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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 Freetown (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 Freetown. 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 Freetown ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Freetown: E. Freetown
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Freetown. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Freetown.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
East Freetown is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near East Freetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Freetown:
- Cortland County (The home county of East Freetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- Solon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- McGraw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Messengerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Marathon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Lapeer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Crains Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Cortland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Truxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- Killawog
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Manningville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Triangle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Whitney Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glen Aubrey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Quinneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- Maine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- West Chenango
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Glen Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- Summer Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Locke
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Montville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Kelloggsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Omro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- East Genoa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Niles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- Pitcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville Flats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Otselic Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Kirk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Beaver Meadow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Otselic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Greene
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oxford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Haynes
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- DeRuyter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Rippleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Earlville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Randallsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- Bingley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bingley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
- Hamilton Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- Assembly Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Apulia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Fabius
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Berwyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Delphi Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Spafford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Cardiff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- LaFayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Log City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Log City is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
- Otisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- Ketchumville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Weltonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Hullsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Candor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Gaskill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- Groton City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- McLean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dryden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Freeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Groton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Caroline Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Groton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Besemer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- East Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Varna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Freetown, see our County-by-County Page for East Freetown.
Cemeteries Near East Freetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Freetown.
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 Freetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Freetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- Loope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Freetown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hawley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Texas Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Cincinnatus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holmes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cincinnatus Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Taylor Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Snyder Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 in 1895, East Freetown had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Freetown, with the one closest to East Freetown listed first.
- Freetown Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Solon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Taylor Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Valley
- Texas Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
- Cincinnatus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Taylor is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Taylor Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Center is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Center
- Messengerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Willet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pitcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Virgil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Virgil is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Virgil
- Marathon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cheningo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cheningo is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheningo
- Blodgett Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pitcher Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Freetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Freetown.
Newspapers Published in East Freetown ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Freetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Freetown, 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 East Freetown.
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 East Freetown:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga 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> | 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 East Freetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Freetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |