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 Virgil (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 Virgil. 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 Virgil ...
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 Virgil: E. Virgil
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
East Virgil 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 Virgil. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Virgil:
- Cortland County (The home county of East Virgil)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- Messengerville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Lapeer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Marathon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McGraw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harford Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Cortland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- East River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Little York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- Killawog
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Upper Lisle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Glen Aubrey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Maine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Castle Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- West Chenango
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- New Ireland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Glen Castle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Kattellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- Summer Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Locke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Kelloggsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- 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
- Cascade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Omro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Niles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Atwaters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Chemung County
- Van Etten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- Pitcher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville Flats
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- South Otselic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greene
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Kirk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Beaver Meadow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Otselic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Haynes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Norwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- DeRuyter
(21 miles [33.8 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- Assembly Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Apulia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Spafford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Fabius
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Berwyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Otisco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Cardiff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Delphi Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- LaFayette
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Pompey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Amber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Schuyler County
- Perry City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- Ketchumville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Weltonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Candor
(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
- Hamar Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- West Candor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Gaskill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- North Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Campville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Owego
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- McLean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Groton City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Freeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Caroline Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Groton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- White Church
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Varna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Cayuga Heights
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Virgil, see our County-by-County Page for East Virgil.
Cemeteries Near East Virgil ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Virgil.
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 Virgil - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Virgil covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- Snyder Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Parker Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Quail Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hunts Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marathon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virgil Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bemis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Texas Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (468 more) ...
- Atwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harford Mills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 East Virgil had a population of 61 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Virgil, with the one closest to East Virgil listed first.
- Messengerville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Freetown Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Hunts Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hunts Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Marathon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virgil
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Texas Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
- Harford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harford Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Killawog
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Freetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Freetown is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Cortland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- South Cortland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Center Lisle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Center Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Lisle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Virgil. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Virgil.
Newspapers Published in East Virgil ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Virgil.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Virgil, 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 East Virgil.
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 East Virgil:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler 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 Virgil, 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' (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 Virgil) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |