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Welcome to Cheningo ...

Cheningo is located in Cortland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cheningo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

Cheningo is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cheningo lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cheningo: 607

Communities near Cheningo ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cheningo.

  • Cortland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Homer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Homer is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <3>
  • Groton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Dryden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • McGraw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marathon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Tully
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • DeRuyter
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
  • Fabius
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Solon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Solon is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cheningo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cheningo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cheningo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cheningo.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cheningo. See our Newspapers Page for Cheningo.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cheningo ...

Looking for more information about Cheningo? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cheningo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cheningo.

Adding Cheningo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cheningo in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cheningo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cheningo post office opened in 1839. The Cheningo post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cheningo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Cortland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cheningo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/