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 Burk Hill (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 Burk Hill. 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 and 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.
Burk Hill is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee & Livingston.
Below are the counties that are near Burk Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burk Hill:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Burk Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- Perry Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Peoria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Covington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Warsaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Castile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gainesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Attica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hardys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- Wiscoy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Hume
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fillmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Swain
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Houghton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Canaseraga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Caneadea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Allen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Aristotle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Aristotle is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
- Oramel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oramel is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oramel
- Rushford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- Yorkshire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Delevan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- Crittenden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Alden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Williston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Protection
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Alden Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alden Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
- Porterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Akron Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Akron Junction is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Junction
- Akron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Looneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Looneyville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Town Line
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- Pavilion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Linden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- West Bethany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Le Roy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brookville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- East Alexander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Limerock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Stafford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alexander
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morganville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Fort Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Batavia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- Pine Tavern
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Leicester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
- Cuylerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Craigs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Mount Morris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Geneseo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Inverness
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- East Groveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Lewis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Nunda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kysorville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Groveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- Mumford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belcoda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belcoda is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
- Garbutt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Riga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Clifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Scottsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Rush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- North Rush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Churchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Manns Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Severance
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Severance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Moran Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Rush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- Richmond Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Canadice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Gulick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Bristol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- South Barre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Clarendon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Barre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
- Manning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Manning is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Holley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burk Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Burk Hill.
Cemeteries Near Burk Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burk Hill.
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 Burk Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burk Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- Lagrange Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Perry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Nash Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leicester Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Taunton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Covington Center Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- Carlton Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warsaw 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.<3>
While we didn't find Burk Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burk Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burk Hill, with the one closest to Burk Hill listed first.
- La Grange
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- La Grange is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Perry Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Perry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Peoria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saltvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Saltvale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltvale
- Warsaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oatka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oatka is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatka
- Covington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Leicester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
- Pavilion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Glen is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cuylerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Wadsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wadsworth is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
- Greigsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greigsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greigsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burk Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burk Hill.
Newspapers Published in Burk Hill ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burk Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burk Hill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burk Hill.
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 either 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 Burk Hill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Orleans County
- Steuben 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 Burk Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Burk Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |