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 Farmers Valley (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 Farmers Valley. 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 Farmers Valley ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Farmers Valley: Farmers Vly. (or less commonly used: Farmers Vally. or Farmers Vlly.)
- While the name of this community is Farmers Valley, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Farmers Valley may originally have been Farmer's Valley.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Farmers Valley might be written as Farmer Valley.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Farmers Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Farmers Valley.
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 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.
Farmers Valley 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 Farmers Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farmers Valley:
- Bradford County (The home county of Farmers Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Troy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sylvania
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Covert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Covert is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Columbia Cross Roads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Austinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Alba
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alba is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Windfall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windfall is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Coryland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Berrytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Wetona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Minnequa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Minnequa is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnequa
- Granville Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Granville Center is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville Center
- Big Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Chemung
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chemung is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Ellenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
- Ralston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ralston is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Proctor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Proctor is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Wallis Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wallis Run is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallis Run
- Lorenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lorenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenton
- Oregon Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oregon Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Hill
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Piatt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Lincoln Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Forksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Hillsgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ogdonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ogdonia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdonia
- Dushore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eagles Mere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laporte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shinerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Roseville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Mainesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Fallbrook ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook
- Gleason
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gleason is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Morris Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Run is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Run
- Mansfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdensburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Millerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Blossburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Covington is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Tioga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Point is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Chemung County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Webb Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Wellsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pine City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sagetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Southport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Southport is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Chemung
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elmira
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Elmira
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Owens Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Elmira Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Big Flats
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Horseheads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Steuben County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Caton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Lindley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Corning
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Presho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Presho is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Corning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gang Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Riverside
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Painted Post
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Addison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lockwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoopers Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nichols
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farmers Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Farmers Valley.
Cemeteries Near Farmers Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmers Valley.
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 Farmers Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farmers Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Case Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Card Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hunt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gladding Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sylvania Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fries Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Troy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leonard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leona Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Granite - Pierson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- King Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Besley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Westbrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Farmers Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Farmers Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Covert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Covert is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Troy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sylvania
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Columbia Cross Roads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- East Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Troy is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Troy
- Leona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leona is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Austinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Alba
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alba is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Granville Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Windfall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windfall is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Minnequa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Minnequa is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnequa
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Granville Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Granville Center is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville Center
- Wetona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Berrytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farmers Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmers Valley.
Newspapers Published in Farmers Valley ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmers Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farmers Valley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farmers Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Farmers Valley:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bradford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lycoming County
- Sullivan County
- Tioga County
- Chemung County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Farmers Valley, 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 from Point A (ie- Farmers Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |