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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 Brookland (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 Brookland. 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 southeast 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 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.

Brookland is located in Potter County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Potter County: Allegany (NY), Steuben (NY), Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, McKean & Tioga.

Below are the counties that are near Brookland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookland:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookland, see our County-by-County Page for Brookland.

Cemeteries Near Brookland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookland.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookland, with the one closest to Brookland listed first.

  • Sweden Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweden Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweden Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ulysses Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ford Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ford Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ford Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Branch Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lovel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lovel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lovel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ayers Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ayers Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ayers Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Phoenix Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phoenix Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phoenix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Larrison Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Larrison Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Larrison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • North Bingham Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Bingham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Bingham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eulalia Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Anson Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (165 more) ...
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Byam Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byam Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Byam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Spring Mills Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Mills Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Brookland had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookland, with the one closest to Brookland listed first.

  • Newfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfield
    • Newfield is located in Potter County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Newfield
    • From Brookland to Newfield
  • Gold
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Raymond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Raymond is located in Potter County
  • Sweden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
    • Sweden is located in Potter County
  • West Pike
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pike have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pike
    • West Pike is located in Potter County
  • Loucks Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loucks Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loucks Mills
    • Loucks Mills is located in Potter County
  • Ulysses
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Andrews Settlement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andrews Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews Settlement
    • Andrews Settlement is located in Potter County
  • Colesburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
    • Colesburg is located in Potter County
  • Sunderlinville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bingham Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bingham Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Center
    • Bingham Center is located in Potter County
  • Ellisburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookland.

Newspapers Published in Brookland ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookland, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brookland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Brookland:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brookland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<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- Brookland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brookland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8289, Longitude: -77.7980       In this case, the coordinates for Brookland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Brookland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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