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 Fair Haven (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 Fair Haven. 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 Fair Haven ...
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.
Another variation: Fairhaven.
- A typical abbreviation for Fair Haven: Fair Hvn. (or less commonly used: Fair Havn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fair Haven. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fair Haven.
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 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.
Fair Haven 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 Fair Haven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fair Haven:
- Cortland County (The home county of Fair Haven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Scott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Preble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Little York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Slab City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Homer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Truxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cortland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Killawog
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Upper Lisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Sempronius
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- New Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Dresserville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Kelloggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Niles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Montville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Omro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Summer Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Cascade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Locke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Pitcher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Otselic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Otselic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Beaver Meadow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- DeRuyter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- New Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Rippleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
- Chittenango Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
- Chittenango
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
- Chittenango Springs
- Bolivar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Sullivan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Spafford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Otisco Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Otisco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Assembly Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Amber
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Mandana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Thorn Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Rose Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Cardiff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Apulia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- LaFayette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Perry City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Kidders
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Canoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- East Varick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Ovid
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seneca Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Groton City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Groton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Groton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- McLean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Peruville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- North Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- East Lansing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Freeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dryden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Myers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fair Haven, see our County-by-County Page for Fair Haven.
Cemeteries Near Fair Haven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fair Haven.
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 Fair Haven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fair Haven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Wilcox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Seven Day Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Brook Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spafford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sempronius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Searles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bromley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Otisco Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (475 more) ...
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stanton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Fair Haven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fair Haven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fair Haven, with the one closest to Fair Haven listed first.
- Glen Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- South Spafford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spafford
- Spafford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Sempronius
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Scott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Otisco Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- New Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Dresserville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Kelloggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Preble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tully Lake Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tully Lake Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully Lake Park
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Otisco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Little York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Borodino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Borodino is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borodino
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fair Haven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fair Haven.
Newspapers Published in Fair Haven ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fair Haven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fair Haven, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fair Haven.
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 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 Fair Haven:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca 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> | 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- Fair Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fair Haven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |