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 Crum Town (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 Crum Town. 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 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.
Crum Town is located in Tioga 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 Tioga County: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Susquehanna (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Crum Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crum Town:
- Tioga County (The home county of Crum Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- West Candor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Spencer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Candor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Weltonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- West Newark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Lockwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newark Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Owego
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lounsberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Gaskill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- Maine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Manningville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Glen Aubrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Endicott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Killawog
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Endwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vestal
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Whitney Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Ireland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Willow Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Castle Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- East Genoa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Summer Hill
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Atwaters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Locke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- Van Etten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Sullivanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Chemung
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Horseheads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Elmira Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Southport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- Harford Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Marathon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Munsons Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGraw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- Alpine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Catharine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perry City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montour Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Watkins Glen
(23 miles [37 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>
- Wedgewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Searsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- Interlaken
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Steuben County
- Hornby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- Danby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- White Church
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- West Danby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Besemer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Caroline Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Ithaca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- South Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Forest Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Ithaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Varna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Cayuga Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Yates County
- Glenora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- Sayre
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vawter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Bumpville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- North Orwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- West Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Warren Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- Bentley Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Fassett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Gillett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Big Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- Little Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Friendsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crum Town, see our County-by-County Page for Crum Town.
Cemeteries Near Crum Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crum Town.
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 Crum Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crum Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- West Candor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Michael Handy Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Danby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fisher Settlement Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baptist Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ferris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Candor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smith Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Spencer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Schumacher Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (407 more) ...
- Green & Mettler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Danby Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Crum Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crum Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crum Town, with the one closest to Crum Town listed first.
- West Candor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Spencer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Willseyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Candor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Van Etten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Danby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- White Church
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- West Danby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Halsey Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Halsey Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halsey Valley
- Straits Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Straits Corners is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Corners
- Swartwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Swartwood is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Caroline Depot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Caroline Depot is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Depot
- Stratton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stratton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- North Barton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Barton is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crum Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crum Town.
Newspapers Published in Crum Town ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crum Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crum Town, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crum Town.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Crum Town:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tompkins County
- Yates 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> | 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 Crum Town, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crum Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |