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 Caroline (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 Caroline. 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.
Caroline is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Caroline. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Caroline:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Caroline)
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Caroline Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Dryden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Freeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Varna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Danby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- East Ithaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Forest Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- South Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Cayuga Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Ithaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Manningville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Killawog
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Glen Aubrey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Maine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- West Chenango
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Triangle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Castle Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Endicott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Endwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Summer Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Locke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Genoa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Dresserville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Montville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sempronius
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Atwaters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Cascade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Ledyard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Kelloggsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Omro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Black Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Van Etten
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Erin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Sullivanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Millport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chemung
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horseheads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Smithville Flats
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pitcher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Harford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Lapeer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Messengerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Marathon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McGraw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Solon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Little York
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- East Homer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Assembly Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Spafford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Tully
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Cayutaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Perry City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alpine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Catharine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Logan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Montour Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Watkins Glen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Hector
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Kidders
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- West Newark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Candor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newark Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Weltonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Ketchumville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- West Candor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- North Spencer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hullsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Gaskill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Owego
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Campville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Sayre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- South Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- West Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- Little Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Caroline, see our County-by-County Page for Caroline.
Cemeteries Near Caroline ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caroline.
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 Caroline - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Caroline covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Caroline Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Caroline Centre Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodrich Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mulks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dutch Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blair Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Speedsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (442 more) ...
- Harford Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornell Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenter Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Caroline had a population of 57 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Caroline, with the one closest to Caroline listed first.
- Caroline Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Speedsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Richford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Ellis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Besemer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Caroline Depot
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Caroline Depot is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Depot
- Willseyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jenksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jenksville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dryden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Berkshire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Caroline. See our List of 1890's Communities around Caroline.
Newspapers Published in Caroline ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Caroline.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caroline, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Caroline.
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 helpful 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 Caroline:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna 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> | 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 Caroline, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caroline) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |