Editing Sayre, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
Sayre is located at {{coord|41|59|1|N|76|31|15|W|type:city}} (41.983567, -76.520845)<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> 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, Tioga County, New York|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 (state)|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, Bradford County, Pennsylvania|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 (Pennsylvania–New York)|Interstate 86]] just over the state line in Waverly, New York. Via I-86, it is {{convert|17|mi}} northwest to [[Elmira, New York]], and by [[New York State Route 17]] (future I-86) it is {{convert|38|mi}} east to [[Binghamton, New York]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|5.27|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|5.24|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.67%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sayre borough, Pennsylvania |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4268096 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212195843/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4268096 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=March 13, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>