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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 Sayre (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 Sayre. 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 doctors 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.

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

  • Bradford County     (The home county of Sayre)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sayre, with the one closest to Sayre listed first.
    • South Waverly
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Waverly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
      • South Waverly is located in Bradford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
    • Athens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
      • Athens is located in Bradford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <2>
    • Vawter
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vawter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
      • Vawter is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vawter
      • From Sayre to Vawter
    • Bumpville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bumpville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
      • Bumpville is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bumpville
      • From Sayre to Bumpville
    • Ulster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • East Smithfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bentley Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Middletown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Middletown is located in Bradford County
    • Saco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
      • Saco is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saco
      • From Sayre to Saco
    • North Orwell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Pond
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rome
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rome have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
      • Rome is located in Bradford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <2>
    • Fassett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fassett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
      • Fassett is located in Bradford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fassett
      • From Sayre to Fassett
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sayre, with the one closest to Sayre listed first.
    • Little Meadows
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Friendsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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>
    • Rushville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
      • Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rushville
      • From Sayre to Rushville
    • Choconut
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
      • Choconut is located in Susquehanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Choconut
      • From Sayre to Choconut
    • Forest Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • 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.<3>
      • 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 Sayre to Forest Lake
    • Brackney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Fairdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
      • Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fairdale
      • From Sayre to Fairdale
  • Tioga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sayre, with the one closest to Sayre listed first.
    • Millerton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Roseville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
      • Roseville is located in Tioga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Mainesburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wyoming County
  • Broome County (NY)
  • Chemung County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sayre, with the one closest to Sayre listed first.
    • Chemung
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chemung have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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>
    • Owens Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owens Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
      • Owens Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Owens Mills
      • From Sayre to Owens Mills
    • Wellsburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Van Etten
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Etten have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Etten
      • Van Etten is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 494 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Etten <2>
    • Elmira
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Erin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Southport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Southport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
      • Southport is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Southport
      • From Sayre to Southport
    • Elmira Heights
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmira Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira Heights
      • Elmira Heights is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,747 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmira Heights <2>
    • Pine City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
      • Pine City is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine City <2>
    • West Elmira
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Elmira have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
      • West Elmira is located in Chemung County (NY)
    • Webb Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Webb Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
      • Webb Mills is located in Chemung County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Webb Mills
      • From Sayre to Webb Mills
    • Horseheads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pioneer Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
      • Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County (NY)
  • Schuyler County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sayre, with the one closest to Sayre listed first.
    • Alpine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Odessa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cayutaville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cayutaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
      • Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cayutaville
      • From Sayre to Cayutaville
    • Montour Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montour Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour Falls
      • Montour Falls is located in Schuyler County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,592 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montour Falls <2>
    • Moreland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Steuben County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sayre, with the one closest to Sayre listed first.
    • Caton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • South Corning
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
      • South Corning is located in Steuben County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
    • Corning
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Tioga County (NY)
  • Tompkins County (NY)

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

Cemeteries Near Sayre ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sayre.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sayre, with the one closest to Sayre 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sayre had a population of 1,584 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sayre had a population of 5,338 people.

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

  • Waverly
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Athens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Athens is located in Bradford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,180 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <2>
  • Greenes Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenes Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenes Landing
    • Greenes Landing is located in Bradford County
  • Litchfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litchfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
    • Litchfield is located in Tioga County (NY)
  • Milan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Milan is located in Bradford County
  • Litchfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litchfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
    • Litchfield is located in Bradford County
  • Barton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chemung
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chemung have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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>
  • Wilawana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilawana have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilawana
    • Wilawana is located in Bradford County
  • Vawter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vawter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
    • Vawter is located in Bradford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Vawter
    • From Sayre to Vawter
  • Lockwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Windham Summit
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windham Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Summit
    • Windham Summit is located in Bradford County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sayre ...

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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sayre.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sayre. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sayre and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sayre.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6> of Sayre.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sayre:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sayre. 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>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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>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 Sayre, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sayre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sayre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9790, Longitude: -76.5157    









 

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