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 Camptown (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 Camptown. 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 Camptown ...
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.
Another variation: Camp Town.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Camptown. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Camptown.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Camptown 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 Camptown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Camptown:
- Bradford County (The home county of Camptown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- Limehill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Wyalusing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Herrickville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Homets Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Asylum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Sugar Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Standing Stone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone
- Le Raysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Le Raysville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Raysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- South Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Allis Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allis Hollow is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allis Hollow
- Marshview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Macedonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Macedonia is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Columbia County
- Jamison City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- La Plume
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Schultzville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Glenburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Harveys Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kunkle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Loyalville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Back Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Lehman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meeker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Pikes Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Red Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Dallas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- Dushore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shinerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Bernice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Millview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Forksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Laporte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Piatt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Eagles Mere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Sonestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Auburn Four Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Elk Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Fairdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Friendsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Springville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tyler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Forest Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- South Montrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Little Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Montrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Choconut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- Laceyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skinners Eddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Stowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Jenningsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Meshoppen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mehoopany Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Forkston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Avery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Vosburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Lemon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Lake Carey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Marcy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- Hawleyton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Vestal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Endicott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Endwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Willow Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Binghamton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin Station is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Station
- Conklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corbettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Chemung County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- Chemung
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Owens Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Tioga County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- East Nichols
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- South Owego
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Nichols
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hoopers Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Apalachin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lounsberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Barton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Campville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Campville is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Owego
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gaskill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Camptown, see our County-by-County Page for Camptown.
Cemeteries Near Camptown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camptown.
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 Camptown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Camptown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- Merryall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lyon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ballibay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Herrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Homet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quicks Bend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Quimby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Auburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fowler Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Centerville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (244 more) ...
- Mercur Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lacey Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Camptown had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Camptown, with the one closest to Camptown listed first.
- Merryall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Merryall is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryall
- Limehill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Spring Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Stevensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rummerfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rummerfield is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rummerfield
- Terrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Terrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
- Wyalusing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Asylum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Homets Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Herrickville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Silvara
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Silvara is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvara
- Sugar Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- West Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Auburn is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Auburn
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Mercur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mercur is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Camptown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camptown.
Newspapers Published in Camptown ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camptown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Camptown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Camptown.
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 Camptown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bradford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Chemung 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> | 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Camptown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Camptown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |