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 East Elmira (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 East Elmira. 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 East Elmira ...
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 East Elmira: E. Elmira
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 southeast 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 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.
East Elmira is located in Chemung 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 Chemung County: Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near East Elmira. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Elmira:
- Chemung County (The home county of East Elmira)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Elmira, with the one closest to East Elmira listed first.
- Elmira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wellsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Southport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- West Elmira
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Elmira Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Owens Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Horseheads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chemung
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Erin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Webb Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Sullivanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Elmira, with the one closest to East Elmira listed first.
- Alpine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Catharine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Montour Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Cayutaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Watkins Glen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Townsend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Bennettsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mecklenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Elmira, with the one closest to East Elmira listed first.
- Caton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- South Corning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Corning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Hornby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Painted Post
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Lindley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Presho
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Coopers Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Campbell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Addison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Elmira, with the one closest to East Elmira listed first.
- Lockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hoopers Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Nichols
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Candor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Lounsberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Candor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Nichols
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Hamar Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Elmira, with the one closest to East Elmira listed first.
- West Danby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Newfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Danby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- White Church
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- South Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Caroline Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- East Ithaca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Ithaca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Slaterville Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Cayuga Heights
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Yates County
- Glenora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Elmira, with the one closest to East Elmira listed first.
- Fassett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Bentley Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Gillett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Middletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- South Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Berrytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Sayre
(12 miles [19.3 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>
- Big Pond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Coryland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Athens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Smithfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Columbia Cross Roads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Wetona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Elmira, with the one closest to East Elmira listed first.
- Millerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Roseville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Lawrenceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Mainesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Tioga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Farmington Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook
- Morris Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Run is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Run
- Elkland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Elmira, see our County-by-County Page for East Elmira.
Cemeteries Near East Elmira ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Elmira.
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 East Elmira - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Elmira covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Elmira, with the one closest to East Elmira listed first.
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Miller Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Elmira.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327442 <3>
- Scudder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elliott - Searles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wacomber Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Chemung Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Roushy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ashland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Second Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Doty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 East Elmira had a population of 57 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Elmira, with the one closest to East Elmira listed first.
- Lowman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Chemung
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Chemung is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chemung
- Elmira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Southport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Wellsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fassett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Ridgebury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgebury is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Pine City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chemung
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Owens Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Hicks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Horseheads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Breesport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Webb Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Seeley Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Seeley Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Elmira. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Elmira.
Newspapers Published in East Elmira ...
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 159 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Elmira.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Elmira, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Elmira.
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 East Elmira:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Schuyler 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> | 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- East Elmira) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 East Elmira, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |