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 Wagners (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 Wagners. 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.
Wagners is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Sussex (NJ), Warren (NJ), Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northampton, Pike & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Wagners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wagners:
- Monroe County (The home county of Wagners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Pocono Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Long Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pocono
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tobyhanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pocono Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McMichael
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Paradise Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Appenzell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Reeders
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainhome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Parkside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Gilbert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Meckesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Albrightsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Side
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Mud Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Unionville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Leslie Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Penn Haven Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Jonesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Little Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Little Gap is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
- Jim Thorpe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <1>
- Weatherly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lehighton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowmanstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Lehigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Spring Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Yostville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Daleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Turnersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Moscow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elmhurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belian Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Drinker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Minooka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Moosic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Custer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Emerald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Slatedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Slatington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Friedens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Friedens is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens
- Rockdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Rising Sun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Balliettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Balliettsville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balliettsville
- Newside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Newside is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newside
- Wellington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Stoddartsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Bear Creek Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Penn Lake Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Penn Lake Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- White Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Langdon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Glen Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Laurel Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Avoca
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Houston City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Laflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Miners Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Mills
- Mountain Top
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Arndts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Arndts is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts
- Danielsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pen Argyl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roseto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wind Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berlinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Berlinsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville
- Bangor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
- Slateford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Slateford is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
- Chapman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chapman is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Cherryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Walnutport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Belfast
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belfast is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- La Anna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- South Sterling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Panther
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Ledgedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Blooming Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Paupack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Egypt Mills is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Lords Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Andreas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coaldale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McAdoo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kelayres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Lakeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Canaan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Uswick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- Hawley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming County
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Warren County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Columbia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Hainesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hainesburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg
- Vail
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vail is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
- Delaware
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Millbrook ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Ramseysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ramseysburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseysburg
- Blairstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Blairstown is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Belvidere
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belvidere is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
- Mount Hermon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wagners, see our County-by-County Page for Wagners.
Cemeteries Near Wagners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wagners.
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 Wagners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wagners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Locust Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Springbrook Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Dotters Corners Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Middle Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hillside Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Daleville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Laurel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Freytown Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Wagners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wagners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
- Blakeslee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoddartsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Tobyhanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pocono
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pocono Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Albrightsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McMichael
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Swiftwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory Run ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
- Lehigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Spring Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Appenzell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Reeders
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wagners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wagners.
Newspapers Published in Wagners ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wagners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wagners, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wagners.
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 Wagners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Lackawanna County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Northampton County
- Pike County
- Schuylkill County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Warren 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' (or 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- Wagners) 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 Wagners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |