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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 Spencers 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 Spencers 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 Spencers 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 Spencers Corners: Spencers Cors.
- While the name of this community is Spencers Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Spencers Corners may originally have been Spencer's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Spencers Corners might be written as Spencer 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Spencers 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 Spencers Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spencers Corners:
- Lackawanna County (The home county of Spencers Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Tompkinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Simpson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vandling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Mayfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carbondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Green Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Jermyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Craig
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Archbald
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edella is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
- Carpenter Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Avoca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Duryea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houston City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Dupont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Langdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Orange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Pittston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Pittston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Exeter
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Carverton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Laflin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Laflin is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Mount Pocono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tobyhanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Ledgedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Wilsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Paupack
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Tafton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Panther
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- South Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- La Anna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- Masthope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Rowland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westcolang
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Lords Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Lenoxville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Gibson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Burnwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Hop Bottom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Kingsley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alford is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Lakeview
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Forest City Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Waymart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Keen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Aldenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- South Canaan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Prompton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Bethany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maplewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Seelyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Tanners Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Dyberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Hollisterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Factoryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nicholson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Winola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Marcy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Osterhout
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- South Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Avery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lake Carey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lemon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Tunkhannock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Vosburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Gulf Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Edson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Corbettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Hancock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cadosia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Pea Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Narrowsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cochecton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tusten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Callicoon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hankins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Long Eddy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cochecton Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spencers Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Spencers Corners.
Cemeteries Near Spencers Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spencers 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 Spencers Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spencers Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sandy Bank Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clifford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dundaff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sicklers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Childs Jewish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- St. Rose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saints Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Decker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Spencers Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spencers Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spencers Corners, with the one closest to Spencers Corners listed first.
- Tompkinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Clifford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dundaff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dundaff is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundaff
- Scott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Mayfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carbondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Green Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Jermyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Royal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Elkdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elkdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkdale
- Lenoxville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Craig
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wallsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spencers Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spencers Corners.
Newspapers Published in Spencers 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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spencers Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spencers Corners, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spencers 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 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 Spencers Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lackawanna County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Delaware County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 Spencers Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Spencers Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |