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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 Boonville (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 Boonville. 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 Boonville ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Boonville is located in Oneida County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

Below are the counties that are near Boonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boonville:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boonville, see our County-by-County Page for Boonville.

Cemeteries Near Boonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boonville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.

  • Boonville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hayes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hayes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hayes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Leyden Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leyden Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leyden Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thorton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thorton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thorton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Steuben Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Steuben Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Steuben Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Egypt Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Egypt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Egypt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Alder Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alder Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alder Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Collins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Leyden Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Beechwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beechwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beechwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Contableville Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rural Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rural Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Boonville had a population of 1,613 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Boonville had a population of 1,971 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.

  • Hawkinsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
    • Hawkinsville is located in Oneida County
  • Locust Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Locust Grove is located in Lewis County
  • West Leyden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Alder Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alder Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Creek
    • Alder Creek is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alder Creek <1>
  • Port Leyden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dunn Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunn Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Brook
    • Dunn Brook is located in Oneida County
  • Forestport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestport
    • Forestport is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forestport <1>
  • Constableville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mohawk Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ava
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Collinsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • North Western
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Western have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Western
    • North Western is located in Oneida County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boonville.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Boonville ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boonville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Boonville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Boonville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Boonville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<6> of Boonville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Boonville:

The official website for Boonville: www.village.boonville.ny.us/

The official website for Oneida County: www.co.oneida.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Boonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Boonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4839, Longitude: -75.3360    









 

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