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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 Fairville (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 Fairville. 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.

Fairville is located in Wayne County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wayne County: Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario & Seneca.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Fairville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Fairville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Glerum Farm Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glerum Farm Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glerum Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Culver Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lyons Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyons Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyons Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Zurich Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zurich Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zurich Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hopkins Burying Ground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopkins Burying Ground
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopkins Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Palmyra Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Newark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Old Houser Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Houser Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Houser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gilbert Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilbert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilbert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (390 more) ...

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fairville had a population of 170 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Zurich
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
    • Zurich is located in Wayne County
  • East Palmyra
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Newark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lyons
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • South Sodus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Joy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
    • Joy is located in Wayne County
  • Port Gibson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sodus Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sodus Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodus Center
    • Sodus Center is located in Wayne County
  • Lock Berlin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lock Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Berlin
    • Lock Berlin is located in Wayne County
  • Palmyra
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • East Williamson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Williamson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williamson
      • East Williamson is located in Wayne County
    • Alton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Alton is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
    • Wallington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallington
      • Wallington is located in Wayne County

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

Newspapers Published in Fairville ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Fairville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fairville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wayne County: www.co.wayne.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Fairville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fairville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1158, Longitude: -77.0790    









 

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