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 Fremont (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 Fremont. 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.
Fremont 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 Fremont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fremont:
- Steuben County (The home county of Fremont)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
- Stephens Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- Jobs Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- Haskinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- North Hornell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Arkport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hornell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Howard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Canisteo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cohocton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hartsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Wayland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Adrian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
- Bishopville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Almond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canaseraga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garwoods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Swain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <1>
- Alfred
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alfred is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
- Alfred has also been known as:
- Alfred village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alfred <1>
- West Almond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Almond is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Almond
- Phillips Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Creek
- Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Aristotle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Aristotle is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
- Elm Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Valley is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Valley
- Angelica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Allen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
- Dansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cumminsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Woodsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Springwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Sparta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Websters Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dalton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kysorville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Groveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nunda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Maple Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- East Groveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
- Naples
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gulick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- West Canadice Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Canadice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- Richmond Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Schuyler County
- Wayne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
- East Koy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Castile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pike
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
- Italy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Vine Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Barrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Potter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Potter County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
- North Bingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Bingham is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bingham
- North Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Fork is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Genesee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Genesee is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
- Tioga County (PA)
- Austinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Austinburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fremont, see our County-by-County Page for Fremont.
Cemeteries Near Fremont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fremont.
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 Fremont - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fremont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
- Fremont Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Amos White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Big Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haskinsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beachville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arkport Heritage Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Pennsylvania Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anns Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Hornell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65923 <2>
- Continue List (379 more) ...
- Temple Beth El Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- O'Dell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Fremont in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fremont.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
- Stephens Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- Big Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Haskinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- Arkport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burns
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burns is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Bishopville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Howard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Almond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rogersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rogersville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Canisteo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Canaseraga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wallace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cohocton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perkinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fremont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fremont.
Newspapers Published in Fremont ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fremont.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fremont, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fremont.
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 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 Fremont:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Steuben County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Wyoming County
- Yates 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 Fremont, 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- Fremont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |