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 Skytop (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 Skytop. 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 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.
Skytop is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Sussex (NJ), Warren (NJ), Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northampton, Pike & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Skytop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Skytop:
- Monroe County (The home county of Skytop)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Mountainhome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Parkside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Tobyhanna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Pocono
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pocono Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coolbaugh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh
- Pocono Pines
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Stroudsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Reeders
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bushkill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shoemakers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Arlington Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Meckesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Albrightsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Side
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Mud Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Unionville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Jonesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Leslie Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Lehigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Turnersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Daleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Drinker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
- Moscow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wimmers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
- Yostville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Elmhurst
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cobb
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
- Spring Brook
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Cortez
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Archbald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Stoddartsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Houston City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Langdon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Avoca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dupont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Duryea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hughestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Penn Lake Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Penn Lake Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Yatesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Laflin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Laflin is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Pittston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Pittston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Slateford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Slateford is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
- Portland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Portland is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Roseto
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Bangor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Bangor is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
- Pen Argyl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bangor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
- Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Richmond is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Wind Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Belfast
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Kesslersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kesslersville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kesslersville
- Kesslersville has also been known as:
- Alamanda
- Keslers
- Kesslers
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Panther
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- La Anna
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- South Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Ledgedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Paupack
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tafton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lords Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Egypt Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt Mills is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Delaware
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Delaware is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Kimble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Rowland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Uswick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- Hollisterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Hawley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Maplewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- South Canaan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Honesdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prompton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Seelyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Laurella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Laurella is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurella
- Waymart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Wallpack Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wallpack Center is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallpack Center
- Hardwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hardwick is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Crandon Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crandon Lakes is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon Lakes
- Layton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Normanook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Normanook is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanook
- Middleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middleville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleville
- Swartswood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Swartswood is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartswood
- Balesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Balesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balesville
- Washingtonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Washingtonville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Augusta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Augusta is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Newton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,977 people
- Armstrong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Ross Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ross Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner
- Warren County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Millbrook ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Hainesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hainesburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg
- Vail
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vail is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
- Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Columbia is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Blairstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blairstown is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Paulina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Paulina is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina
- Delaware
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Delaware is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Mount Hermon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Ramseysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ramseysburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseysburg
- Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Belvidere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Belvidere is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
- Long Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Bridge is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Allamuchy - Panther Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orange County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Sparrow Bush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Port Jervis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Barryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tusten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Yulan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Eddy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Narrowsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eldred
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Skytop, see our County-by-County Page for Skytop.
Cemeteries Near Skytop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skytop.
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 Skytop - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Skytop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wooddale United Methodist Church (UMC)Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Paupack Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Freytown Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hollisterville Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daleville Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clifton Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stroud Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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 Skytop in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Skytop.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Skytop, with the one closest to Skytop listed first.
- Canadensis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mountainhome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cresco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- La Anna
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- Newfoundland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Greentown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Angels
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Angels is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
- Parkside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Tobyhanna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Henryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Pocono
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Swiftwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ledgedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Skytop. See our List of 1890's Communities around Skytop.
Newspapers Published in Skytop ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skytop.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Skytop, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Skytop.
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 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 Skytop:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Northampton County
- Pike County
- Wayne County
- Sussex County
- Warren County
- Orange County
- Sullivan 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 Skytop, 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' (or 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- Skytop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |