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 Enfield (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 Enfield. 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 southwest 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 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.
Enfield 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 Enfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Enfield:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Enfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Newfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Taughannock Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Willow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Cayuga Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Trumansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Lansing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Myers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Broome County
- Manningville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Atwaters
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- East Genoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Ledyard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Black Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Locke
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willets
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Poplar Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Moravia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Montville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Millport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Van Etten
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Erin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pine Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Horseheads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Post Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Elmira Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Big Flats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Harford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Munsons Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Messengerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Scott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Scott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- McGraw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario County
- Billsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Cayutaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Perry City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Odessa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Logan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Catharine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Montour Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Interlaken
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Lodi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Hornby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Bradford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Keuka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- South Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Catawba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Sonora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Pulteney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Corning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- South Corning
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Hammondsport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- North Spencer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Candor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Lockwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Weltonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Newark Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Owego
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Glenora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Himrod
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Dresden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Angus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Keuka Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Penn Yan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bellona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Enfield, see our County-by-County Page for Enfield.
Cemeteries Near Enfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Enfield.
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 Enfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Enfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Christian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rolfe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rumsey Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Turnbulls Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Budd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carman Road Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McIntyre Settlement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Mecklenburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Connecticut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sebring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Enfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Enfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
- Trumbull Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trumbull Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull Corners
- Cayutaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smith Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smith Valley is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Newfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waterburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterburg is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterburg
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Perry City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ithaca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McKinneys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McKinneys is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinneys
- Willow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Taughannock Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Trumansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stratton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stratton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Reynoldsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Enfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Enfield.
Newspapers Published in Enfield ...
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 154 newspapers that have been published in the area around Enfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Enfield, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Enfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Enfield:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Yates 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> | 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 Enfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Enfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |