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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 Erin Estates (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 Erin Estates. 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 Erin Estates ...
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 Erin Estates: Erin Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Erin Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Erin Estates.
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 hospitals and 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.
Erin Estates 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 Erin Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Erin Estates:
- Chemung County (The home county of Erin Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Erin
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sullivanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Van Etten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Horseheads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Owens Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Elmira Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Millport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elmira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Southport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- West Elmira
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Chemung
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cayuga County
- Atwaters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Harford Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Catharine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cayutaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Montour Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Wedgewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Beaver Dams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watkins Glen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Mecklenburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Interlaken
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- South Corning
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hornby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Caton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Painted Post
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Coopers Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Campbell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- South Bradford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Presho
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Lockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Candor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Smithboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Hoopers Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Lounsberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Nichols
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Owego
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- West Danby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Newfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Danby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- White Church
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- South Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- East Ithaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Ithaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Cayuga Heights
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Forest Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Jacksonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Slaterville Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Glenora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Fassett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- South Waverly
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Bentley Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Sayre
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Gillett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Middletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Berrytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Big Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Coryland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- East Smithfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Vawter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Bumpville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- Little Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Millerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Lawrenceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Roseville
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Tioga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Erin Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Erin Estates.
Cemeteries Near Erin Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Erin Estates.
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 Erin Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Erin Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Old Scotchtown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Scotchtown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Red Chalk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Breesport Old Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hilltop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rumsey - Getman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Swartwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ennis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Van Duzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Chemung Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hicks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (357 more) ...
- Wacomber Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Westbrook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Canfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Erin Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Erin Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Erin Estates, with the one closest to Erin Estates listed first.
- Erin
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Breesport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Swartwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Swartwood is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartwood
- North Chemung
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Chemung is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chemung
- Hicks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hicks is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Sullivanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Van Etten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cayuta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Horseheads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Elmira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elmira
- Owens Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Reniff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reniff is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reniff
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elmira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Erin Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Erin Estates.
Newspapers Published in Erin Estates ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Erin Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Erin Estates, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Erin Estates.
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 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 Erin Estates:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna 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> | 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 Erin Estates, 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- Erin Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |