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 Gibson Landing (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 Gibson Landing. 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 Gibson Landing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Gibson Landing: Gibson Lndg. (or less commonly used: Gibson Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Gibson Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gibson Landing.
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 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.
Gibson Landing 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 Gibson Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gibson Landing:
- Steuben County (The home county of Gibson Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Catawba
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Keuka
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- South Pulteney
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Prattsburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Hammondsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Cold Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Hermitage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Sonora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Atwaters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Post Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Millport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Big Flats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Horseheads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Sullivanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Elmira Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Springwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cumminsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Woodsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Naples
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Gulick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Gorham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cottage City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Billsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Flint
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Bristol Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Canadice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hector
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Townsend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Burdett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Logan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Watkins Glen
(16 miles [25.7 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 <1>
- Beaver Dams
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wedgewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Bennettsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Moreland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Lodi
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ovid
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Interlaken
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Romulus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- East Varick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Border City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Kuneytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Trumansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Taughannock Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Lake Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Willow Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Newfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Barrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Italy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Glenora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Yatesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Himrod
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Penn Yan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Potter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Benton Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gibson Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Gibson Landing.
Cemeteries Near Gibson Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gibson Landing.
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 Gibson Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gibson Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Shuart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McDowell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gobel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glenview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Depew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jacobus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pelton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Free Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Branchport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (403 more) ...
- Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Gibson Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gibson Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gibson Landing, with the one closest to Gibson Landing listed first.
- Catawba
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Pulteney
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Grove Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
- Keuka
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- South Pulteney
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crosby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crosby is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
- North Urbana
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Urbana
- Crystal Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Weston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weston is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Barrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Branchport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prattsburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Hammondsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gibson Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gibson Landing.
Newspapers Published in Gibson Landing ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gibson Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gibson Landing, 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 Gibson Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Gibson Landing:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Steuben County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins 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 Gibson Landing, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gibson Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |