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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 Stoddartsville (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 Stoddartsville. 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 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.

Stoddartsville is primarily located in Luzerne County. A portion of Stoddartsville extends into Monroe County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Luzerne County: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan & Wyoming.

Below are the counties that are near Stoddartsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stoddartsville:

  • Luzerne County     (The home county of Stoddartsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoddartsville, with the one closest to Stoddartsville listed first.
    • Bear Creek Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Penn Lake Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penn Lake Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Lake Park
      • Penn Lake Park is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
    • Laurel Run
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • White Haven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Haven
      • White Haven is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Haven <1>
    • Glen Summit
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mountain Top
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Top have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
      • Mountain Top is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Top <1>
    • Langdon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Langdon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
      • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Langdon
      • From Stoddartsville to Langdon
    • Dupont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dupont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
      • Dupont is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,693 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupont <1>
    • Laflin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Miners Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Yatesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
      • Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Albert
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Carbon County
  • Lackawanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoddartsville, with the one closest to Stoddartsville listed first.
    • Spring Brook
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Yostville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lehigh
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lehigh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
      • Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lehigh
      • From Stoddartsville to Lehigh
    • Turnersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
      • Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Belian Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
      • Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
    • Moscow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,026 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
    • Lawrenceville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Moosic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moosic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
      • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <1>
    • Elmhurst
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Old Forge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Forge
      • Old Forge is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,838 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Forge <1>
    • Aberdeen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Taylor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <1>
  • Lehigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoddartsville, with the one closest to Stoddartsville listed first.
    • Custer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Custer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
      • Custer is located in Lehigh County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Custer
      • From Stoddartsville to Custer
    • Emerald
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Emerald. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
      • Emerald is located in Lehigh County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Emerald
      • From Stoddartsville to Emerald
    • Slatedale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Slatington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slatington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatington
      • Slatington is located in Lehigh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slatington <1>
    • Friedens
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Rockdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
      • Rockdale is located in Lehigh County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rockdale
      • From Stoddartsville to Rockdale
    • Rising Sun
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Lochland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lochland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
      • Lochland is located in Lehigh County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lochland
      • From Stoddartsville to Lochland
    • Newside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Monroe County
  • Northampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoddartsville, with the one closest to Stoddartsville listed first.
    • Danielsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Arndts
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arndts. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts
      • Arndts is located in Northampton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Arndts
      • From Stoddartsville to Arndts
    • Berlinsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Cherryville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Walnutport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnutport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnutport
      • Walnutport is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnutport <1>
    • Pen Argyl
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wind Gap
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lockport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
      • Lockport is located in Northampton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lockport
      • From Stoddartsville to Lockport
    • Roseto
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseto
      • Roseto is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,540 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roseto <1>
    • Bangor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bangor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
      • Bangor is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,210 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bangor <1>
    • Chapman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
      • Chapman is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • New Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
      • New Village is located in Northampton County
  • Pike County
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoddartsville, with the one closest to Stoddartsville listed first.
    • McAdoo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McAdoo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAdoo
      • McAdoo is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,147 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McAdoo <1>
    • Coaldale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coaldale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
      • Coaldale is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,131 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coaldale <1>
    • Kelayres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Andreas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Lofty
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lofty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
      • Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lofty
      • From Stoddartsville to Lofty
    • Hometown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mantz
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mantz. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz
      • Mantz is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mantz
      • From Stoddartsville to Mantz
    • Delano
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Girard Manor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Grier City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grier City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
      • Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
    • Oneida
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheppton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheppton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppton
      • Sheppton is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheppton <1>
  • Wayne County
  • Wyoming County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stoddartsville, see our County-by-County Page for Stoddartsville.

Cemeteries Near Stoddartsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stoddartsville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stoddartsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stoddartsville, with the one closest to Stoddartsville listed first.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Stoddartsville had a population of 129 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Stoddartsville, with the one closest to Stoddartsville listed first.

  • Blakeslee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blakeslee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeslee
    • Blakeslee is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blakeslee <1>
  • Clifton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Clifton is located in Lackawanna County
  • Bear Creek Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bear Creek Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Junction
    • Bear Creek Junction is located in Luzerne County
  • Hickory Run ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
    • Hickory Run is located in Carbon County
  • Albrightsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Moosehead
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moosehead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
    • Moosehead is located in Luzerne County
  • Mud Run
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mud Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
    • Mud Run is located in Carbon County
  • Long Pond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Leslie Run
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Drakes Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drakes Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Creek
    • Drakes Creek is located in Carbon County
  • Tobyhanna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Mount Pocono
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pocono have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pocono
      • Mount Pocono is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pocono <1>
    • Spring Brook
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • White Haven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Haven
      • White Haven is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Haven <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stoddartsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stoddartsville.

Newspapers Published in Stoddartsville ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stoddartsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stoddartsville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stoddartsville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Stoddartsville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stoddartsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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- Stoddartsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stoddartsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1301, Longitude: -75.6286       In this case, the coordinates for Stoddartsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Stoddartsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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