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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 Tobyhanna (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 Tobyhanna. 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.

Tobyhanna is located in 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 Monroe County: Sussex (NJ), Warren (NJ), Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northampton, Pike & Wayne.

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

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Tobyhanna)
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tobyhanna, with the one closest to Tobyhanna listed first.
    • Albrightsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Meckesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East Side
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Side have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
      • East Side is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
    • Leslie Run
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leslie Run. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
      • Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Leslie Run
      • From Tobyhanna to Leslie Run
    • Unionville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jonesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Penn Haven Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Gap
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Gap. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
      • Little Gap is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Little Gap
      • From Tobyhanna to Little Gap
    • Jim Thorpe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Weatherly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Palmerton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmerton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
      • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
    • Bowmanstown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowmanstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmanstown
      • Bowmanstown is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowmanstown <2>
  • Lackawanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tobyhanna, with the one closest to Tobyhanna listed first.
    • Lehigh
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • 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 Tobyhanna to Lehigh
    • Turnersville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
      • Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Yostville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Moscow
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Spring Brook
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Aberdeen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Drinker
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Drinker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
      • Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Drinker
      • From Tobyhanna to Drinker
    • Elmhurst
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Cobb
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Cobb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
      • Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
    • Wimmers
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Belian Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
      • Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
    • Cortez
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tobyhanna, with the one closest to Tobyhanna listed first.
    • Stoddartsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Bear Creek Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Langdon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 Tobyhanna to Langdon
    • Dupont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dupont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Houston City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
      • Houston City is located in Luzerne County
    • Penn Lake Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penn Lake Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
    • Avoca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Yatesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
    • Duryea
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duryea have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duryea
      • Duryea is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,910 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duryea <2>
    • Hughestown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughestown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Pittston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Laflin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Northampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tobyhanna, with the one closest to Tobyhanna listed first.
    • Pen Argyl
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Roseto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Slateford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wind Gap
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Bangor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bangor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • New Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
      • New Village is located in Northampton County
    • Portland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • East Bangor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Bangor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
      • East Bangor is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
    • Arndts
      (26 miles [41.8 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 Tobyhanna to Arndts
    • Danielsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Richmond
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richmond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Richmond is located in Northampton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Richmond
      • From Tobyhanna to Richmond
    • Belfast
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfast have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
      • Belfast is located in Northampton County
  • Pike County
  • Wayne County
  • Sussex County (NJ)
  • Warren County (NJ)

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

Cemeteries Near Tobyhanna ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tobyhanna.

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 Tobyhanna covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tobyhanna, with the one closest to Tobyhanna 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 in 1895, Tobyhanna had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Mount Pocono
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pocono have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Pocono Summit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lehigh
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • 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 Tobyhanna to Lehigh
  • La Anna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for La Anna. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
    • La Anna is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to La Anna
    • From Tobyhanna to La Anna
  • Swiftwater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swiftwater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
    • Swiftwater is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swiftwater <2>
  • Paradise Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cresco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cresco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
    • Cresco is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cresco <2>
  • Mountainhome
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • South Sterling
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Angels
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angels have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
    • Angels is located in Wayne County
  • Clifton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Clifton is located in Lackawanna County
  • Long Pond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Canadensis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canadensis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadensis
      • Canadensis is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canadensis <2>
    • Freytown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freytown
      • Freytown is located in Lackawanna County
    • Blakeslee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blakeslee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Tobyhanna ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tobyhanna.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tobyhanna, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tobyhanna.

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 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 Tobyhanna:

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

The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.pa.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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' (or 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- Tobyhanna) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tobyhanna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1773, Longitude: -75.4181    
<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 Tobyhanna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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