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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 Cherry Creek (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 Cherry Creek. 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 Cherry Creek ...

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 Cherry Creek: Cherry Crk. (or less commonly used: Cherry Ck. or Cherry Cr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cherry Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cherry Creek.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Cherry Creek is located in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County: Cattaraugus, Erie, Erie (PA) & Warren (PA).

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

  • Chautauqua County     (The home county of Cherry Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Creek, with the one closest to Cherry Creek listed first.
    • Wango
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Wango is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wango
    • Sinclairville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Kennedy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Moons
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Moons is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
    • Gerry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Parcells Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Parcells Corners is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parcells Corners
    • Poland Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Poland Center is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Center
    • Ross Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ross Mills is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Mills
    • Cassadaga
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • South Stockton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • South Stockton is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Stockton
    • Forestville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Falconer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sheridan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cattaraugus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Creek, with the one closest to Cherry Creek listed first.
    • Leon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • South Dayton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Conewango
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Conewango is located in Cattaraugus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewango
    • Axeville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Axeville is located in Cattaraugus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axeville
    • Cottage
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
    • Persia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Persia is located in Cattaraugus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
    • East Randolph
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Randolph is located in Cattaraugus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
      • Estimated population in 2012: 615 people
    • Randolph
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cattaraugus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Perrysburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Napoli
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Napoli is located in Cattaraugus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoli
    • Otto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Gowanda
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gowanda is located in Cattaraugus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowanda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,524 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gowanda <1>
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Creek, with the one closest to Cherry Creek listed first.
    • Brant
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Farnham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Shirley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shirley is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Lake Erie Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lake Erie Beach is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Erie Beach
    • North Collins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Morton Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Morton Corners is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corners
    • Angola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Pontiac
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Pontiac is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
    • Angola-on-the-Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Angola-on-the-Lake is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola-on-the-Lake
    • Wyandale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wyandale is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandale
    • Concord
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Concord is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Eden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Springville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Warren County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Creek, with the one closest to Cherry Creek listed first.
    • Sugar Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Putnamville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Putnamville is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
    • Sugar Run ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Run is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Run
    • Bear Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lottsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lottsville is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
    • Hemlock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hemlock is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
    • Kinzua ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Kinzua is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua

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

Cemeteries Near Cherry Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cherry Creek.

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 Cherry Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Highland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Leon Hollow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • West Amish Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Treat Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treat Cemetery
    • The Treat Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Leon Center Cemetery
    • Leon Union Cemetery
    • Treat Memorial Cemetery
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66536 <2>
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Little Clear Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamlet Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rutledge Rural Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Villenova Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Gerry Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kendell Flats Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (211 more) ...
    • Burnham Hollow Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Luce Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Charlotte Center Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cherry Creek had a population of 676 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2019, Cherry Creek had a population of 431 people.

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

  • Conewango Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Leon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ellington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hamlet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hamlet is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
  • Clear Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Clear Creek is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
  • Conewango
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Conewango is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewango
  • South Dayton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Charlotte Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Charlotte Center is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte Center
  • Sinclairville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Waterboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Waterboro is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterboro
  • East Leon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • East Leon is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leon
  • Markhams
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Markhams is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markhams
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Wango
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Wango is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wango
    • Griswold
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Griswold is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
    • Kennedy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cherry Creek ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherry Creek.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cherry Creek. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cherry Creek and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cherry Creek.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of Cherry Creek.

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 Cherry Creek:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cherry Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Cherry Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.