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 Jobs Corners (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 Jobs Corners. 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 Jobs Corners ...
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 Jobs Corners: Jobs Cors.
- While the name of this community is Jobs Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jobs Corners may originally have been Job's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jobs Corners might be written as Job Corners.
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 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.
Jobs Corners is located in Tioga 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 Tioga County: Chemung (NY), Steuben (NY), Bradford, Lycoming & Potter.
Below are the counties that are near Jobs Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jobs Corners:
- Tioga County (The home county of Jobs Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jobs Corners, with the one closest to Jobs Corners listed first.
- Millerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Roseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Lawrenceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Mainesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Tioga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mansfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Hammond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Covington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- West Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Fallbrook ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fallbrook is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook
- Whitneyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitneyville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitneyville
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jobs Corners, with the one closest to Jobs Corners listed first.
- Coryland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Gillett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Austinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Berrytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Fassett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Sylvania
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Columbia Cross Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Bentley Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Big Pond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Middletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Covert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Covert is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Wetona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jobs Corners, with the one closest to Jobs Corners listed first.
- Chemung
(24 miles [38.6 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ralston is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Sullivan County
- Piatt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Chemung County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jobs Corners, with the one closest to Jobs Corners listed first.
- Sagetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Webb Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Pine City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Southport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southport is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Wellsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Elmira
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Elmira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Flats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elmira Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Chemung
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Horseheads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Owens Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Schuyler County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jobs Corners, with the one closest to Jobs Corners listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Catharine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Alpine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Townsend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Wedgewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Montour Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Steuben County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jobs Corners, with the one closest to Jobs Corners listed first.
- Caton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Lindley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Presho is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Corning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gang Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Painted Post
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Addison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Coopers Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- East Campbell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Tioga County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jobs Corners, with the one closest to Jobs Corners listed first.
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lockwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nichols
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jobs Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Jobs Corners.
Cemeteries Near Jobs Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jobs Corners.
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 Jobs Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jobs Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jobs Corners, with the one closest to Jobs Corners listed first.
- Judson Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pumpkin Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alder Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tower Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Baptist Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seeley Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kelly Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Van Ness Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dickenson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Jobs Corners had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jobs Corners, with the one closest to Jobs Corners listed first.
- Trowbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trowbridge is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Millerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Jackson Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jackson Summit is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Webb Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Seeley Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seeley Creek is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley Creek
- Painter Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Painter Run is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Run
- Austinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Snedekerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Snedekerville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snedekerville
- Dunning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dunning is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunning
- Gillett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Pine City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tioga Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tioga Junction is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga Junction
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Sylvania
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Columbia Cross Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Berrytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- 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 Jobs Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jobs Corners.
Newspapers Published in Jobs Corners ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jobs Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jobs Corners, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jobs Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Jobs Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Lycoming County
- Sullivan County
- Chemung County
- Schuyler 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> | 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. |
| <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 Jobs Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Jobs Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |