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 Brooklyn (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 Brooklyn. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Brooklyn is located in Tioga 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 Tioga County: Chemung (NY), Steuben (NY), Bradford, Lycoming & Potter.
Below are the counties that are near Brooklyn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brooklyn:
- Tioga County (The home county of Brooklyn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Tioga
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hammond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Farmington Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Lawrenceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Mansfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitneyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitneyville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitneyville
- Niles Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Niles Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles Valley
- Keeneyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Keeneyville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Roseville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Elkland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Covington is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Austinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Coryland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Sylvania
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Columbia Cross Roads
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Gillett
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Covert
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Covert is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Berrytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Fassett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Troy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alba is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Bentley Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Big Pond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Canton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Lorenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lorenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenton
- Chemung
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chemung is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Oregon Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oregon Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Hill
- Ralston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ralston is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Ellenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
- Potter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Elmer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Elmer is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Hector
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hector is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- North Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Fork is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Harrison Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Harrison Valley is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Valley
- Sunderlinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sunderlinville is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderlinville
- Galeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chemung County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Sagetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Webb Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Pine City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Flats
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Southport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Southport is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- West Elmira
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Elmira
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wellsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elmira Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Post Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Horseheads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Pine Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Steuben County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Lindley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Presho
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Presho is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Caton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caton is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Van Vleet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Addison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- South Corning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Gang Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Corning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Painted Post
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Coopers Plains
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rathbone
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rathbone is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Woodhull
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brooklyn, see our County-by-County Page for Brooklyn.
Cemeteries Near Brooklyn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brooklyn.
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 Brooklyn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brooklyn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Tioga Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tioga Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Tioga.
- Dailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tower Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Morrell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Middaugh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seelye Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prospect Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mourey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- McCollum Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bullock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Brooklyn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brooklyn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Tioga
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mill Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Hammond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Tioga Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tioga Junction is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga Junction
- Lambs Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lambs Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Creek
- Somers Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Somers Lane is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Lane
- Rising
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rising is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising
- Painter Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Painter Run is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Run
- Tompkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tompkins is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Farmington Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Crooked Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crooked Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jackson Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jackson Summit is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Elbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elbridge is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Mardin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mardin is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brooklyn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brooklyn.
Newspapers Published in Brooklyn ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooklyn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brooklyn, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brooklyn.
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 helpful 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 Brooklyn:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Lycoming County
- Potter County
- Chemung County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben 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 Brooklyn, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brooklyn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |