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 Sickler Hill (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 Sickler Hill. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Sickler Hill 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 Sickler Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sickler Hill:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Sickler Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Plymouth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Plymouth Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Concrete City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Concrete City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete City
- Warrior Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Nanticoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Larksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cease Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Sugar Notch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Ashley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wanamie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wanamie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamie
- Hunlock Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bradford County
- Wilmot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- East Side
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Beaver Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Leslie Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Tresckow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Weatherly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mud Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Hudsondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Penn Haven Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Unionville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Albrightsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nesquehoning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Summit Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Foundryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Berwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Briar Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Hetlerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Jamison City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Stillwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mifflinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zaner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Lime Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Waller
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Old Forge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Milwaukee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Moosic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Taylor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Schultzville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Scranton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Clarks Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lungerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Mount Pocono
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pocono Pines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tobyhanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Long Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Kelayres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nuremberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lofty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Girard Manor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Zion Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Delano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Grier City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
- Hometown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Ferndale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Bernice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Long Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Dushore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laporte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County
- Hollisterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Noxen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Evans Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Osterhout
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lake Winola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tunkhannock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Forkston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Dixon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Vosburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sickler Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Sickler Hill.
Cemeteries Near Sickler Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sickler Hill.
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 Sickler Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sickler Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Ohav Zedek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hanover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanover Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilkes-Barre.
- The Hanover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanover Green Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45029 <2>
- Shawnee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Edgehill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nanticoke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Slovak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincent's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Plymouth.
- The St. Vincent's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery
- St. Vincent's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46268 <2>
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
- The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45352 <2>
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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 Sickler Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sickler Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sickler Hill, with the one closest to Sickler Hill listed first.
- Plymouth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Nanticoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Nanticoke is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nanticoke
- Nanticoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hanover is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Warrior Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Askam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Askam is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askam
- Plymouth Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Junction
- Gregory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Sugar Notch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Larksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cease Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Hunlock Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wanamie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wanamie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamie
- Ashley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sickler Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sickler Hill.
Newspapers Published in Sickler Hill ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sickler Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sickler Hill, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sickler Hill.
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 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 Sickler Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sickler Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sickler Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |