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 Barkertown (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 Barkertown. 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 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.
Barkertown is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Allegany, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Steuben & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Barkertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barkertown:
- Livingston County (The home county of Barkertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- Nunda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lewis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Woodsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Kysorville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- West Sparta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Cumminsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Dansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Groveland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Morris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Tavern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- East Groveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- Swain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <1>
- Garwoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Canaseraga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wiscoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Fillmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hume
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Allen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Bishopville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Aristotle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Aristotle is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
- Houghton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Almond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caneadea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- Elton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Abbotts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abbotts is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts
- Delevan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- Dutchtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Protection
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- Pavilion
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Linden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Le Roy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Limerock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- East Alexander
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- West Bethany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Stafford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alexander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Monroe County
- Mumford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- West Canadice Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canadice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- Gulick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Naples
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Richmond Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Woodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- West Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- Arkport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stephens Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- North Hornell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Haskinville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- Hornell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cohocton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jobs Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- Atlanta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Howard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Canisteo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- Castile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Koy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Perry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pike
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gainesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perry Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Newburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Hardys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Warsaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bliss
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Smiths Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Smiths Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Corner
- Yates County
- Italy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barkertown, see our County-by-County Page for Barkertown.
Cemeteries Near Barkertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barkertown.
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 Barkertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barkertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- Seager Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chautauqua Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dalton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Colonel George Williams & Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunts Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Weaver Settlement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brewer Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Swain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (382 more) ...
- West View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Cemetery
- The West View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Consalus Cemetery
- Denton - Jaggard Cemetery
- Westview Cemetery
- St. Helena Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- German Settlement Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Barkertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barkertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barkertown, with the one closest to Barkertown listed first.
- Dalton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rosses
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rosses is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosses
- Nunda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Lewis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Brooks Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brooks Grove is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Grove
- Swain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <1>
- Byersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Byersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Tuscarora
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tuscarora is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Ossian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ossian is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossian
- Garwoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Portageville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Short Tract
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Short Tract is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Tract
- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grove is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Canaseraga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barkertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barkertown.
Newspapers Published in Barkertown ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barkertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barkertown, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barkertown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Barkertown:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Steuben County
- Wyoming 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Barkertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Barkertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |