Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Allens Hill (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Allens Hill. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Allens Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Allens Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Allens Hill may originally have been Allen's Hill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Allens Hill might be written as Allen Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Allens Hill is located in Ontario County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Allens Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Allens Hill:
- Ontario County (The home county of Allens Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Richmond Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Bristol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- West Bloomfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- East Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Bristol Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Village of Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holcomb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Canadice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Centerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Gulick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Canaseraga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Swain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <2>
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Limerock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Le Roy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pavilion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Pavilion Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Bergen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jericon Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
- Stafford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Lima
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <2>
- Livonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Sleggs Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Maple Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Avon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Websters Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Springwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- East Groveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Geneseo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Groveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cuylerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Honeoye Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Moran Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Mendon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- West Rush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- North Rush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Henrietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Henrietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
- Pittsford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ridgeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ridgeland is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Seneca County
- Border City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Atlanta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wayland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cohocton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Prattsburgh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Haskinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- South Pulteney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Catawba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jobs Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Macedon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Palmyra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Marquart Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Huddle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Walworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Lincoln
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Newark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Peoria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Covington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Perry Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Perry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyoming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Castile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Vine Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Rushville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Potter
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Italy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Yatesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Benton Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Keuka Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Yan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Angus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Seneca Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Barrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Allens Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Allens Hill.
Cemeteries Near Allens Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allens Hill.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Allens Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Allens Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Allens Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Richmond Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dennison Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Purcell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Case Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Baptist Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hemlock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Short Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (451 more) ...
- Doyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Andrews Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Parker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Allens Hill had a population of 242 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Allens Hill, with the one closest to Allens Hill listed first.
- Richmond Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Honeoye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Bloomfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Bristol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Vincent
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Vincent is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- East Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Bristol Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- South Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Lima
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <2>
- Canadice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- North Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Livonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Honeoye Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- South Lima
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lima
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Allens Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Allens Hill.
Newspapers Published in Allens Hill ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Allens Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Allens Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Allens Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Allens Hill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming County
- Yates County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Allens Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Allens Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |