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 Tioga Center (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 Tioga Center. 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 Tioga Center ...
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 Tioga Center: Tioga Ctr. (or less commonly used: Tioga Cen., Tioga Cent. or Tioga Cntr.)
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 and 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.
Tioga Center is located in Tioga County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tioga County: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Susquehanna (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Tioga Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tioga Center:
- Tioga County (The home county of Tioga Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Lounsberry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Nichols
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hoopers Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Nichols
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Owego
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Owego
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Apalachin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Gaskill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Campville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Endicott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vestal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Endwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Maine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Willow Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Johnson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Ireland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Binghamton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hawleyton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Glen Aubrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Chenango
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Port Dickinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Port Dickinson is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dickinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- Glen Castle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Owens Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Van Etten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chemung
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Erin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wellsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elmira
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Elmira Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Southport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Horseheads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Elmira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Pine City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Harford Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lapeer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Cayutaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Odessa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- White Church
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Caroline Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- West Danby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Danby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Besemer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Slaterville Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Newfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- East Ithaca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Ithaca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Varna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Forest Home
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Cayuga Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Vawter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- West Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Bumpville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- North Orwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sayre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- Warren Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- South Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Rome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rome is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
- Potterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- South Warren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Allis Hollow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Allis Hollow is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allis Hollow
- South Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Little Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Choconut
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Friendsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brackney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rushville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Forest Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Fairdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Lawsville Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lawsville Center is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsville Center
- Montrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Four Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Elk Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- South Montrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga County (PA)
- Millerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Wyoming County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Laceyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Skinners Eddy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tioga Center, see our County-by-County Page for Tioga Center.
Cemeteries Near Tioga Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tioga Center.
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 Tioga Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tioga Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Tioga Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Smithboro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Light Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Lounsberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smithboro Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Briggs Hollow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beaver Meadows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (398 more) ...
- Gibson Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barton Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tioga Center had a population of 400 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tioga Center, with the one closest to Tioga Center listed first.
- Lounsberry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Nichols
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smithboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoopers Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- East Nichols
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Owego
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Litchfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Straits Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Straits Corners is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Corners
- Windham Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Windham Summit is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Summit
- Windham Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Windham Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Center
- Windham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windham is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Litchfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Cadis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cadis is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadis
- South Owego
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tioga Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tioga Center.
Newspapers Published in Tioga Center ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tioga Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tioga Center, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tioga Center.
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 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 Tioga Center:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna County
- Tioga County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 Tioga Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Tioga Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |