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 Rock Glen (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 Rock Glen. 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 Rock Glen ...
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.
Another variation: Rockglen.
- A typical abbreviation for Rock Glen: Rock Gln.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rock Glen. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Glen.
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 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.
Rock Glen is located in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Rock Glen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Glen:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Rock Glen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Mountain Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Tomhicken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Conyngham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Berwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Nescopeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sybertsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Harwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- West Hazleton
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Harleigh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hazleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ebervale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ebervale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebervale
- Dorrance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dorrance is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrance
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Quaker City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Ededburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Hamburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stony Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Run is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Tresckow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Coxes Village
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Beaver Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Weatherly
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lansford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nesquehoning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Summit Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- New Mahoning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Leslie Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Jim Thorpe
(24 miles [38.6 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 <1>
- Mertz Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mertz Town is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Hetlerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Berwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shumans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Briar Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Mifflinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Foundryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Lime Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Mainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Almedia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Newlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Jonestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Aristes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Espy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lungerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Lairdsville
(28 miles [45.1 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 Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Mooresburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Exchange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Natalie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Alaska
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Locust Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Bear Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Elysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kulpmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Marshallton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Reed
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Edgewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Gowen City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Nuremberg
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Zion Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Brandonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Ringtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Krebs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Girard Manor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Shenandoah Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah Heights is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Heights
- Delano
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Kelayres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- Lofty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Glen, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Glen.
Cemeteries Near Rock Glen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Glen.
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 Rock Glen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Glen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Nuremberg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greek Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- Peddlars Grave
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Groover Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kulp UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rock Glen had a population of 477 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Glen, with the one closest to Rock Glen listed first.
- Gowen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gowen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen
- Nuremberg
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fern Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fern Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Mountain Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Weston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weston is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Derringer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Derringer is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derringer
- Tomhicken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Beaver Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Valley is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Raricks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Raricks is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raricks
- Oneida
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Briggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Briggsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- Hetlerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nescopeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ferndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Berwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Glen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Glen.
Newspapers Published in Rock Glen ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Glen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Glen, 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 Rock Glen.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Rock Glen:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lehigh County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill 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 Rock Glen, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Glen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |