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 Powell (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 Powell. 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 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.
Powell 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 Powell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powell:
- Bradford County (The home county of Powell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Monroe
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Monroe is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Monroeton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Franklindale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Franklindale is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklindale
- Towanda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Long Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Valley is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
- Uhdey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Uhdey is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhdey
- East Towanda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Towanda is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Towanda
- Mountain Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Lake is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Marshview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Luthers Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luthers Mills is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Mills
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Burlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Evergreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Columbia County
- Jamison City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Red Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Chemung
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chemung is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Ellenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ellenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenton
- Proctor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Ralston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ralston is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Wallis Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallis Run is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallis Run
- Beaver Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Lungerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Dushore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Forksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Piatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Shinerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Bernice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Laporte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eagles Mere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hillsgrove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdonia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdonia
- Long Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Sonestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Rushville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Auburn Four Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Friendsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Fairdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Springville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tyler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Forest Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Gleason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gleason is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Fallbrook ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fallbrook is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook
- Ogdensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Roseville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Mainesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Morris Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Morris Run is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Run
- Blossburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Millerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Covington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mansfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Laceyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stowell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Skinners Eddy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Jenningsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Forkston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Mehoopany Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Meshoppen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Vosburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Lemon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Avery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lake Carey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Evans Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Noxen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chemung County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Chemung
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wellsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Owens Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southport is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Webb Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Elmira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hoopers Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Nichols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Barton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Smithboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Nichols
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Lounsberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Lockwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Owego
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Owego
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powell, see our County-by-County Page for Powell.
Cemeteries Near Powell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powell.
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 Powell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Powell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kellogg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford County Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gustin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Luthers Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hornbrook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pond Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St.s Phillip & James Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Overton.
- Homet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Powell had a population of 265 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Weston
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Weston is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Monroeton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Monroe
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Monroe is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Franklindale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Franklindale is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklindale
- Overshot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Overshot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overshot
- Long Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Valley is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
- Towanda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Branch is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Branch
- Mountain Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Lake is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
- Marshview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Luthers Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luthers Mills is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Mills
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- North Towanda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Towanda is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Towanda
- West Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Franklin is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Franklin
- Barclay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barclay is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powell.
Newspapers Published in Powell ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powell, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powell.
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 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 Powell:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bradford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Tioga County
- Wyoming County
- Chemung County
- Tioga 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 '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- Powell) 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 Powell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |