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  Gaines Township
 in Tioga County,
Pennsylvania
Gaines Township Histories
Formed in 1838 from
Shippen Township


Gaines Township History 1883
Gaines Township History 1897
1897 Biographies
History of Elk Run (1929)
Township Articles
Township Postcards & Photos
Post Offices
Post Offices
Furmantown PO
Gaines PO
Gurnee PO 
Manhattan PO 
Marshfield PO 
Watrous PO
Villages Past & Present
Watrous
Elk Run
Gaines Township Census Records
1800 Census, Tyoga Township, Lycoming County
1820 Delmar Census 1830 Shippen Census
1840 (Volunteer Needed)
1850 Gaines Census (REL) 1850 Gaines Census (FM)
1860 Gaines Census 1870 Gaines Census
1880 Gaines Census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 Volunteers Needed
1850-1880 Gaines Mortality Schedules
Gaines Township Directories
1899 Tioga County Directory 1908 Tioga County Directory
Gaines Township Tax Records
1812 Delmar Taxables
Gaines Township Cemetery Records
GPS coordinates are included in the top title of each cemetery page
Brookside Cemetery 1968
gps 41.75336-77.50396
Brookside Cemetery 2008 Brookside Cemetery Obituaries
Baker - Rice Cemetery 1970s Baker - Rice Cemetery 2009 gps 41.79719 -77.51220
Old Pioneer Cemetery 1969 Old Pioneer / Mattison Cemetery 2009 gps 41.75366 -77.56265
Phoenix Cemetery 1969
gps 41.74591 -77.59629
Phoenix Cemetery 2009 [360] Phoenix Cemetery Obituaries
Watrous Family Cemetery 1970
gps 41.73180 -77.58201
Watrous Family Cemetery 2009 [23]
Old Cemetery by Pine Creek
gps 41.74344 -77.57806
Watrous Town Cemetery 2009 [15]
gps 41.74344 -77.57806
Knowlton Cemetery 1968
gps 41.70125-77.55782
Knowlton Cemetery 2009 [535] Knowlton Cemetery Obituaries
Matteson Cemetery 1970
gps 41.72543 -77.53637
Mattison Cemetery 2009 [76] Matteson Cemetery Obituaries
Hurlburt Cemetery - See Matteson Furman Burial Ground 2008
41.75480 -77.52210
Gaines Township Schools
1875 School Districts
1. Furmantown District
2 .Gaines District
3. Barnes District
4. Elk Run School in Marshfield
5. Long Run School
6. Lick Run School
1900 Gaines Teachers & Directors
1901 Gaines Teachers & Directors
1902 Gaines Teachers & Directors
1903 Gaines Teachers & Directors
1904 Gaines Teachers & Directors
1905 Gaines Teachers & Directors
1907 Gaines Teachers & Directors
1899 School Districts
4. Furman School (Manhattan)
Gaines School District (Mechanic)
Knowlton School District (Marshfield)
Lick Run School
Long Run School
Manhattan School District
Marshfield School
Watrous School
Gaines Township Business Histories & Photos
1899 Gaines Township Business Directory
Hotels in Gaines Township
Hotel Vermilyea
Gaines Township Organizations
1899 Gaines Societies
Township Churches
Histories, Records, Photos
1899 Church List From Directory
Gaines Township Family Bible Records
Campbell / Love Bible Blue - Furman Bible
Furman / Babcock Bible Smith - Crofut Bible
Gaines Township Families & Individuals,
Genealogies
Blanche Frasier's Story
Descendants of Syril Shelley & Pheba
1933 Autobiography of Philip H. Dewey
Township Wills, Deeds, Legal Documents 
1870 Will of Conrad Bernauer
Gaines Township Population Statisticss 
1887 Gaines Township = 508 1890 Gaines Township = 1187
County Population Statistics 1810 - 1992 1900 Gaines Township = 1306