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 Starrucca (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 Starrucca. 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 doctors and 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.
Starrucca is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Broome (NY), Delaware (NY), Sullivan (NY), Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Starrucca. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Starrucca:
- Wayne County (The home county of Starrucca)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Wrighter Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wrighter Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrighter Corner
- Lakewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sherman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Poyntelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- High Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- High Lake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
- Forest City Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Aldenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Siko
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Tanners Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Keen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Bethany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Carley Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Simpson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vandling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Carbondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tompkinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- East Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Mayfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Scott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Craig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Jermyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Green Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Carpenter Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- La Plume
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Archbald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Thompson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brandt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brandt is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Ararat
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- North Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
- Lanesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
- Susquehanna Depot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Susquehanna Depot is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Depot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,444 people
- Susquehanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Burnwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Gibson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Union Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Nicholson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Factoryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Gulf Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Deposit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Edson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Windsor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- East Windsor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Ouaquaga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Conklin Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Conklin Station is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Station
- Corbettsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Conklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Conklin Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conklin Center is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Center
- Chenango County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Nineveh Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nineveh Junction is located in Chenango County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Junction
- Afton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Bainbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
- Union Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- East Guilford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Guilford is located in Chenango County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Hancock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cadosia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Hambletville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hambletville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
- Pea Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Barbourville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Barbourville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourville
- China
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- China is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Peakville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
- Rock Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Harvard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Chiloway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chiloway is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
- Shinhopple
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gregorytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gregorytown is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorytown
- Horton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Horton is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Otsego County (NY)
- Unadilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Long Eddy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hankins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Acidalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Acidalia is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acidalia
- Callicoon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hortonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cochecton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Roscoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Narrowsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Youngsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cochecton Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Starrucca, see our County-by-County Page for Starrucca.
Cemeteries Near Starrucca ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Starrucca.
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 Starrucca - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Starrucca covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Fairmount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ararat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ararat Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Ararat
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1358324 <2>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lamb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Simpson - Sherwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsbury Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Danville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hale Eddy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Starrucca had a population of 431 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Starrucca had a population of 165 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Starrucca, with the one closest to Starrucca listed first.
- Melrose
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Thompson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tallmanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tallmanville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallmanville
- Scott Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scott Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Center
- Stevens Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stevens Point is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Ararat
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Brandt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brandt is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Jefferson Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Junction is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Junction
- North Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
- Poyntelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- Preston Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Preston Park is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Park
- Sherman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sherman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Como
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Starrucca. See our List of 1890's Communities around Starrucca.
Newspapers Published in Starrucca ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Starrucca.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Starrucca, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Starrucca.
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 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 Starrucca:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Chenango County
- Delaware County
- Otsego 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 Starrucca, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Starrucca) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |