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 Aloquin (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 Aloquin. 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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Aloquin 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 Aloquin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aloquin:
- Ontario County (The home county of Aloquin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Flint
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Gorham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Melvin Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Clifton Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Shortsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Geneva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Phelps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Cayuga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Union Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Willets
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Oakwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Scipioville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Black Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Poplar Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Port Byron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
- Ledyard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Atwaters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Lima
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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 <1>
- Livonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Springwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Sleggs Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Maple Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Mendon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Fairport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Honeoye Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
- Penfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Rush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Henrietta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Ridgeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeland is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Manns Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Wayne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hector
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Searsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Border City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Seneca Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Romulus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kuneytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tyre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Canoga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- East Varick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Ovid
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lodi
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Kidders
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Prattsburgh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- South Pulteney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Catawba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Keuka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Atlanta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Cohocton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Newark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Palmyra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- East Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Mud Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Marquart Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Lyons
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Macedon Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Huddle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Rushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Potter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Angus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Yatesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Vine Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Penn Yan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Keuka Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Italy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Himrod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aloquin, see our County-by-County Page for Aloquin.
Cemeteries Near Aloquin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aloquin.
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 Aloquin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aloquin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buchan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Reed's Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pickett's Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whitney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wheat Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (462 more) ...
- Benhan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Aloquin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aloquin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aloquin, with the one closest to Aloquin listed first.
- Flint
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Ennerdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ennerdale is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennerdale
- Reed Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Castle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Gorham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Orleans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shortsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Phelps Junction is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps Junction
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Canandaigua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Manchester Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Manchester Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
- Rushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aloquin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aloquin.
Newspapers Published in Aloquin ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aloquin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aloquin, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aloquin.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Aloquin:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Yates County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Aloquin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aloquin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |