CHURCHES WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUN

CHURCHES WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF THE

SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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TIOGA COUNTY PA

1. Blossburg First United Methodist Church

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Address: 108 N. Williamson Road
Municipality: borough of Blossburg
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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2. Covington United Methodist Church

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Address: 2169 N. Williamson Road
Municipality: borough of Covington
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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3. Cowanesque United Methodist Church

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Address: PA 49, village of Cowanesque
Municipality: Westfield township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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4. Daggett United Methodist Church

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Address: 84 Church Street, village of Daggett
Municipality: Jackson township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Brief History:
The 1897 Tioga County History reports as follows: The Methodist Episcopal Church of Daggett’s Mills was organized nearly fifty years ago, and a house of worship, costing $1,500, built in 1854. It has belonged to the Genesee and Troy conference. It has, during recent years been served by pastors assigned to neighboring churches in Bradford county. The present pastor is Rev. S. W. Eaton.

5. Elkland United Methodist Church

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Address: 120 N. Buffalo Street
Municipality: borough of Elkland
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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6. Jackson Center United Methodist Church

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Address: 1523 Jackson Center Road
Municipality: Jackson township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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The 1897 Tioga County History reports as follows: The Methodist Church of Jackson Center is the outgrowth of a class organized there over thirty years ago. A house of worship was erected in 1871. This church now numbers 110 members and maintains a good Sunday-school. It is in the Millerton charge and has been by the pastors of the Millerton Church.

7. Keeneyville United Methodist Church

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Address: 1065 PA 249
Municipality: Middlebury township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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This congregation had part ownership in a structure which burned in December 1900. They then used their share of the insurance money to purchase a lot and erect their own church building.

8. Knoxville United Methodist Church

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Address: 110 Alba Street
Municipality: borough of Knoxville
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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9. Mainesburg United Methodist Church

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Address: 100 Smith Park Road
Municipality: Sullivan township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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10. Mansfield First United Methodist Church

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Address: 67 East Wellsboro Street
Municipality: borough of Mansfield
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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11. Millerton United Methodist Church

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Address: 5443 Main Street, town of Millerton
Municipality: Jackson township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Brief History:
The 1897 Tioga County History reports as follows: The Methodist Episcopal Church of Millerton was organized in 1848, by Rev. William Haskell, with the following members: Hezekiah Dunham, Anna Dunham, Hector L. Miller, Polly Kelley, Elizabeth Kelley, George Miller, Hannah Miller, George Prutsman and Betsy Prutsman. The first pastor was Rev. William M. Haskell. His successors have been: Revs. Harvey Lamkin, W. H. Knapp, Thomas J. O. Wooden, Mr. Coolbaugh, Mr. Ford, John Alabaster, A. J. Blanchard, A. Ensign, N. B. Congdon, H. B. Troxell, Paul Smith, E. C. White, Henry Meeker, J. C. Crowther, Charles L. Shergus and W. W. Hunt, the present pastor, who took charge in October, 1896. A frame church building was erected in 1851-53, during the pastorate of Rev. W. H. Knapp, and a parsonage during the pastorate of Rev. A. J. Blanchard. There are now eighty members in this church. In the Sunday-school there are 100 teachers and pupils. The superintendent is S. J. Kirkendall. Walter Messing is president of the Epworth League. The church at Jackson Center and the class at Kelly Hill are in this charge. The members of a Methodist Episcopal church formerly existed at Mitchell’s Mill joined with this church a few years ago, the society at Mitchell’s Mills going out of existence.

12. Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church

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Address: 75 Mount Pleasant Road
Municipality: Morris township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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1894,71 – new frame church dedicated 1/14/1894

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13. Newelltown United Methodist Church

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Address: PA 14
Municipality: Union township
County: Tioga
State: PA

Directions:
The church is on PA 14, 19 miles north of the division of PA 14 and US 15 at Trout Run. From the village of Roaring Branch, go 3 miles north on PA 14 to Shanty Hollow Road. The church is on the northwest corner of PA 14 and Shanty Hollow Road

Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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1874,34 – church built during the summer and dedicated 12/7/1873

Brief History:
This class began in a schoolhouse that stood on the site of the present building. In 1873, the land was donated to the church by John Newell, the old school was pulled across the field by two pair of oxen to be used as a farm building, and the present structure was erected at a cost of $1200.

14. Niles Valley United Methodist Church

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Address: 10991 PA 287
Municipality: Middlebury township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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15. Osceola United Methodist Church

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Address: 207 Holden Street, town of Osceola
Municipality: Osceola township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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16. Roseville United Methodist Church

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Address: 4118 PA 549
Municipality: borough of Roseville
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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17. Ward United Methodist Church

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Address: 587 Church Road
Municipality: Ward township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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18. Wellsboro United Methodist Church

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Address: 36 Main Street
Municipality: borough of Wellsboro
County: Tioga
State: PA

Directions:
Main Street runs north-south in Wellsboro and is PA 287. The church is on the square in Wellsboro, where US 6 intersects PA 287, entering from the east and turns north onto Main Street to join PA 287.

Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Brief History:
Methodist work in Wellsboro dates from 1820. The first church building was dedicated 5/21/1842. That building burned to the ground 11/17/1867, and the congregation worshipped in the Court House until a new building was dedicated on the same site in 1869. The second building was declared unsafe in 1900 and razed to the ground. The present building was dedicated 10/1/1905. The building’s entrance actually includes a lintel stone from the old rectory in Epworth, England, that was home to the Wesley family.

19. Whitneyville Christ United Methodist Church

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Address: Church Street
Municipality: Charleston township
County: Tioga
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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