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 Deckertown (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 Deckertown. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Deckertown is located in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County: Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Deckertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deckertown:
- Schuyler County (The home county of Deckertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Montour Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Odessa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wedgewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Watkins Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Catharine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Moreland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bennettsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Townsend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Cayutaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Reading Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Atwaters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Willets
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- East Genoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Ledyard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Locke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Millport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Post Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Pioneer Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Horseheads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Erin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Big Flats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elmira
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Elmira
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Southport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Lodi
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Willard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Romulus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Hornby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Bradford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Keuka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Corning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Sonora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Painted Post
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- South Corning
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Catawba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Urbana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Coopers Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- North Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Lockwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Candor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Barton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Newfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Danby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Jacksonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Trumansburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Taughannock Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- South Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Ithaca
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- East Ithaca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Cayuga Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Forest Home
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Lansing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Glenora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Himrod
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Penn Yan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Angus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Yatesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Benton Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Italy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Bellona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Fassett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Gillett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Bentley Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- South Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Sayre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Coryland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Millerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Lawrenceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deckertown, see our County-by-County Page for Deckertown.
Cemeteries Near Deckertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deckertown.
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 Deckertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deckertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Cook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Settlement Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- County Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Millport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- Bennetsburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Burdett Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Deckertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deckertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deckertown, with the one closest to Deckertown listed first.
- Odessa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wedgewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Catharine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Watkins Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Moreland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Millport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bennettsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smith Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Valley is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Townsend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Beaver Dams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cayutaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Reading Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Valley
(8 miles [12.9 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 Deckertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deckertown.
Newspapers Published in Deckertown ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deckertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deckertown, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deckertown.
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 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 Deckertown:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Schuyler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Bradford County
- Tioga 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 Deckertown, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Deckertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |