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 Knoxville (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 Knoxville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Knoxville 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 Knoxville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knoxville:
- Tioga County (The home county of Knoxville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
- Austinburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Austinburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinburg
- Cowanesque
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowanesque is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowanesque
- Osceola
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Westfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Keeneyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keeneyville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Potter Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Potter Brook is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Brook
- Farmington Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Gurnee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gurnee is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurnee
- Niles Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Niles Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles Valley
- Asaph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Asaph is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asaph
- Marsh Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marsh Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
- Hammond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
- Coryland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Austinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Sylvania
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
- Lorenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lorenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenton
- Oregon Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oregon Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Hill
- Potter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
- Elmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elmer is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- North Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Fork is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Harrison Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Harrison Valley is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Valley
- Hector
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hector is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Sunderlinville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunderlinville is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderlinville
- North Bingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Bingham is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bingham
- Ulysses
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Galeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Bingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Bingham is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bingham
- Brookland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brookland is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookland
- Newfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Newfield is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfield
- Gold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gold is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold
- Genesee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Genesee is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
- Allegany County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
- Whitesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Independence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Paynesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Paynesville is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Andover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hallsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hallsport is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsport
- Elm Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Valley is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Valley
- Dyke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dyke is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
- Stannards
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stannards is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannards
- Alfred
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alfred is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
- Alfred has also been known as:
- Alfred village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alfred <1>
- Wellsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Almond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chemung County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
- Sagetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Webb Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Big Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Steuben County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
- South Troupsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Troupsburg is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Troupsburg
- Woodhull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Troupsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Jasper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hedgesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hedgesville is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
- Rathbone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rathbone is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Addison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rexville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cameron Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lindley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cameron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knoxville, see our County-by-County Page for Knoxville.
Cemeteries Near Knoxville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knoxville.
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 Knoxville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knoxville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- The Taylor Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holden Brook Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46455 <2>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Champlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butler Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Red Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cloos Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Norway Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Card Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Knoxville had a population of 679 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Knoxville had a population of 594 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
- Cowanesque
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowanesque is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowanesque
- Austinburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Austinburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinburg
- Westfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Marsh
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Marsh is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Marsh
- Osceola
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Elkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Troupsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Troupsburg is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Troupsburg
- Sylvester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sylvester is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvester
- Sabinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sabinsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabinsville
- Elbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elbridge is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Borden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Borden is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
- Woodhull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Troupsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brookfield is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Elmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elmer is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knoxville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knoxville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Knoxville ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knoxville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Knoxville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Knoxville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Knoxville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of Knoxville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Knoxville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Lycoming County
- Potter County
- Allegany County
- Chemung County
- Steuben 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> | 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- Knoxville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Knoxville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |