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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 Wordan Place (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 Wordan Place. 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 Wordan Place ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Wordan Place: Wordan Pl. (or less commonly used: Wordan Plc.)
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 hospitals 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.
Wordan Place 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 Wordan Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wordan Place:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Wordan Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Harveys Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kunkle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Back Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Lehman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meeker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Loyalville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Pikes Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Trucksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Orange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Cease Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Wilmot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Sugar Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- New Era
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Wyalusing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Homets Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- New Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Limehill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Marshview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Overton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- East Side
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Leslie Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Beaver Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Weatherly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mud Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Jamison City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Foundryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Stillwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waller
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Berwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Briar Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Rohrsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Coles Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Milwaukee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Lawrenceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Old Forge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Schultzville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Belian Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Moosic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Minooka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Clarks Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Dalton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Lungerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Richarts Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Beaver Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Monroe County
- Locust Lakes Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Schuylkill County
- Nuremberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Bernice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Dushore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Long Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Laporte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sonestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eagles Mere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beech Glen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Millview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Springville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Tyler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Elk Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Hop Bottom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Royal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- South Montrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kingsley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- Hollisterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Beaumont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Noxen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Evans Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Tunkhannock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Osterhout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Forkston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Vosburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Lake Winola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wordan Place, see our County-by-County Page for Wordan Place.
Cemeteries Near Wordan Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wordan Place.
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 Wordan Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wordan Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Parks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kocher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fern Knoll Burial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Polish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bronson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville Cemetery
- The Huntsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Valley View Cemetery
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Wordan Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wordan Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wordan Place, with the one closest to Wordan Place listed first.
- Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Harveys Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Idetown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Idetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idetown
- Laketon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Laketon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Outlet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Outlet is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlet
- Kunkle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Ruggles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Meeker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Lehman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Loyalville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Noxen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wordan Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wordan Place.
Newspapers Published in Wordan Place ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wordan Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wordan Place, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wordan Place.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Wordan Place:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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 Wordan Place, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wordan Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |