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 Weston (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 Weston. 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 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.
Weston is located in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Weston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weston:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Weston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Tomhicken
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Mountain Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Conyngham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sybertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- West Hazleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
- Hazleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Nescopeck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Berwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Ebervale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ebervale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebervale
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Quaker City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Ededburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Hamburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stony Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Run is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
- Lenhartsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Berne is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Shartlesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Windsor Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Windsor Castle is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle
- Schubert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Krumsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Krumsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Tresckow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Beaver Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coxes Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Hudsondale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Lansford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weatherly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Summit Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nesquehoning
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Mahoning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Penn Haven Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Jim Thorpe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Leslie Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Hetlerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Shumans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Berwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Briar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Foundryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Mifflinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lime Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Mainville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Aristes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Almedia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Newlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Centralia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Jacksonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lochland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Slatedale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Custer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Emerald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Stines Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
- Friedens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friedens is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens
- Slatington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Unityville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Biggerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lungerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Mooresburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Exchange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alaska
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Dooleyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Natalie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Locust Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Bear Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Elysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kulpmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marion Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Marshallton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Edgewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Gowen City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Nuremberg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oneida
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Girard Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Ferndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Kelayres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- Delano
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Lofty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Krebs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Ringtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weston, see our County-by-County Page for Weston.
Cemeteries Near Weston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weston.
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 Weston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Nuremberg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Brandonville.
- The Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brandonville Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2227564 <2>
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peddlars Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Laurel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Michaels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old St. Casmir's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Stephens RC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Gabriel's RC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hazleton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (201 more) ...
- Groover Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hetherington Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Weston had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Fern Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fern Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Derringer
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Derringer is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derringer
- Gowen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gowen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen
- Nuremberg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oneida
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Rock Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Tomhicken
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Mountain Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Raricks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Raricks is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raricks
- Brandonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Girard Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Conyngham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sybertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ferndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Briggsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Briggsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weston.
Newspapers Published in Weston ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weston, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Weston:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lehigh County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill 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 '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- Weston) 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 Weston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |