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 Stephen Heights (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 Stephen Heights. 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 Stephen Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Stephen Heights: Stephen Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 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 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.
Stephen Heights 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 Stephen Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stephen Heights:
- Lackawanna County (The home county of Stephen Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- Moscow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Aberdeen
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elmhurst
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Daleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Turnersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Yostville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Wimmers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
- Drinker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
- Mount Cobb
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
- Lehigh
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Spring Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Cortez
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- East Side
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Albrightsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Meckesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Leslie Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Mud Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Unionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Penn Haven Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- Avoca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Houston City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Langdon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Dupont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Duryea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hughestown
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Pittston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Pittston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Stoddartsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Exeter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Laflin
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- Mount Pocono
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tobyhanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Lakes Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Pocono Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mountainhome
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pocono Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Long Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Parkside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- McMichael
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Reeders
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Appenzell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- Ledgedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- South Sterling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Panther
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- La Anna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- Paupack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tafton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Wilsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Kimble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Lords Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rowland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lackawaxen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- Forest City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lenoxville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Union Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Gibson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hop Bottom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- Hollisterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maplewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- South Canaan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Lakeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Uswick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- Waymart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Keen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Hawley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prompton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Honesdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- Factoryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Winola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Osterhout
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- South Eaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Dixon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Beaumont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Jenks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Marcy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Tunkhannock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- Narrowsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tusten
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stephen Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Stephen Heights.
Cemeteries Near Stephen Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stephen Heights.
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 Stephen Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stephen Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairview Memorial Estate Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Daleville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Lake UMC Lower Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Lake UMC Upper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Freytown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- All Saints Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Springbrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springbrook Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Daleville.
- The Springbrook Cemetery has also been known as:
- Springbrook Congregational Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1370723 <2>
- Hollisterville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clifton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Stephen Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stephen Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stephen Heights, with the one closest to Stephen Heights listed first.
- Moscow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Daleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Madisonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Madisonville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Elmhurst
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yostville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Freytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freytown is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freytown
- Drinker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
- Wimmers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
- Spring Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Lehigh
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Hollisterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Mount Cobb
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Nay Aug
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nay Aug is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nay Aug
- Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maplewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stephen Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stephen Heights.
Newspapers Published in Stephen Heights ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stephen Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stephen Heights, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stephen Heights.
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 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 Stephen Heights:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lackawanna County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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> | 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- Stephen Heights) 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 Stephen Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |