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 Freeville (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 Freeville. 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 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.
Freeville is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Freeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freeville:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Freeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Peruville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Dryden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McLean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Groton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Varna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Groton City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- East Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Cayuga Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Besemer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- East Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Killawog
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Triangle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Castle Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- West Chenango
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- New Ireland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Summer Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Locke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Dresserville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Montville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sempronius
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Atwaters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Cascade
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Kelloggsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Ledyard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- New Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Van Etten
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Erin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Pitcher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Smithville Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Munsons Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Harford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Messengerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- McGraw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Little York
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- DeRuyter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Spafford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Assembly Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Tully
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Otisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Amber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Thorn Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Apulia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Rose Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Cardiff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Fabius
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Perry City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Searsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Alpine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Odessa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Burdett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hector
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Montour Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Kidders
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Candor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- North Spencer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- West Candor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Ketchumville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weltonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Hullsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Gaskill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Owego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yates County
- Glenora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freeville, see our County-by-County Page for Freeville.
Cemeteries Near Freeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freeville.
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 Freeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Willow Glen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Etna Community Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scofield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McLean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Groton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Groton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ellis Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cornell Lane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (439 more) ...
- Cobb Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Freeville had a population of 312 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Freeville had a population of 478 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freeville, with the one closest to Freeville listed first.
- Etna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dryden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- McLean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Dryden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Dryden is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dryden
- Groton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Varna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Ellis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ellis is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Forest Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Virgil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Cortland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Groton City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- East Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Asbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Asbury is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- McKinneys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McKinneys is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinneys
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freeville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Freeville ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freeville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Freeville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Freeville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Freeville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> of Freeville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Freeville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Yates 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 Freeville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Freeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |