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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 Whites Crossing (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 Whites Crossing. 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 Whites Crossing ...
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 Whites Crossing: Whites Xing.
- While the name of this community is Whites Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Whites Crossing may originally have been White's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Whites Crossing might be written as White Crossing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Whites Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whites Crossing.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Whites Crossing 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 Whites Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whites Crossing:
- Lackawanna County (The home county of Whites Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Simpson
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vandling
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Carbondale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jermyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Archbald
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Tompkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Cortez
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Jessup
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peckville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Avoca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duryea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Dupont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Hughestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Pittston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Pittston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Exeter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Yatesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Carverton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Mount Pocono
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tobyhanna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Locust Lakes Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Mountainhome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Ledgedale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Wilsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Paupack
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tafton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Blooming Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Panther
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Masthope
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Rowland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Sterling
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Westcolang
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- La Anna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Forest City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lenoxville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- South Gibson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Ararat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Gibson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Hop Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kingsley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Waymart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest City Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Keen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- South Canaan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Prompton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Aldenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Bethany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- Seelyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Maplewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Dyberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Honesdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Factoryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nicholson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Winola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Marcy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Osterhout
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Avery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lake Carey
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- South Eaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Lemon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Tunkhannock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jenks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Broome County (NY)
- Gulf Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Hancock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pea Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Cadosia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Rock Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Narrowsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cochecton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tusten
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Cochecton Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Callicoon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hankins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Long Eddy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Yulan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whites Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Whites Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Whites Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whites Crossing.
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 Whites Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whites Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Saints Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Childs Jewish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Canaan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sandy Bank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Keen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dundaff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Canaan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Canaan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Valley View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Assumption Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Whites Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whites Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whites Crossing, with the one closest to Whites Crossing listed first.
- Carbondale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waymart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mayfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jermyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Keen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- South Canaan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Fermoy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fermoy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fermoy
- Dundaff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dundaff is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundaff
- Green Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Archbald
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prompton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Aldenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Elkdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkdale
- Clifford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whites Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whites Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Whites Crossing ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whites Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whites Crossing, 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 Whites Crossing.
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 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 Whites Crossing:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lackawanna County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Delaware County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 Whites Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Whites Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |