Sayre, PA
| Sayre, Pennsylvania | |
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 Location of Sayre in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. |
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| Coordinates: 41°58′44″N 76°30′56″W / 41.97889°N 76.51556°WCoordinates: 41°58′44″N 76°30′56″W / 41.97889°N 76.51556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bradford |
| Settled | 1871 |
| Incorporated (borough) | 1891 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.04 sq mi (5.27 km2) |
| • Land | 2.02 sq mi (5.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 771 ft (235 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,587 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 5,357 |
| • Density | 2,649.36/sq mi (1,023.04/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Zip code | 18840 |
| Area code(s) | 570 Exchanges: 882,886,887,888 |
| FIPS code | 42-68096 |
Sayre is the largest borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Elmira, New York. In the past, various iron products were made there. In 1900, 5,243 people lived there; in 1910, 6,426 people lived there, and in 1940, 7,569 persons made their homes in Sayre. The population was 5,587 at the 2010 census.
Sayre is part of the Penn-York Valley ("The Valley"), a group of four contiguous communities in New York and Pennsylvania: Waverly, New York; South Waverly, Pennsylvania; Sayre; Athens, Pennsylvania, and smaller surrounding communities with a combined population near 35,000. Sayre is the principal city of the Sayre, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In May 1870, a Waverly banker named Howard Elmer, along with Charles Anthony and James Fritcher, bought the Pine Plains area between Waverly and Athens. Elmer convinced Asa Packer to locate a new railroad 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. The town was named in his honor. Sayre was incorporated on January 27, 1891.
In 1904 when the locomotive shops were built at Sayre, the main shop building was believed to be the largest structure in the world under one roof, but held that title for only a brief time. The railroad operated from 1870 until 1976, but maintenance facilities were shifted away before that. With the decline of industry, population has declined since 1940.
Sayre is located at 41°59′1″N 76°31′15″W / 41.98361°N 76.52083°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. Together, these small towns make up the greater area known as the Penn-York Valley, or just "the Valley". The New York / Pennsylvania border cuts through the valley. There is no physical border between the towns, as the grid of streets and avenues blend seamlessly from one town to another. 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.
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