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 Canoga Springs (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 Canoga Springs. 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.
Name Variations for Canoga Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Canoga Springs: Canoga Spgs. (or less commonly used: Canoga Spngs. or Canoga Sprngs.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Canoga Springs is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Canoga Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Canoga Springs:
- Seneca County (The home county of Canoga Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Canoga
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Seneca Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Waterloo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Romulus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tyre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Border City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Ovid
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Willard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Union Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cayuga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scipioville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Sherwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Willets
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Poplar Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Melrose Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Scott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Mandana
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Skaneateles
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mottville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Halfway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Amber
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Marcellus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Reef
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Marcellus Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Billsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Thompson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Castle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Flint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Gorham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clifton Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Searsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Hector
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Logan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Perry City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mecklenburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- North Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Burdett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Reading Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Steuben County
- Keuka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Trumansburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Lansing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Taughannock Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- West Groton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Jacksonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- East Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Myers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Groton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Clyde
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Mud Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Newark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Fairville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- South Sodus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- Wolcott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- York
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- East Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Huron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Angus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bellona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Seneca Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Penn Yan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Himrod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Keuka Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Potter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Rushville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Canoga Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Canoga Springs.
Cemeteries Near Canoga Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Canoga Springs.
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 Canoga Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Canoga Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Canoga Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Red Jacket Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burgh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fayette Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Columbkille Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ovid Street Pioneers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Michaels RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingdom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Restvale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Canoga Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Canoga Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Canoga Springs, with the one closest to Canoga Springs listed first.
- Canoga
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Fayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
- Seneca Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- East Varick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Levanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Levanna is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levanna
- Cayuga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- MacDougall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- MacDougall is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDougall
- Oakwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Waterloo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Romulus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scipioville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Canoga Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canoga Springs.
Newspapers Published in Canoga Springs ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Canoga Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Canoga Springs, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Canoga Springs.
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 Canoga Springs:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben 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> | 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 Canoga Springs, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Canoga Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |