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 Middletown (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 Middletown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Middletown 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 Middletown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Middletown:
- Bradford County (The home county of Middletown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- Bentley Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Big Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Berrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Fassett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- East Smithfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Gillett
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Wetona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Columbia Cross Roads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Coryland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- South Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Austinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown 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
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- Piatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Lincoln Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Millview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Forksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Susquehanna County
- Little Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- Millerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Roseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Mainesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Mansfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook
- Lawrenceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Tioga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Covington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gleason
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gleason is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Morris Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Run is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Run
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Blossburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chemung County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- Wellsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chemung
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Southport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Southport is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Owens Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Pine City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Webb Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Elmira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Elmira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Sagetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Elmira Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Erin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Horseheads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Schuyler County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Catharine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Montour Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Steuben County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- Caton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- South Corning
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Corning
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lindley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Painted Post
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Presho
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Presho is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Gang Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Coopers Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Addison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell
(30 miles [48.3 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 Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lockwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smithboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoopers Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Nichols
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- East Nichols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- West Candor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Owego
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tompkins County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- West Danby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Newfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Middletown, see our County-by-County Page for Middletown.
Cemeteries Near Middletown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middletown.
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 Middletown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Middletown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- Bentley Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hanlon Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Potter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harkness Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Smithfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of East Smithfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46517 <2>
- Doty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chase - Newbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Grover Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westbrook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wetona Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Middletown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Middletown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Middletown, with the one closest to Middletown listed first.
- Bentley Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Big Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Ridgebury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ridgebury is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Berrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Snedekerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Snedekerville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snedekerville
- Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Wellsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hoblet
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoblet is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoblet
- East Smithfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Wilawana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilawana is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilawana
- Fassett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Gillett
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dunning
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dunning is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunning
- Wetona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Chemung
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Middletown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Middletown.
Newspapers Published in Middletown ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middletown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Middletown, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Middletown.
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 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 Middletown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bradford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lycoming County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Tioga County
- Chemung County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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> | 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 Middletown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Middletown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |