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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 Walls Corners (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 Walls Corners. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Walls Corners ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Walls Corners: Walls Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Walls Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Walls Corners may originally have been Wall's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Walls Corners might be written as Wall Corners.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Walls Corners is located in Lackawanna County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lackawanna County: Luzerne, Monroe, Susquehanna, Wayne & Wyoming.

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

  • Lackawanna County     (The home county of Walls Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walls Corners, with the one closest to Walls Corners listed first.
    • Dalton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Dalton is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton <2>
    • La Plume
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
    • Glenburn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
    • Schultzville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
    • Carpenter Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
    • Waverly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Clarks Green
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
    • Clarks Summit
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Craig
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Craig is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
    • Edella
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Edella is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
    • East Benton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
    • Milwaukee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walls Corners, with the one closest to Walls Corners listed first.
    • Sugar Run
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Wyalusing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wilmot
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Wilmot is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Le Raysville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Le Raysville is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Raysville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
    • Limehill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Limehill is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
    • Homets Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
    • New Era
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • New Era is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
    • Asylum
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Asylum is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
    • Herrickville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Herrickville is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walls Corners, with the one closest to Walls Corners listed first.
    • Orange
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Avoca
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Avoca is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <2>
    • Duryea
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Carverton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Carverton is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
    • Exeter
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Houston City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Houston City is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
    • Hughestown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Pittston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • West Pittston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Dupont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Langdon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • Kunkle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walls Corners, with the one closest to Walls Corners listed first.
    • Locust Lakes Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
    • Mount Pocono
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walls Corners, with the one closest to Walls Corners listed first.
    • Ledgedale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ledgedale is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
    • South Sterling
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • La Anna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • La Anna is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
    • Panther
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Panther is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
  • Sullivan County
    • Shinerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walls Corners, with the one closest to Walls Corners listed first.
    • Hop Bottom
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lenoxville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
    • Royal
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Royal is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
    • Springville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyler
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Kingsley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • South Gibson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Auburn Four Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
    • Elk Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
    • Alford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Alford is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
    • South Montrose
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Forest City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walls Corners, with the one closest to Walls Corners listed first.
    • Forest City Station
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
    • Maplewood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Maplewood is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • South Canaan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • South Canaan is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
    • Waymart
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Tresslarville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
    • Hollisterville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
    • Keen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Keen is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
    • Aldenville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Aldenville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
    • Prompton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Prompton is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Sterling
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethany
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Seelyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Seelyville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walls Corners, with the one closest to Walls Corners listed first.
    • Factoryville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lake Winola
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicholson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dixon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Dixon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Osterhout
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
    • South Eaton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
    • Marcy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Marcy is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
    • Lake Carey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
    • Tunkhannock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lemon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lemon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
    • Avery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Avery is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • Jenks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jenks is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks

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

Cemeteries Near Walls Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walls Corners.

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 Walls Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Evergreen Woodlawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Dalton Shoemaker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Dalton / Scranton Jewish Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Scranton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lake Winola Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Post Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hickory Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Waverly.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45070 <3>
  • Wallsville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Chase Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (265 more) ...
    • Pedrick - Thomas Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Stark Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • East Lemon Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Walls Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walls Corners.

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

  • Factoryville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Dalton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Dalton is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton <2>
  • La Plume
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
  • Lake Winola
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Schultzville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
  • Glenburn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
  • Waverly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Wallsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Wallsville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsville
  • Bardwell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bardwell is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardwell
  • Clarks Summit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarks Green
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
  • Fleetville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fleetville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Nicholson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • East Lemon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Lemon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lemon
    • Dixon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Dixon is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon

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

Newspapers Published in Walls Corners ...

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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walls Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walls Corners, 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 Walls Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Walls Corners:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Walls Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Walls Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.