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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 Shaffers Corners (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 Shaffers Corners. 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 Shaffers Corners ...

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 Shaffers Corners: Shaffers Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Shaffers Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Shaffers Corners may originally have been Shaffer's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Shaffers Corners might be written as Shaffer Corners.

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 doctors and 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.

Shaffers Corners 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 Shaffers Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shaffers Corners:

  • Lackawanna County     (The home county of Shaffers Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.
    • Milwaukee
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
    • Schultzville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
    • Old Forge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Taylor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <2>
    • Lawrenceville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
    • Minooka
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
    • Moosic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <2>
    • Scranton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Clarks Summit
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Belian Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
    • Green Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
    • Clarks Green
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
    • Glenburn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.
    • Sugar Run
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilmot
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilmot is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Wyalusing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.
    • East Side
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Leslie Run
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
    • Mud Run
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Mud Run is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
  • Columbia County
    • Jamison City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jamison City is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.
    • Duryea
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Orange
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Exeter
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hughestown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Pittston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • West Pittston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Avoca
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Avoca is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <2>
    • Houston City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Houston City is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
    • Dupont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Langdon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • Carverton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Carverton is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
    • Port Blanchard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Port Blanchard is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blanchard
    • West Wyoming
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.
    • Locust Lakes Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
    • Mount Pocono
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Tobyhanna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pocono Pines
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Pond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pocono Summit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.
    • Ledgedale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Ledgedale is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
    • South Sterling
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • La Anna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • La Anna is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
    • Panther
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Panther is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • Paupack
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sullivan County
    • Bernice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Bernice is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.
    • Lenoxville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
    • Hop Bottom
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Royal
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Royal is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
    • Springville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Tyler
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • South Gibson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Forest City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Auburn Four Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
    • Kingsley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Elk Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
    • Union Dale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Alford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Alford is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
    • South Montrose
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.
    • Hollisterville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
    • Maplewood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Maplewood is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • South Canaan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • South Canaan is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
    • Tresslarville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
    • Sterling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Waymart
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest City Station
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
    • Keen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Keen is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
    • Lakeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Aldenville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Aldenville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
    • Prompton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Prompton is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Bethany
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Seelyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Seelyville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.
    • Lake Winola
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • South Eaton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
    • Osterhout
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
    • Vernon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Vernon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Factoryville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Mill City is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
    • Dixon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Beaumont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Jenks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jenks is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
    • Tunkhannock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marcy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Marcy is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
    • Evans Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
    • Nicholson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shaffers Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Shaffers Corners.

Cemeteries Near Shaffers Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shaffers Corners.

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 Shaffers Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shaffers Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.

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.<4>

While we didn't find Shaffers Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shaffers Corners.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Shaffers Corners, with the one closest to Shaffers Corners listed first.

  • Milwaukee
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
  • Ransom
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ransom is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
  • Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Falls is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
  • Harding
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Harding is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Old Forge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Schultzville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
  • Lockville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lockville is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
  • Orange
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Moosic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <2>
  • Minooka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
  • Keelersburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Keelersburg is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelersburg
  • Exeter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • West Pittston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pittston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Avoca
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Avoca is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shaffers Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shaffers Corners.

Newspapers Published in Shaffers Corners ...

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 133 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shaffers Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shaffers Corners, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shaffers Corners.

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 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 Shaffers Corners:

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>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 Shaffers Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shaffers Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.