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 Bunker (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 Bunker. 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 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.
Bunker is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Bunker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bunker:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Bunker)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Scipioville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Union Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Poplar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Oakwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Black Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Willets
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Melrose Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Cayuga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Scott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Preble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Slab City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- East River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Mandana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Skaneateles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mottville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Amber
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Elbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Halfway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Jordan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Otisco Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Billsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Dobbins Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Geneva
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Thompson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Flint
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clifton Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Searsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Logan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Mecklenburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hector
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- North Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Canoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- East Varick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Seneca Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Romulus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kidders
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Waterloo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Tyre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Willard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Border City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Taughannock Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Myers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Jacksonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Groton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Peruville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Lansing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Clyde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Wolcott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Red Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- South Sodus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Dresden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Angus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bellona
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Himrod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Penn Yan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dundee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Keuka Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Potter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bunker, see our County-by-County Page for Bunker.
Cemeteries Near Bunker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bunker.
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 Bunker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bunker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Gifford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Barber Corners Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Corners Quaker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barber Corners Quaker Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the north of Ledyard.
- The Barber Corners Quaker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Quaker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2457530 <3>
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Manchester Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eddy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Michaels RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Howland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (492 more) ...
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Bunker in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bunker.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bunker, with the one closest to Bunker listed first.
- Scipioville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Levanna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Levanna is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levanna
- Merrifield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Merrifield is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
- Mapleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Union Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cross Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Fleming
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Cayuga Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
- East Varick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Venice Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Venice Center is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice Center
- Canoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Willets
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bunker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bunker.
Newspapers Published in Bunker ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bunker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bunker, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bunker.
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 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 Bunker:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins 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> | 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- Bunker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Bunker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |