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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 Gabriels Junction (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 Gabriels Junction. 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 Gabriels Junction ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Gabriels Junction: Gabriels Jct. (or less commonly used: Gabriels Jctn.)
- While the name of this community is Gabriels Junction, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Gabriels Junction may originally have been Gabriel's Junction.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Gabriels Junction might be written as Gabriel Junction.
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 southeast 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 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.
Gabriels Junction is located in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County: Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Gabriels Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gabriels Junction:
- Schuyler County (The home county of Gabriels Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Reading Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burdett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Watkins Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Bennettsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- North Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Logan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Wedgewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Montour Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Moreland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Odessa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Atwaters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Aurora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Poplar Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Locke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Millport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Sullivanville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pioneer Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Horseheads
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Big Flats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elmira Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Erin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Elmira
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Van Etten
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Billsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Naples
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Lodi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <2>
- Ovid
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kidders
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Romulus
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Keuka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- South Bradford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Hornby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Sonora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Catawba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Urbana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- South Pulteney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Hammondsport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Campbell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Savona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- North Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Lockwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Trumansburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Newfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Willow Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Lake Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Ithaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- West Danby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Myers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Cayuga Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Ithaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Glenora
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Himrod
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Penn Yan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Angus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Yatesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Benton Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bradford County (PA)
- Fassett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Tioga County (PA)
- Millerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gabriels Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Gabriels Junction.
Cemeteries Near Gabriels Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gabriels Junction.
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 Gabriels Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gabriels Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Reading Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- County Line Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Burdett Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rock Stream Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bennetsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Townsend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Sugar Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakemont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Gabriels Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gabriels Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gabriels Junction, with the one closest to Gabriels Junction listed first.
- Reading Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rock Stream
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Watkins Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Burdett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bennettsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- North Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Townsend
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Wedgewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Logan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glenora
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Altay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Altay is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altay
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Moreland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Reynoldsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Starkey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Starkey is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gabriels Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gabriels Junction.
Newspapers Published in Gabriels Junction ...
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 Gabriels Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gabriels Junction, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gabriels Junction.
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 Gabriels Junction:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Schuyler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Ontario County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Bradford County
- Tioga County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Gabriels Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Gabriels Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |