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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 Ennerdale (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 Ennerdale. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Ennerdale is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.

Below are the counties that are near Ennerdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ennerdale:

  • Ontario County     (The home county of Ennerdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.
    • Hopewell Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
    • Flint
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Seneca Castle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shortsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gorham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Canandaigua
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
      • Canandaigua has also been known as:
      • Canadaigua
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
    • Clifton Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Manchester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Melvin Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
    • Cottage City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cottage City is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
    • Phelps
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hall
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.
    • Cayuga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Union Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Aurora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Cross Roads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Oakwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Willets
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Scipioville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
    • Black Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Poplar Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Sherwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Port Byron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
      • Former name for Port Byron:
      • Bucksville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
    • Ledyard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.
    • Lima
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
    • Livonia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Springwater
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Foots Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
    • Websters Crossing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sleggs Landing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Avon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Maple Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • East Groveland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.
    • Mendon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ford Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • Fairport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Honeoye Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • East Rochester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East Rochester is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
    • Pittsford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Penfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Moran Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
    • Rush
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Henrietta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Brighton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brighton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Manns Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.
    • Wayne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Hector
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.
    • Border City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Waterloo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Seneca Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Romulus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kuneytown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Tyre
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Willard
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Canoga
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • East Varick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Ovid
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lodi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Interlaken
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.
    • Prattsburgh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • South Pulteney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Catawba
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • Keuka
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Atlanta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Urbana
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Wayland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cohocton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.
    • Newark
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Palmyra
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Yellow Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • East Palmyra
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • Mud Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
    • Macedon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Marquart Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Lyons
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Macedon Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Fairville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Fairville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • Huddle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • Marion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.
    • Rushville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Potter
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Bellona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Benton Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Vine Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Yatesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Angus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Penn Yan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dresden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Seneca Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Keuka Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Italy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ennerdale, see our County-by-County Page for Ennerdale.

Cemeteries Near Ennerdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ennerdale.

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 Ennerdale - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ennerdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.

  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Buchan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Benhan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Moore Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • County Home Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Reed's Corners Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Herrington Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pickett's Corners Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Theresa Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wheat Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (454 more) ...
    • Orleans Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Macaulay Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Gorham 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ennerdale had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ennerdale, with the one closest to Ennerdale listed first.

  • Hopewell Center
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
  • Reed Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
  • Flint
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Flint is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Seneca Castle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Orleans
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Orleans is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Gorham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Shortsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Canandaigua
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
    • Canandaigua has also been known as:
    • Canadaigua
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
  • Manchester Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Manchester Center is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
  • Manchester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Clifton Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Phelps Junction
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Phelps Junction is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps Junction
    • Cheshire
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cheshire is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
    • Rushville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ennerdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ennerdale.

Newspapers Published in Ennerdale ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ennerdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ennerdale, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ennerdale.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Ennerdale:

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 Ennerdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ennerdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.