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 Erwins (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 Erwins. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Erwins is located in Steuben 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 Steuben County: Allegany, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Yates, Potter (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Erwins. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Erwins:
- Steuben County (The home county of Erwins)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwins, with the one closest to Erwins listed first.
- Gang Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Presho
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Coopers Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Painted Post
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Addison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Corning
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Corning
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lindley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Campbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Caton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Campbell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Van Vleet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwins, with the one closest to Erwins listed first.
- Big Flats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sagetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Post Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Webb Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Pine City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Elmira
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Elmira Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Elmira
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Horseheads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Southport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Pine Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwins, with the one closest to Erwins listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Townsend
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Wedgewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Montour Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catharine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Wayne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Reading Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Reading
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Alpine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burdett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tioga County
- Lockwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwins, with the one closest to Erwins listed first.
- Glenora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwins, with the one closest to Erwins listed first.
- Coryland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Fassett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Gillett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Austinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Berrytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Bentley Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Columbia Cross Roads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Sylvania
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Big Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Covert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Covert is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Wetona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Potter County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwins, with the one closest to Erwins listed first.
- North Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Fork is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Elmer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elmer is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Harrison Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Valley is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Valley
- Hector
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hector is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwins, with the one closest to Erwins listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Elkland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Millerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Osceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Tioga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hammond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Knoxville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Austinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Austinburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinburg
- Keeneyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Keeneyville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Cowanesque
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowanesque is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowanesque
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Erwins, see our County-by-County Page for Erwins.
Cemeteries Near Erwins ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Erwins.
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 Erwins - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Erwins covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Erwins, with the one closest to Erwins listed first.
- Erwins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jones - Erwin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Addison Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Addison Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Addison.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #195251 <2>
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Catholic Cemetery
- The Old Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St. Catherines Cemetery
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pritchard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard Cemetery
- The Pritchard Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knoxville Old Presbyterian Cemetery
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
- High Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West High Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Knoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coopers Plains Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (346 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hope Cemetery Annex
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Erwins in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Erwins.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Erwins, with the one closest to Erwins listed first.
- Presho
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Painted Post
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Addison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lindley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Corning
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Addison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Addison is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Addison
- Curtis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Curtis is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Gibson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gibson is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Freeman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Caton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- East Campbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Van Vleet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Campbell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Erwins. See our List of 1890's Communities around Erwins.
Newspapers Published in Erwins ...
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 Erwins.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Erwins, 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 Erwins.
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 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 Erwins:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Steuben County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chemung County
- Schuyler County
- Tioga County
- Yates County
- Bradford County
- Potter 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> | 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 Erwins, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Erwins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |