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 Browntown (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 Browntown. 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 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.
Browntown is located in Bradford 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 Bradford County: Chemung (NY), Tioga (NY), Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Browntown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Browntown:
- Bradford County (The home county of Browntown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Sugar Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wyalusing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Limehill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Wilmot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- New Era
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Asylum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Marshview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Standing Stone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone
- Uhdey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Uhdey is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhdey
- Evergreen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Herrickville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Jamison City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Waller
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- La Plume
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Schultzville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Dalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Glenburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Clarks Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clarks Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Craig
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- East Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Loyalville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Harveys Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kunkle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Pikes Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Meeker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Red Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Back Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Lehman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Dallas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Lungerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Beaver Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Richarts Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Ellenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Dushore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shinerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Bernice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Laporte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Forksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Long Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Eagles Mere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Piatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Sonestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Glen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Auburn Four Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Springville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elk Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Tyler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Fairdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Friendsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Montrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Montrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hop Bottom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Little Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Laceyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Skinners Eddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Stowell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Jenningsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Meshoppen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forkston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Mehoopany Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Vosburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Avery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lemon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Lake Carey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Tunkhannock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Broome County (NY)
- Hawleyton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Tioga County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- East Nichols
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- South Owego
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Nichols
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hoopers Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lounsberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Apalachin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Barton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Campville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Campville is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Browntown, see our County-by-County Page for Browntown.
Cemeteries Near Browntown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browntown.
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 Browntown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Browntown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Quicks Bend Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lacey Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lyon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Flat Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Merryall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Homet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Quimby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ballibay Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Boles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Auburn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Meadow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- South Herrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Overfield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Overfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Meshoppen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45720 <3>
- St. Joachim's Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Browntown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Browntown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Sugar Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wyalusing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Terrytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Terrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
- Hollenback
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hollenback is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenback
- Merryall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Merryall is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryall
- Skinners Eddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Laceyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Rienze
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rienze is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienze
- New Era
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Wilmot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Limehill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Camptown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Camptown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camptown
- Homets Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Jenningsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Browntown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browntown.
Newspapers Published in Browntown ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browntown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browntown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browntown.
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 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 Browntown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bradford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Tioga 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Browntown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Browntown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |