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 Whites Valley (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 Valley. 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 Valley ...
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 Valley: Whites Vly. (or less commonly used: Whites Vally. or Whites Vlly.)
- While the name of this community is Whites Valley, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Whites Valley may originally have been White's Valley.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Whites Valley might be written as White Valley.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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 Valley is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Broome (NY), Delaware (NY), Sullivan (NY), Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Whites Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whites Valley:
- Wayne County (The home county of Whites Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Aldenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Tanners Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Forest City Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Siko
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Keen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Poyntelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- High Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- High Lake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
- Prompton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Waymart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Carley Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carley Brook
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Simpson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vandling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Carbondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jermyn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Cortez
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Scott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Archbald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Green Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Craig
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Wilsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Kimble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kimble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
- Masthope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Masthope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Ledgedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Paupack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tafton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Rowland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lackawaxen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Lords Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Panther
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Union Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burnwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Ararat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Royal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Thompson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lenoxville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- South Gibson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- North Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
- Lakeview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Nicholson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Factoryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Dixon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Marcy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Osterhout
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Lake Carey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Lemon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Gulf Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Deposit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Edson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Windsor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Corbettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Hancock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pea Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Cadosia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
- Rock Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Peakville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
- Chiloway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chiloway is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
- Harvard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Butternut Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
- Cooks Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
- Horton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Hambletville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hambletville is located in Delaware County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
- Shinhopple
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Cochecton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Long Eddy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Callicoon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hankins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Narrowsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Cochecton Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tusten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tusten is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusten
- Acidalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Acidalia is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acidalia
- Jeffersonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whites Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Whites Valley.
Cemeteries Near Whites Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whites Valley.
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 Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whites Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Green Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Julianas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Uniondale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Glass Factory Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bolkcom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burdick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Keen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Dyberry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burdick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Simpson - Sherwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Lyons Street Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saints Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Canaan 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 Whites Valley had a population of 93 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whites Valley, with the one closest to Whites Valley listed first.
- Niagara
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Niagara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Aldenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Cold Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Pleasant Mount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tanners Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Union Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Siko
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Siko is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
- Herrick Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Herrick Center is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrick Center
- Keen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Keen is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen
- Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Rileyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rileyville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileyville
- Waymart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Poyntelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whites Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whites Valley.
Newspapers Published in Whites Valley ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whites Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whites Valley, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whites Valley.
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 either 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 Valley:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lackawanna County
- Pike County
- Susquehanna 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 Valley, 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 from Point A (ie- Whites Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |