Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes in Lycoming County

 * FamilySearch Places

Databases with Several Denominations

 * 1620-1991 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – ($), free to members of the society, List of Churches Included; Also available at Ancestry ($)


 * Union churches were formed in many townships. These churches met with their respective congregations, but shared the church property with those of other faiths. They were called Union churches.

Baptist
Of the main religious sects, the Baptists were one of the last to come to Lycoming County. Hughesville settlers were largely Baptist. They founded their church in 1849. Baptists organized in Muncy (1841), Jersey Shore (1842), Montgomery (1832), and other locations in the county.

Episcopal/Anglican Church
Episcopalian circuit riders were in Lycoming County as early as 1797. Congregations were established in Muncy (1819), Mountoursville, Williamsport, and other locations in the county.

Lutheran Church
Lutherans were prominent from very early in the history of Lycoming County. Churches were organized in Muncy Creek (pre-1800), Muncy (1852), Jersey Shore (1869), Mountoursville, Williamsport, Montgomery, Huntersville (Trinity Church), and other locations in the county.

Frieden's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jackson Township


 * 1831-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, Washington Township
 * 1838-1852, 1868-1880  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1846-1923 Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, Washington Township, Baptism Index 1846-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Methodist Church
Methodism was popular early in Lycoming County history. Preaching began as early as 1821. Congregations were formed in Muncy (1821), Jersey Shore (1829), Mountoursville, Hughesville, Mill Creek (Centennial, 1800), and other locations in the county.

Methodist Episcopal Williamsport was the site of one of the early Methodist Episcopal churches in Lycoming County.

Presbyterian Church
Presbyterians established congregations throughout Lycoming County. Towns with churches included Muncy (1834), Jersey Shore (1793), Mountoursville, Montgomery, and other locations in the county.

Jersey Shore Presbyterian Church
 * 1849-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1854-1886  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1850s-1870s Jersey Shore Presbyterian Church Baptisms at The USGenWeb Project

Mount Zion Presbyterian Church, McIntyre Township
 * 1871-1884  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Presbyterian Church, Newberry
 * 1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1875-1885  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Presbyterian Church, Pennsdale
 * 1847-1898  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

United Brethren
United Brethren met in Williamsport as early as 1886.