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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 New Era (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 New Era. 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 hospitals and 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.

New Era 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 New Era. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Era:

  • Bradford County     (The home county of New Era)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
    • Wilmot
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilmot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
      • Wilmot is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wilmot
      • From New Era to Wilmot
    • Marshview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marshview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
      • Marshview is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Marshview
      • From New Era to Marshview
    • Evergreen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evergreen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Evergreen is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Evergreen
      • From New Era to Evergreen
    • Sugar Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Asylum
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Asylum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
      • Asylum is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Asylum
      • From New Era to Asylum
    • Homets Ferry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Wyalusing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Laddsburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laddsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
      • Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Laddsburg
      • From New Era to Laddsburg
    • New Albany
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
      • New Albany is located in Bradford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Albany <2>
    • Limehill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Uhdey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Uhdey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhdey
      • Uhdey is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Uhdey
      • From New Era to Uhdey
    • Monroe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Monroe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Monroe is located in Bradford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Monroe
      • From New Era to Monroe
    • Monroeton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
    • Jamison City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamison City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
      • Jamison City is located in Columbia County
    • Waller
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waller have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
      • Waller is located in Columbia County
    • Benton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Coles Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Jackson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
    • Ricketts ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ricketts. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
      • Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ricketts
      • From New Era to Ricketts
    • Red Rock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Rock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
      • Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Red Rock
      • From New Era to Red Rock
    • Loyalville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loyalville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
      • Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Loyalville
      • From New Era to Loyalville
    • Mossville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Harveys Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harveys Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Lake
      • Harveys Lake is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harveys Lake <2>
    • Kunkle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kunkle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
      • Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kunkle
      • From New Era to Kunkle
    • Pikes Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pikes Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
      • Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pikes Creek
      • From New Era to Pikes Creek
    • Fairmount Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Rittenhouse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rittenhouse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse
      • Rittenhouse is located in Luzerne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rittenhouse
      • From New Era to Rittenhouse
    • Meeker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomingdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Back Mountain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Back Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
      • Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
    • Lehman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lycoming County
  • Sullivan County
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
    • Rushville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rushville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
      • Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rushville
      • From New Era to Rushville
    • Auburn Four Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Elk Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tyler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tyler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tyler
      • From New Era to Tyler
    • Fairdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
      • Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fairdale
      • From New Era to Fairdale
    • Friendsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
      • Friendsville is located in Susquehanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friendsville <2>
    • Forest Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forest Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
      • Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Forest Lake
      • From New Era to Forest Lake
    • South Montrose
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Meadows
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Montrose
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montrose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
      • Montrose is located in Susquehanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,464 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montrose <2>
    • Hop Bottom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Choconut
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Choconut. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
      • Choconut is located in Susquehanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Choconut
      • From New Era to Choconut
    • Tiffany
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tioga County
    • Gleason
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gleason. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
      • Gleason is located in Tioga County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gleason
      • From New Era to Gleason
  • Wyoming County
  • Chemung County (NY)
    • Chemung
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chemung have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
  • Tioga County (NY)

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

Cemeteries Near New Era ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Era.

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 New Era covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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 New Era had a population of 73 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Rienze
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rienze have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienze
    • Rienze is located in Bradford County
  • Wilmot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilmot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Wilmot is located in Bradford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Wilmot
    • From New Era to Wilmot
  • Marshview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marshview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
    • Marshview is located in Bradford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Marshview
    • From New Era to Marshview
  • Evergreen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evergreen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Evergreen is located in Bradford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Evergreen
    • From New Era to Evergreen
  • Cumiskey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumiskey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumiskey
    • Cumiskey is located in Bradford County
  • Terrytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrytown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
    • Terrytown is located in Bradford County
  • New Albany
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
    • New Albany is located in Bradford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Albany <2>
  • Laddsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laddsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
    • Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Laddsburg
    • From New Era to Laddsburg
  • Hollenback
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollenback have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenback
    • Hollenback is located in Bradford County
  • Sugar Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Wyalusing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Homets Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Asylum
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Asylum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
      • Asylum is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Asylum
      • From New Era to Asylum
    • South Branch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Branch
      • South Branch is located in Bradford County
    • Durell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durell
      • Durell is located in Bradford County

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

Newspapers Published in New Era ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Era.

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

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 websites either 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 New Era:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Era. 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>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.
<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 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.
<4>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.
<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- New Era) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Era. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6269, Longitude: -76.3499    
<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 New Era, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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