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 Burdett (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 Burdett. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Burdett is located in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County: Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Burdett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burdett:
- Schuyler County (The home county of Burdett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Bennettsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Watkins Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Montour Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reading Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Odessa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Cayutaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Catharine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Townsend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Atwaters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- East Genoa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Aurora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Locke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Moravia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Montville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Millport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Sullivanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pioneer Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Horseheads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Erin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Big Flats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elmira Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Elmira
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Southport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Billsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gorham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Lodi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Ovid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kidders
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Romulus
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Bradford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hornby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Keuka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- South Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Catawba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Sonora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Urbana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- South Pulteney
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- East Campbell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Hammondsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Campbell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Painted Post
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- North Spencer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Lockwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Candor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Trumansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Taughannock Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Willow Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Ithaca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- South Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- West Danby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Lake Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Myers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Cayuga Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Ithaca
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Glenora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Himrod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Penn Yan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Angus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Benton Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bellona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Italy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Bradford County (PA)
- Fassett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Tioga County (PA)
- Millerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burdett, see our County-by-County Page for Burdett.
Cemeteries Near Burdett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burdett.
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 Burdett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burdett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Burdett Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bennetsburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Reading Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (404 more) ...
- Rock Stream Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Coe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highland 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Burdett had a population of 328 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Burdett had a population of 311 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burdett, with the one closest to Burdett listed first.
- Bennettsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Watkins Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Reading Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Smith Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smith Valley is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Reynoldsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Rock Stream
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Odessa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- North Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Townsend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Catharine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Cayutaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burdett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burdett.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Burdett ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burdett.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Burdett. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Burdett and those printed in the larger area surrounding Burdett.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Burdett.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Burdett:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Schuyler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Ontario 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> | 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> | 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 Burdett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burdett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |