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 Brookhaven (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 Brookhaven. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Brookhaven is located in Chemung 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 Chemung County: Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Brookhaven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookhaven:
- Chemung County (The home county of Brookhaven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Millport
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pine Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Post Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Horseheads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Elmira Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Erin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Flats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Elmira
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Southport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Atwaters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Willets
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- East Genoa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Catharine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Montour Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Wedgewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Alpine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Watkins Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Townsend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Burdett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Cayutaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Lodi
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Willard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Hornby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- South Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- South Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Bradford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Painted Post
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Campbell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Coopers Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gang Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Sonora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Campbell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- North Spencer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lockwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Candor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Smithboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoopers Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Lounsberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Nichols
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Newfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Danby
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Jacksonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Ithaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Trumansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Taughannock Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Cayuga Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Forest Home
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Willow Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Glenora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Himrod
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Keuka Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Penn Yan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Fassett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Gillett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Bentley Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Coryland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Middletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- South Waverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Berrytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Sayre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- Big Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Columbia Cross Roads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Millerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Lawrenceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Roseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Tioga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookhaven, see our County-by-County Page for Brookhaven.
Cemeteries Near Brookhaven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookhaven.
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 Brookhaven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookhaven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Millport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parsons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Marsh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Van Duzer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (367 more) ...
- North Settlement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Post Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South School Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Brookhaven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brookhaven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookhaven, with the one closest to Brookhaven listed first.
- Millport
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pine Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Catharine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Sullivanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Wedgewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Post Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Alpine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Watkins Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Horseheads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cayuta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Townsend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Breesport
(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 Brookhaven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookhaven.
Newspapers Published in Brookhaven ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookhaven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookhaven, 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 Brookhaven.
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 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 Brookhaven:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Bradford County
- Tioga 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 Brookhaven, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brookhaven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |