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 Wilderness Acres (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 Wilderness Acres. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Wilderness Acres 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 Wilderness Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilderness Acres:
- Monroe County (The home county of Wilderness Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Coolbaugh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh
- Parkside
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Shoemakers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Bushkill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountainhome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Stroudsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Paradise Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Delaware Water Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stroudsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Arlington Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
- Reeders
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pocono Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Meckesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Meckesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
- Albrightsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jonesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Little Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Little Gap is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
- East Side
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Mud Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Lehigh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Turnersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Turnersville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Daleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yostville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Aberdeen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Moscow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Drinker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Drinker is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinker
- Spring Brook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Wimmers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wimmers is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmers
- Elmhurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cobb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cobb is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cobb
- Cortez
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Luzerne County
- Stoddartsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Slateford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Slateford is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
- Portland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Portland is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- East Bangor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Bangor is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
- Roseto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bangor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
- Pen Argyl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Richmond is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Wind Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kesslersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kesslersville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kesslersville
- Kesslersville has also been known as:
- Alamanda
- Keslers
- Kesslers
- Belfast
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Stockertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Egypt Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Egypt Mills is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Delaware
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Delaware is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- La Anna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- Panther
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Panther is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- South Sterling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Lords Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Conashaugh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Conashaugh is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh
- Paupack
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tafton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ledgedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ledgedale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
- Milford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Uswick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Uswick is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uswick
- Hollisterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Hawley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Maplewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tresslarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
- South Canaan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Hunterdon County (NJ)
- New Hampton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Hampton is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Morris County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Budd Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Budd Lake is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd Lake
- Woodport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodport is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport
- Crestmoore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crestmoore is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmoore
- Long Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Valley is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
- Naughright
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Naughright is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naughright
- Hurdtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hurdtown is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown
- Weldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Weldon is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Succasunna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Succasunna is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Succasunna
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Hardwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hardwick is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Wallpack Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wallpack Center is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallpack Center
- Crandon Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crandon Lakes is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon Lakes
- Middleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Middleville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleville
- Swartswood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Swartswood is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartswood
- Normanook
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Normanook is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanook
- Layton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Balesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Balesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balesville
- Newton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,977 people
- Washingtonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Washingtonville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Tranquility
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tranquility is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Augusta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Augusta is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Warren County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Millbrook ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Hainesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hainesburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg
- Vail
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vail is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
- Columbia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Columbia is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Blairstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blairstown is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Paulina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paulina is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina
- Mount Hermon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Delaware
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Delaware is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Ramseysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ramseysburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseysburg
- Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Belvidere
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Belvidere is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
- Hazen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hazen is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Orange County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Sparrow Bush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Port Jervis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Barryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Eddy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yulan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilderness Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Wilderness Acres.
Cemeteries Near Wilderness Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilderness Acres.
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 Wilderness Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilderness Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Wooddale United Methodist Church (UMC)Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stroud Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Prospect Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Delaware Water Gap Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lower Wall Pack Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Laurelwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kellers Cherry Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hainesburg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- St. Vincent Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Riverview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Columbia Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Wilderness Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilderness Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilderness Acres, with the one closest to Wilderness Acres listed first.
- Marshalls Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Henryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Analomink
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parkside
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Gravel Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gravel Place is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Place
- Shoemakers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- East Stroudsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bushkill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountainhome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cresco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Stroudsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Delaware Water Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Calno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calno is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calno
- Canadensis
(8 miles [12.9 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 Wilderness Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilderness Acres.
Newspapers Published in Wilderness Acres ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilderness Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilderness Acres, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilderness Acres.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wilderness Acres:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Northampton County
- Pike County
- Wayne County
- Hunterdon County
- Morris County
- Sussex County
- Warren County
- Orange County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 Wilderness Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Wilderness Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |