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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 Galatia (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 Galatia. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Galatia 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 Galatia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Galatia:

  • Cortland County     (The home county of Galatia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galatia, with the one closest to Galatia listed first.
    • Marathon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Messengerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Messengerville is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
    • Lapeer
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lapeer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
    • Solon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Solon is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
    • McGraw
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Harford Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
    • Harford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cortland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Munsons Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
    • East Homer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • East River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Homer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
  • Broome County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galatia, with the one closest to Galatia listed first.
    • Killawog
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Upper Lisle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
    • Manningville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Manningville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
    • Lisle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Whitney Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Triangle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Triangle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
    • Glen Aubrey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Castle Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Castle Creek is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
    • West Chenango
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • West Chenango is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
    • Maine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Maine is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
    • Quinneville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Quinneville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
    • Glen Castle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Glen Castle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galatia, with the one closest to Galatia listed first.
    • Summer Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • Dresserville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
    • Sempronius
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • Locke
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Montville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Montville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • Moravia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • East Genoa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
    • Kelloggsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • New Hope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Omro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
    • Cascade
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galatia, with the one closest to Galatia listed first.
    • Pitcher
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithville Flats
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Adams Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
    • South Otselic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greene
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Otselic Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
    • Beaver Meadow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
    • Kirk
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kirk is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
    • Oxford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Otselic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
    • Plymouth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Haynes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Haynes is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galatia, with the one closest to Galatia listed first.
    • DeRuyter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Puckerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Puckerville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
    • New Woodstock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • New Woodstock is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
    • Union
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Union is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Rippleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Rippleton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
    • Earlville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galatia, with the one closest to Galatia listed first.
    • Assembly Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
    • Tully
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Apulia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Fabius
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Otisco Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
    • Spafford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
    • Berwyn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
    • Delphi Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Otisco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
    • Cardiff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • LaFayette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Pompey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Tioga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galatia, with the one closest to Galatia listed first.
    • Ketchumville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
    • Newark Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • West Newark
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • West Newark is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
    • Weltonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Weltonville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
    • Hullsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hullsville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
    • Candor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamar Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
    • Gaskill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Gaskill is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
    • West Candor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Candor is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
    • Campville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Campville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
    • Owego
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Apalachin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galatia, with the one closest to Galatia listed first.
    • Dryden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • McLean
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Groton City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • Freeville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Caroline Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
    • Peruville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
    • Slaterville Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Groton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • White Church
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • White Church is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
    • Besemer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Besemer is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
    • Varna
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Varna is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
    • Forest Home
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home

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

Cemeteries Near Galatia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Galatia.

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 Galatia - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Marathon Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Texas Valley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Freetown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Snyder Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Quail Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Parker Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hunts Corners Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bemis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Killawog Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Green Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Turner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Killawog Hill Road Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killawog Hill Road Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Killawog Hill Road Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Killawog.
  • Continue List   (466 more) ...
    • Route 11 Burial Ground
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Willet Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Loope 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.<3>

While we didn't find Galatia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Galatia.

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

  • Marathon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Texas Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
  • Freetown Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
  • Messengerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Messengerville is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
  • East Virgil
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • East Virgil is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Virgil
  • Hunts Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunts Corners is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
  • Killawog
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • East Freetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • East Freetown is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
  • Willet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Upper Lisle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
  • Cincinnatus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Solon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Solon is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Blodgett Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Center Lisle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Center Lisle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Lisle
    • Penelope
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Penelope is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope

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

Newspapers Published in Galatia ...

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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Galatia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Galatia, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Galatia.

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 Galatia:

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 Galatia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Galatia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.