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 Dryden (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 Dryden. 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 northwest 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 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.
Dryden is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Dryden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dryden:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Dryden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Freeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McLean
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peruville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slaterville Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Varna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Groton City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Besemer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Caroline Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Cayuga Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Ithaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Forest Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Killawog
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Triangle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Castle Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- West Chenango
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- New Ireland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Endicott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Summer Hill
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Locke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- East Genoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Montville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Sempronius
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Moravia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Atwaters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Cascade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- New Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Ledyard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Van Etten
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Erin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Pitcher
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smithville Flats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Greene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Harford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Harford Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Cortland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Messengerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGraw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marathon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- East River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Little York
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- DeRuyter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Spafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Assembly Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Tully
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Mandana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Apulia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Amber
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Cardiff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Thorn Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Fabius
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn
(29 miles [46.7 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 Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Perry City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Catharine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hector
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Montour Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Kidders
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Candor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Ketchumville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- North Spencer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Hamar Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Weltonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Spencer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hullsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Gaskill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Owego
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dryden, see our County-by-County Page for Dryden.
Cemeteries Near Dryden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dryden.
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 Dryden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dryden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Willow Glen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Scofield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenter Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cornell Lane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McLean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Etna Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Virgil Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peruville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McAllister Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (448 more) ...
- Dutch Reformed Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mulks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dryden had a population of 663 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Dryden had a population of 1,996 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dryden, with the one closest to Dryden listed first.
- Freeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McLean
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Etna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Virgil
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peruville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Ellis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- South Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- West Dryden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Dryden is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dryden
- Varna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Slaterville Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Caroline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Harford Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dryden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dryden.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dryden ...
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 176 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dryden.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dryden. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dryden and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dryden.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Dryden.
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 Dryden:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca 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 Dryden, 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 from Point A (ie- Dryden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |