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 Roaring Creek (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 Roaring Creek. 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 Roaring Creek ...
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 Roaring Creek: Roaring Crk. (or less commonly used: Roaring Ck. or Roaring Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Roaring Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roaring Creek.
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 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.
Roaring Creek is located in Montour 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 Montour County: Columbia, Lycoming & Northumberland.
Below are the counties that are near Roaring Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roaring Creek:
- Montour County (The home county of Roaring Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Washingtonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Carbon County
- Tresckow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Grovania
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Catawissa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Rupert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Fernville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Buckhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Bloomsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Espy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Paper Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paper Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill
- Newlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Numidia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Lightstreet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lightstreet is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightstreet
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Erdman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Williamstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gratz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pillow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Lykens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Berrysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
- Elizabethville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Gold Mine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Murray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Mountain Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- East Berwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Nescopeck
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- New Columbus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Newtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Tomhicken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Register
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Waterton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Sybertsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clarks View
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Huntington Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Conyngham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Unityville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lairdsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Biggerstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Richarts Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Muncy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Muncy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- Maple Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Montoursville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Elysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marion Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Reed
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Rushtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Bear Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kulpmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chulasky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Natalie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Snydertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snydertown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Edgewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Marshallton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Mount Carmel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Ashland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lavelle - Locustdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lavelle - Locustdale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavelle - Locustdale
- Lavelle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pitman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ferndale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Fountain Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Springs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Springs
- Girardville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ringtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Haas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Haas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
- Beurys Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beurys Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beurys Lake
- Lost Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Raven Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Shamokin Dam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hummels Wharf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Selinsgrove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kratzerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Dundore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dundore is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
- Port Trevorton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Kreamer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chapman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Globe Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Hoffer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoffer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer
- McKees Half Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls
- Pallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pallas is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Beech Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Sonestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Long Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Lewisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Linntown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- New Columbia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Allenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mazeppa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- New Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Mifflinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Red Bank
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Roaring Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Roaring Creek.
Cemeteries Near Roaring Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roaring Creek.
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 Roaring Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Roaring Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Sharp Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kase Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- All Saints Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (183 more) ...
- Rosemont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomsburg.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641294 <2>
- St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Roaring Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Roaring Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Roaring Creek, with the one closest to Roaring Creek listed first.
- Union Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Corner is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corner
- Catawissa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boyd is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Elysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rupert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Rushtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Reed
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Deibler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deibler is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deibler
- Paxinos
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Bloomsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Buckhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Mausdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mausdale is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mausdale
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Roaring Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roaring Creek.
Newspapers Published in Roaring Creek ...
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 Roaring Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roaring Creek, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roaring Creek.
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 Roaring Creek:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Montour County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- Sullivan County
- Union 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 Roaring Creek, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roaring Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |