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 Starkville (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 Starkville. 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 doctors and 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.
Starkville is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Sullivan & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Starkville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Starkville:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Starkville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- Nicholson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Factoryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Marcy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Avery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lake Carey
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lemon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Lake Winola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Osterhout
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Tunkhannock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Eaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Vosburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Meshoppen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- Sugar Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wyalusing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Le Raysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Le Raysville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Raysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Limehill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Wilmot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Herrickville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Asylum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Homets Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- New Era
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- South Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- South Warren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Potterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- Marshview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- La Plume
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Glenburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Waverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Craig
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- East Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Schultzville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Clarks Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Clarks Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Edella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edella is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- Orange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Kunkle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Carverton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Duryea
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Avoca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dallas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Exeter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Houston City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Hughestown
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Pittston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Harveys Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Back Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Pike County
- Ledgedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- Bernice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Dushore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shinerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- Hop Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Springville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tyler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Lenoxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Auburn Four Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Royal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Kingsley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elk Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- South Montrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- South Gibson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Montrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fairdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- Forest City Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- South Canaan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Waymart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Keen
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Maplewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Aldenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Wrighter Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wrighter Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrighter Corner
- Tresslarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Poyntelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- Hollisterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Prompton
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Starrucca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Conklin Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conklin Station is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Station
- Corbettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hawleyton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Conklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Edson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Kirkwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Starkville, see our County-by-County Page for Starkville.
Cemeteries Near Starkville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Starkville.
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 Starkville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Starkville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- Oakley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Lemon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pedrick - Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deckertown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Button Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Strickland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clark Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the east of Meshoppen.
- The Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lemon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45285 <2>
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Starkville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Starkville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Starkville, with the one closest to Starkville listed first.
- East Lemon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lemon
- West Nicholson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Nicholson is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nicholson
- Bardwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bardwell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardwell
- Factoryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nicholson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marcy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Dixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- La Plume
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Avery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lemon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Lake Carey
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lake Winola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wallsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wallsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsville
- Fleetville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fleetville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Starkville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Starkville.
Newspapers Published in Starkville ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Starkville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Starkville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Starkville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Starkville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Broome 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Starkville) 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 Starkville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |