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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 Campbell (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 Campbell. 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.

Campbell is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Chenango, Cortland, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Madison County     (The home county of Campbell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Randallsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Randallsville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
    • Hamilton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • West Eaton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Eaton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
    • Pecksport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecksport is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
    • Morrisville Station
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Morrisville Station is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Station
    • Pine Woods
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Pine Woods is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Woods
    • Earlville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamilton Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
    • Morrisville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bouckville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Hamilton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • East Hamilton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
    • Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Otselic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
    • Smyrna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Otselic Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
    • Beaver Meadow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
    • Sherburne
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kirk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Kirk is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
    • North Norwich
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • North Norwich is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
    • Plymouth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • South Otselic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbus is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Button City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Button City is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
    • New Berlin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Crains Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
    • Truxton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Solon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Solon is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
    • Cummings Crossing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
    • East Homer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • Slab City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Slab City is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
    • East River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Preble
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • McGraw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Little York
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
    • East Scott
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • East Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
    • Pratt Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • West Winfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Norwich Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Cedarville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Chepachet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Chepachet is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet
    • Millers Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Millers Mills is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Mills
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Oriskany Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stockwell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stockwell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
    • Augusta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Augusta is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
    • Sangerfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Waterville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherrill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bridgewater
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Oneida Castle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • Vernon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Cassville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Clinton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • North Bridgewater
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • North Bridgewater is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bridgewater
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Delphi Falls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Pompey Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
    • Fabius
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Watervale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Watervale is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
    • Eagle Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Berwyn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
    • Log City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Log City is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
    • Pompey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Manlius
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Apulia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Mycenae
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
    • Fayetteville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • South Edmeston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • South Edmeston is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edmeston
    • Edmeston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Pittsfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pittsfield is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
    • Burlington Flats
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Plainfield Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Plainfield Center is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Center
    • West Burlington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Garrattsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Morris
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Patent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Patent is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
    • Gilbertsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Welcome
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Welcome is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • Copes Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner

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

Cemeteries Near Campbell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campbell.

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 Campbell - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lebanon Valley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Shapley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Eaton Village Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hawk Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Niles Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Colgate Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Madison Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • West Eaton Village Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Earlville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Woods Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (451 more) ...
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Morrisville Rural Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Rural Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Morrisville Rural Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Morrisville.
    • Bonney 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 Campbell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Campbell.

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

  • Lebanon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lebanon is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Randallsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Randallsville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
  • Hamilton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • West Eaton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Eaton is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
  • Eaton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pecksport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pecksport is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
  • Earlville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Poolville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Poolville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolville
  • Pine Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pine Woods is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Woods
  • Morrisville Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Morrisville Station is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Station
  • Georgetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bouckville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Otselic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
    • East Hamilton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • East Hamilton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
    • Hubbardsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Campbell ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campbell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campbell, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campbell.

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 Campbell:

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 Campbell, 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' (or 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- Campbell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.