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 Split Rock (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 Split Rock. 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 northwest 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 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.
Split Rock is located in Carbon 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 Carbon County: Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton & Schuylkill.
Below are the counties that are near Split Rock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Split Rock:
- Carbon County (The home county of Split Rock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Albrightsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Side
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Meckesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Mud Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Leslie Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Penn Haven Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Jim Thorpe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <1>
- Weatherly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Lehighton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Spring Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Yostville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Lehigh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Daleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Turnersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Belian Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Moscow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elmhurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Moosic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Old Forge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Custer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Emerald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Friedens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Friedens is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens
- Slatedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Slatington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rockdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Newside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Newside is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newside
- Rising Sun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Balliettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Balliettsville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balliettsville
- Lochland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Wellington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Coplay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Stoddartsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Penn Lake Park
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Bear Creek Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eckley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Miners Village
- Glen Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Highlands
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Highlands is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
- Laurel Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Top
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jeddo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jeddo is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Albert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Albert is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Long Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pocono Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pocono Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Pocono
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tobyhanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kresgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Gilbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Appenzell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Reeders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brodheadsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Arndts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Arndts is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts
- Danielsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Berlinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Berlinsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville
- Cherryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lockport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lockport is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Walnutport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wind Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chapman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chapman is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Pen Argyl
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kreidersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kreidersville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville
- Roseto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bangor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- La Anna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- South Sterling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Panther
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Ledgedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Coaldale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- McAdoo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Andreas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kelayres
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- Hometown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Lofty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Mantz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mantz is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz
- Delano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Girard Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Grier City - Park Crest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grier City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
- Oneida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Wyoming County
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Warren County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Columbia is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Hainesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hainesburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg
- Delaware
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Delaware is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Split Rock, see our County-by-County Page for Split Rock.
Cemeteries Near Split Rock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Split Rock.
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 Split Rock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Split Rock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Locust Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Laurel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dotters Corners Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph's RC Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Weatherly.
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Weatherly Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961621 <2>
- Jim Thorpe Tomb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Jerusalem Union Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Split Rock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Split Rock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Split Rock, with the one closest to Split Rock listed first.
- Blakeslee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Albrightsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stoddartsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Hickory Run ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
- Mud Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Long Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Leslie Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Drakes Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drakes Creek is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Creek
- Bear Creek Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Junction
- Rockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Penn Haven Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Bear Creek Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Moosehead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Moosehead is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Clifton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- White Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Split Rock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Split Rock.
Newspapers Published in Split Rock ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Split Rock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Split Rock, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Split Rock.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Split Rock:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Carbon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Northampton County
- Pike County
- Schuylkill County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Warren 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 Split Rock, 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- Split Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |