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 Dunning (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 Dunning. 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.
Dunning 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 Dunning. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunning:
- Bradford County (The home county of Dunning)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Gillett
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Fassett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Berrytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Coryland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Bentley Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Big Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Columbia Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Austinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Wetona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Sylvania
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- East Smithfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Chemung
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chemung is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Ellenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
- Ralston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ralston is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Piatt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Lincoln Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Millerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Roseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Mainesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Mansfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Tioga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook
- Morris Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Run is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Run
- Hammond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Gleason
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gleason is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Chemung County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Wellsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Southport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Southport is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Pine City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elmira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Elmira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Chemung
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sagetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Elmira Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Owens Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Big Flats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horseheads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Schuyler County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dams
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Catharine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Moreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Odessa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Montour Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Townsend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Steuben County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Caton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- South Corning
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Lindley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Corning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Presho
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Presho is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Gang Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Painted Post
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Coopers Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Addison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Tioga County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lockwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hoopers Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nichols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lounsberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- East Nichols
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- North Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- West Candor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Owego
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tompkins County (NY)
- West Danby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunning, see our County-by-County Page for Dunning.
Cemeteries Near Dunning ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunning.
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 Dunning - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunning covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Potter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baptist Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chase - Newbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doty Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Judson Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beaman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roushy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Besley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fries Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Granite - Pierson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Christian Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grover Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harkness Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 in 1895, Dunning had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunning, with the one closest to Dunning listed first.
- Gillett
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Snedekerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Snedekerville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snedekerville
- Berrytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Fassett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Bentley Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Ridgebury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgebury is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Big Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Columbia Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Wellsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Lowman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Webb Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Seeley Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seeley Creek is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley Creek
- Jobs Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jobs Corners is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunning. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunning.
Newspapers Published in Dunning ...
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 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunning.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunning, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunning.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Dunning:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bradford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lycoming County
- Sullivan County
- Tioga County
- Chemung County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Dunning, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dunning) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |