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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 Tomhicken (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 Tomhicken. 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.

Tomhicken is located in Luzerne 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 Tomhicken. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tomhicken:

  • Luzerne County     (The home county of Tomhicken)
  • Berks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tomhicken, with the one closest to Tomhicken listed first.
    • Quaker City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
      • Quaker City is located in Berks County
    • Ededburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Stony Run
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stony Run. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
      • Stony Run is located in Berks County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stony Run
      • From Tomhicken to Stony Run
    • Hamburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Lenhartsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Windsor Castle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Carbon County
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tomhicken, with the one closest to Tomhicken listed first.
    • Berwick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hetlerville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Foundryville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foundryville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
      • Foundryville is located in Columbia County
    • Shumans
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shumans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
      • Shumans is located in Columbia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shumans
      • From Tomhicken to Shumans
    • Briar Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mifflinville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mifflinville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflinville
      • Mifflinville is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mifflinville <1>
    • Lime Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
      • Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
    • Mainville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mainville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
      • Mainville is located in Columbia County
    • Jonestown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonestown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
      • Jonestown is located in Columbia County
    • Almedia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Aristes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aristes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
      • Aristes is located in Columbia County
    • Espy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Lehigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tomhicken, with the one closest to Tomhicken listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lochland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Tomhicken to Lochland
    • Slatedale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Custer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Tomhicken to Custer
    • Emerald
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Tomhicken to Emerald
    • Friedens
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Slatington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Stines Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Newside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lycoming County
  • Montour County
  • Northampton County
    • Berlinsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Northumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tomhicken, with the one closest to Tomhicken listed first.
    • Mount Carmel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Carmel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
      • Mount Carmel is located in Northumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,708 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Carmel <1>
    • Dooleyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Natalie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Gap
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear Gap
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Elysburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysburg
      • Elysburg is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elysburg <1>
    • Kulpmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kulpmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulpmont
      • Kulpmont is located in Northumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,735 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kulpmont <1>
    • Marion Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
      • Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
    • Marshallton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshallton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
      • Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
    • Edgewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
    • Gowen City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gowen City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
      • Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
    • Shamokin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tomhicken, with the one closest to Tomhicken listed first.
    • Oneida
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Nuremberg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheppton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Kelayres
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • McAdoo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Girard Manor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lofty
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Tomhicken to Lofty
    • Zion Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Delano
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Brandonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Grier City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Ferndale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ferndale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
      • Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ferndale
      • From Tomhicken to Ferndale
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tomhicken, with the one closest to Tomhicken listed first.
    • Beaumont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
      • Mill City is located in Wyoming County

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

Cemeteries Near Tomhicken ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tomhicken.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tomhicken, with the one closest to Tomhicken 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Tomhicken had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Derringer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derringer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derringer
    • Derringer is located in Luzerne County
  • Conyngham
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conyngham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyngham
    • Conyngham is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,858 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conyngham <1>
  • Sybertsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Fern Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
    • Fern Glen is located in Luzerne County
  • Weston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Weston is located in Luzerne County
  • Gowen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gowen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen
    • Gowen is located in Luzerne County
  • Nuremberg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oneida
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • West Hazleton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Hazleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
    • West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to West Hazleton
    • From Tomhicken to West Hazleton
  • Rock Glen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
    • Rock Glen is located in Luzerne County
  • Briggsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briggsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
    • Briggsville is located in Luzerne County
  • Cranberry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
    • Cranberry is located in Luzerne County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Milnesville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnesville
      • Milnesville is located in Luzerne County
    • Kelayres
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Audenried
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Audenried have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audenried
      • Audenried is located in Carbon County

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

Newspapers Published in Tomhicken ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tomhicken.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tomhicken, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tomhicken.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Tomhicken:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tomhicken. 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>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 Tomhicken, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tomhicken) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tomhicken. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9685, Longitude: -76.0937       In this case, the coordinates for Tomhicken have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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