Sayre, Pennsylvania Sayre, Pennsylvania Sayre Historical Society Museum Sayre Historical Society Museum Map of Bradford County with Sayre highlighted Map of Bradford County with Sayre highlighted Sayre is positioned in Pennsylvania Sayre - Sayre Location of Sayre in the state of Pennsylvania Sayre is the biggest borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Elmira, New York.
In 1900, 5,243 citizens lived there; in 1910, 6,426 citizens lived there, and in 1940, 7,569 persons made their homes in Sayre.
Sayre is part of the Penn-York Valley ("The Valley"), a group of four adjoining communities in New York and Pennsylvania: Waverly, New York; South Waverly, Pennsylvania; Sayre; Athens, Pennsylvania, and lesser surrounding communities with a combined populace near 35,000.
Sayre is the principal town/city of the Sayre, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In May 1870, a Waverly banker titled Howard Elmer, along with Charles Anthony and James Fritcher, bought the Pine Plains region between Waverly and Athens.
Elmer convinced Asa Packer to locate a new barns repair facility on the Pine Plains for the expanding Lehigh Valley Railroad, which was making a push north to connect to the Erie Railroad at Waverly.
Robert Heysham Sayre, president of the Pennsylvania and New York Railroad, helped cement the deal.
In 1904 when the locomotive shops were assembled at Sayre, the chief shop building was believed to be the biggest structure in the world under one roof, but held that title for only a brief time.
Sayre is positioned at 41 59 1 N 76 31 15 W (41.983567, -76.520845) in a river valley in the Allegheny Plateau just north of the confluence of the Susquehanna River and the Chemung River, along with Athens, Pennsylvania, South Waverly, Pennsylvania, and Waverly, New York.
The New York / Pennsylvania border cuts through the valley.
Sayre is bounded on the east and west by Athens Township, on the south by the borough of Athens, on the northwest by South Waverly, and on the north by Waverly, New York.
Pennsylvania Route 199 passes through the borough as Keystone Avenue, Mohawk Street, and Spring Street, ending at Interstate 86 just over the state line in Waverly, New York.
Via I-86 it is 17 miles (27 km) northwest to Elmira, New York, and by New York State Route 17 (future I-86) it is 38 miles (61 km) east to Binghamton, New York.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 2.03 square miles (5.27 km2).
The ethnic makeup of the borough was 96% White, 0.8% African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% from other competitions, and 1% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,479 homeholds, out of which 27.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.9% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 43.8% were non-families.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 60.1% from 18 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the borough was $34,221, and the median income for a family was $57,256.
About 6.6% of families and 11.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.
The ethnic makeup of the borough was 96.92% White, 0.62% African American, 0.17% Native American, 1.26% Asian, 0.15% from other competitions, and 0.88% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,529 homeholds, out of which 26.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.1% were non-families.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the borough was $33,338, and the median income for a family was $40,571.
About 7.1% of families and 9.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.
The Morning Times: formerly called The Evening Times (based in Sayre; serves Waverly, Sayre, Athens and encircling communities) Star-Gazette (based in Elmira; serves Tioga, Chemung and Steuben counties in New York and Bradford County in Pennsylvania) WAVR - 102.1 FM (studios in Sayre; licensed in Waverly for the Twin Tiers market) WATS - 960 AM (studios in Sayre; licensed in Sayre for the Twin Tiers market) WPHD - 96.1 FM (in Horseheads, New York; licensed in South Waverly (adjacent to Sayre) for the Twin Tiers market) W297 - BG - 107.3 FM (in Wysox; licensed in Ulster, Athens, and Sayre for the Twin Tiers market Sayre is served by many small-town tv stations, in three broadcast tv markets, along with Time Warner Cable's YNN (Your News Now).
The EMTA's Blue Bus makes various stops in Waverly, Sayre, and Athens.
Sayre and The Valley also have taxi service available through Valley Taxi.
Children residing in the borough are assigned to attend the Sayre Area School District.
Robert Packer Hospital was titled after Robert Asa Packer, who came to Sayre when the town became the point of distribution for the Lehigh Valley Railroad's northern traffic.
Sayre is home to the Robert Packer Hospital and Guthrie Clinic.
Moorehead while excavating a burial mound. The skeletons were reported to be at or above 7 feet (2.1 m) in height, possessing skulls that had horn-like protuberances just above the eyebrows, but were claimed to have been lost, misplaced, or stolen while in route to the American Investigation Museum. Neither Donehoo, Skinner, nor Moorehead described the discernment of any human skeletons at Sayre exhibiting gigantism or horned protrusions in their official excavation reports a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sayre borough, Pennsylvania".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"Sayre Little League homepage".
"Sayre Area School District Educating Today's Students for Tomorrow's World".
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