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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 Scott Center (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 Scott Center. 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.

Name Variations for Scott Center ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Scott Center: Scott Ctr. (or less commonly used: Scott Cen., Scott Cent. or Scott Cntr.)

You might see Scott Centre instead of Scott Center.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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.

Scott Center is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Broome (NY), Delaware (NY), Sullivan (NY), Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike & Susquehanna.

Below are the counties that are near Scott Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scott Center:

  • Wayne County     (The home county of Scott Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Center, with the one closest to Scott Center listed first.
    • Sherman
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sherman is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
    • Starrucca
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakewood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Wrighter Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wrighter Corner is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrighter Corner
    • Poyntelle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
    • High Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • High Lake is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
    • Siko
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Siko is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siko
    • Tanners Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
    • Aldenville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Aldenville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
    • Forest City Station
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
    • Dyberry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Dyberry is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyberry
    • Bethany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Lackawanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Center, with the one closest to Scott Center listed first.
    • Simpson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Vandling
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
    • Carbondale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Tompkinsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
    • Mayfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • East Benton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
    • Scott
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Scott is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • Jermyn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jermyn is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jermyn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,037 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jermyn <1>
    • Craig
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Craig is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
    • Green Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
    • Carpenter Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
  • Susquehanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Center, with the one closest to Scott Center listed first.
    • Brandt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Brandt is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
    • Thompson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lanesboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ararat
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ararat is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
    • North Jackson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
    • Oakland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Oakland is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
    • Susquehanna Depot
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Susquehanna Depot is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Depot
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,444 people
    • Susquehanna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Burnwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
    • Jackson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Gibson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gibson is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
  • Wyoming County
    • Nicholson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Broome County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Center, with the one closest to Scott Center listed first.
    • Deposit
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Deposit is located in Broome County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deposit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deposit <1>
    • Gulf Summit
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
    • Edson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Edson is located in Broome County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
    • Windsor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
    • East Windsor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Windsor is located in Broome County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor
    • Ouaquaga
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Center Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Center Village is located in Broome County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
    • Riverside
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Creekside Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Creekside Village is located in Broome County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Village
    • Harpursville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Nineveh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Conklin Station
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Conklin Station is located in Broome County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Station
  • Chenango County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Center, with the one closest to Scott Center listed first.
    • Afton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Afton is located in Chenango County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <1>
    • Nineveh Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Nineveh Junction is located in Chenango County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Junction
    • Bainbridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • West Bainbridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
    • East Guilford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • East Guilford is located in Chenango County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
    • Union Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Union Valley is located in Chenango County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
    • Yaleville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Yaleville is located in Chenango County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaleville
  • Delaware County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Center, with the one closest to Scott Center listed first.
    • Hancock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Hancock is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <1>
    • Cadosia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
    • Hambletville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Hambletville is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
    • Pea Brook
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
    • Barbourville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Barbourville is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourville
    • China
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • China is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
    • Peakville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Peakville is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakville
    • Harvard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Harvard is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
    • Rock Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Rock Valley is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
    • Chiloway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Chiloway is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
    • Shinhopple
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Gregorytown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Gregorytown is located in Delaware County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorytown
  • Otsego County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Center, with the one closest to Scott Center listed first.
    • Unadilla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Wells Bridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Sullivan County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Center, with the one closest to Scott Center listed first.
    • Long Eddy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Acidalia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Acidalia is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acidalia
    • Hankins
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Callicoon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hortonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Branch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cochecton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Roscoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Falls Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
    • Jeffersonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Youngsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Beaverkill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Beaverkill is located in Sullivan County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverkill

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

Cemeteries Near Scott Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scott Center.

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 Scott Center - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scott Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scott Center, with the one closest to Scott Center 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Scott Center had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Winterdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Winterdale is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterdale
  • Autumn Leaves
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Autumn Leaves is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn Leaves
  • Sherman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sherman is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
  • Starrucca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Tallmanville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Tallmanville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallmanville
  • Preston Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Preston Park is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Park
  • Starlight
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hancock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hancock is located in Delaware County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <1>
  • Melrose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Melrose is located in Susquehanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Lake Como
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stevens Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Stevens Point is located in Susquehanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
  • Cadosia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cadosia is located in Delaware County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadosia
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Brandt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Brandt is located in Susquehanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
    • Thompson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Poyntelle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Poyntelle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle

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

Newspapers Published in Scott Center ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scott Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scott Center, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scott Center.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Scott Center:

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 Scott Center, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scott Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.