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Welcome to Ghent ...

Ghent is located in Bradford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ghent, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Ghent is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ghent lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ghent: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Ghent ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Ghent - they are located in Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ghent.

Communities near Ghent ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ghent.

  • Sayre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sayre is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <4>
  • Waverly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Waverly is located in Tioga County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,110 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waverly <4>
  • Owego
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Owego is located in Tioga County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,823 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owego <4>
  • Athens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Towanda
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Troy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Troy is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • South Waverly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • South Waverly is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
  • Wyalusing
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wellsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Monroe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Monroe is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ghent. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ghent.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ghent. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ghent.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ghent. See our Newspapers Page for Ghent.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ghent ...

Looking for more information about Ghent? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ghent, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ghent.

Adding Ghent to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ghent in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ghent was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ghent post office opened in 1848. The Ghent post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ghent.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Bradford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ghent - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Ghent area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Ghent area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/