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 Como (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 Como. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Como is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Como. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Como:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Como)
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Dresserville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Summer Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Sempronius
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Montville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Locke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Moravia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Omro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Cascade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- East Genoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Austin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Killawog
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Upper Lisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Pitcher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Otselic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Beaver Meadow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Smithville Flats
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Scott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Little York
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- East Scott
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Preble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Munsons Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- East Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Cummings Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- DeRuyter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- New Woodstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Rippleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
- Chittenango Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Spafford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Otisco Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Assembly Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Amber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Mandana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Thorn Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Apulia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Cardiff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Berwyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Perry City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Mecklenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Kidders
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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>
- East Varick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Canoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Ovid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seneca Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Ketchumville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- West Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Candor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Groton City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McLean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Peruville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- West Groton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Freeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Lansing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Dryden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Lansing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Myers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Cayuga Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Como, see our County-by-County Page for Como.
Cemeteries Near Como ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Como.
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 Como - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Como covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Eaton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hinman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eaton Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Searles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Summerhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sempronius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Atwater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Scott Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lickville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Seven Day Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (479 more) ...
- Wilcox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Monaghan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Groton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Como in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Como.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Como, with the one closest to Como listed first.
- Summer Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Groton City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Sempronius
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Scott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Little York
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- East Scott
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Glen Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Cortland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Preble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Spafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spafford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Como. See our List of 1890's Communities around Como.
Newspapers Published in Como ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Como.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Como, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Como.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Como:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Como, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Como) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |