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 Shades 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 Shades 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 Shades 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Shades Glen: Shades Gln.
- While the name of this community is Shades Glen, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Shades Glen may originally have been Shade's Glen.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Shades Glen might be written as Shade 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Shades 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 Shades Glen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shades Glen:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Shades Glen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Bear Creek Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stoddartsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Penn Lake Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Lake Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Laurel Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Laflin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Miners Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Mills
- Glen Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Dupont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Langdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Hilldale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hilldale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Yatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Mountain Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- East Side
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Albrightsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leslie Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Mud Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Unionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Meckesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Penn Haven Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Weatherly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hudsondale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Jim Thorpe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Beaver Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coxes Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Berwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foundryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Spring Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Yostville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Belian Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Lawrenceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Daleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Moosic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Old Forge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lehigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Turnersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Emerald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Slatedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Custer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Friedens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Friedens is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens
- Slatington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Pocono Pines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Pocono
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tobyhanna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Long Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pocono Summit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McMichael
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Mountainhome
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Paradise Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Appenzell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Kresgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reeders
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Danielsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Berlinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Berlinsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville
- Arndts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arndts is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts
- Cherryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lockport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lockport is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Walnutport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pen Argyl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wind Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- La Anna
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- South Sterling
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Panther
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Ledgedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Paupack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Tafton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- McAdoo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kelayres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- Coaldale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lofty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Hometown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Andreas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Girard Manor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Grier City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
- Nuremberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Hollisterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Sterling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- South Canaan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Lakeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Uswick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Lake Winola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Eaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Jenks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Noxen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Osterhout
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Evans Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Factoryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Tunkhannock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shades Glen, see our County-by-County Page for Shades Glen.
Cemeteries Near Shades Glen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shades 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 Shades Glen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shades Glen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Locust Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springbrook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springbrook Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the west of Daleville.
- The Springbrook Cemetery has also been known as:
- Springbrook Congregational Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1370723 <3>
- Polish National Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- Jenkins-Harding Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Lake UMC Upper Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Lake UMC Lower Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Shades Glen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shades Glen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shades Glen, with the one closest to Shades Glen listed first.
- Bear Creek Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stoddartsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Moosehead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moosehead is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Bear Creek Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Junction
- Blakeslee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Laurel Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glen Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Spring Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Laflin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Miners Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Mills
- Penobscot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Penobscot is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penobscot
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Rita
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rita is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rita
- Hickory Run ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hickory Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
- Dupont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shades Glen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shades Glen.
Newspapers Published in Shades 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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shades Glen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shades Glen, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shades Glen.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Shades Glen:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lehigh County
- Monroe County
- Northampton County
- Pike County
- Schuylkill County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shades Glen) 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 Shades Glen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |