxen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- La Anna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Forest City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Royal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Lenoxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Burnwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- South Gibson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Gibson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hop Bottom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kingsley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Forest City Station
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Waymart
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Aldenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Keen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Prompton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Bethany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Canaan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Tanners Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Dyberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Seelyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Carley Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Honesdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Siko
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Nicholson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Factoryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Winola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Marcy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Osterhout
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Avery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lake Carey
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lemon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- South Eaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Tunkhannock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jenks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Gulf Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Edson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Deposit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Corbettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Hancock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Cadosia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Rock Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Peakville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Narrowsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cochecton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Callicoon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hankins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Long Eddy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tusten
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Cochecton Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- North Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yulan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Acidalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Acidalia is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acidalia
- Jeffersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richmondale, see our County-by-County Page for Richmondale.
Cemeteries Near Richmondale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richmondale.
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 Richmondale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richmondale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saints Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burdick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dundaff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burdick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Uniondale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sandy Bank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Childs Jewish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Canaan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Keen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clifford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Richmondale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richmondale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richmondale, with the one closest to Richmondale listed first.
- Forest City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dundaff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dundaff is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundaff
- Carbondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elkdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elkdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkdale
- Waymart
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Keen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Aldenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Clifford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tompkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Mayfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whites Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whites Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Valley
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Pleasant Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Herrick Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Herrick Center is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrick Center
- Royal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richmondale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richmondale.
Newspapers Published in Richmondale ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richmondale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richmondale, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richmondale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Richmondale:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lackawanna County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Luzerne County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Broome 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 Richmondale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Richmondale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |