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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 Fassett (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 Fassett. 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.

Fassett is located in Bradford County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties 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 Fassett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fassett:

  • Bradford County     (The home county of Fassett)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fassett, with the one closest to Fassett listed first.
    • Gillett
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bentley Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Middletown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Middletown is located in Bradford County
    • Berrytown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Coryland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coryland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
      • Coryland is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Coryland
      • From Fassett to Coryland
    • Big Pond
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia Cross Roads
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • South Waverly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Waverly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
      • South Waverly is located in Bradford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
    • Wetona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wetona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
      • Wetona is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wetona
      • From Fassett to Wetona
    • East Smithfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Austinville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sayre
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Sylvania
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvania have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
      • Sylvania is located in Bradford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
  • Lycoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fassett, with the one closest to Fassett listed first.
    • Chemung
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Ellenton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ellenton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
      • Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ellenton
      • From Fassett to Ellenton
  • Sullivan County
    • Piatt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Piatt. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
      • Piatt is located in Sullivan County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Piatt
      • From Fassett to Piatt
  • Tioga County
  • Chemung County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fassett, with the one closest to Fassett listed first.
    • Wellsburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
      • Pine City is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine City <3>
    • Southport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Southport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
      • Southport is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Southport
      • From Fassett to Southport
    • Webb Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Webb Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
      • Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Webb Mills
      • From Fassett to Webb Mills
    • Chemung
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chemung have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
      • Chemung is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chemung <3>
    • Elmira
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • West Elmira
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Elmira have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
      • West Elmira is located in Chemung County (NY)
    • Sagetown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Elmira Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmira Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira Heights
      • Elmira Heights is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,747 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmira Heights <3>
    • Owens Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owens Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
      • Owens Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Owens Mills
      • From Fassett to Owens Mills
    • Horseheads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pioneer Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
      • Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County (NY)
    • Big Flats
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Schuyler County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fassett, with the one closest to Fassett listed first.
    • Alpine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Moreland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Beaver Dams
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Odessa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Montour Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montour Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour Falls
      • Montour Falls is located in Schuyler County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,592 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montour Falls <3>
    • Wedgewood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wedgewood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
      • Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wedgewood
      • From Fassett to Wedgewood
    • Townsend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Townsend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
      • Townsend is located in Schuyler County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Townsend
      • From Fassett to Townsend
    • Watkins Glen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Cayutaville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cayutaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
      • Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cayutaville
      • From Fassett to Cayutaville
    • Burdett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burdett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
      • Burdett is located in Schuyler County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burdett <3>
    • Bennettsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Steuben County (NY)
  • Tioga County (NY)
  • Tompkins County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fassett, with the one closest to Fassett listed first.
    • West Danby
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Danby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
      • West Danby is located in Tompkins County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to West Danby
      • From Fassett to West Danby
    • Newfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fassett, see our County-by-County Page for Fassett.

Cemeteries Near Fassett ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fassett.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fassett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fassett, with the one closest to Fassett listed first.

  • Roushy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roushy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roushy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Doty Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doty Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doty Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ashland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ashland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ashland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bentley Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bentley Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bentley Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scudder Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scudder Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scudder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Miller Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Elliott - Searles Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elliott - Searles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elliott - Searles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Christian Hollow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christian Hollow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christian Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hanlon Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanlon Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hanlon Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fulton Street Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fulton Street Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fulton Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (301 more) ...

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fassett had a population of 93 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fassett, with the one closest to Fassett listed first.

  • Gillett
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Ridgebury
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgebury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
    • Ridgebury is located in Bradford County
  • Wellsburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Dunning
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunning have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunning
    • Dunning is located in Bradford County
  • Bentley Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lowman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowman
    • Lowman is located in Chemung County (NY)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowman <3>
  • Southport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Southport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
    • Southport is located in Chemung County (NY)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Southport
    • From Fassett to Southport
  • Pine City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
    • Pine City is located in Chemung County (NY)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine City <3>
  • Snedekerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snedekerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snedekerville
    • Snedekerville is located in Bradford County
  • Berrytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • East Elmira
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Elmira have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elmira
    • East Elmira is located in Chemung County (NY)
  • Webb Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Webb Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
    • Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Webb Mills
    • From Fassett to Webb Mills
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Seeley Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seeley Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley Creek
      • Seeley Creek is located in Chemung County (NY)
    • Elmira
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Chemung
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chemung have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
      • Chemung is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chemung <3>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fassett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fassett.

Newspapers Published in Fassett ...

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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fassett.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fassett, 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 Fassett.

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 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 Fassett:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fassett. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bradford County: www.bradfordcountypa.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fassett) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fassett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9870, Longitude: -76.7738       In this case, the coordinates for Fassett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Fassett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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