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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 Glenmark (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 Glenmark. 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 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.

Glenmark is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario & Seneca.

Below are the counties that are near Glenmark. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glenmark:

  • Wayne County     (The home county of Glenmark)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmark, with the one closest to Glenmark listed first.
    • York
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • York is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Huron
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Wayne Center
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
    • South Sodus
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • Wolcott
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • North Huron
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • North Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
    • Furnace Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
    • Sodus Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clyde
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • South Butler
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • South Butler is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
    • Sodus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Fairville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmark, with the one closest to Glenmark listed first.
    • Victory
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Fair Haven
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • North Victory
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
    • Cato
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Sterling Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
    • Ira
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • Meridian
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Port Byron
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
      • Former name for Port Byron:
      • Bucksville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
    • North Sterling
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
    • Weedsport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayuga
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Throop
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Throop is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmark, with the one closest to Glenmark listed first.
    • Webster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Fairport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Penfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • East Rochester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • East Rochester is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmark, with the one closest to Glenmark listed first.
    • Lysander
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lysander is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
    • Jordan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Plainville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jacksonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jacks Reef
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
    • Little Utica
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
    • Elbridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Memphis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Wrights Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • Halfway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Mottville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Baldwinsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmark, with the one closest to Glenmark listed first.
    • Thompson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Thompson is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • West Junius
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • West Junius is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • Port Gibson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Phelps
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dobbins Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Clifton Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Melvin Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
    • Geneva
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Manchester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Seneca Castle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Shortsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hopewell Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmark, with the one closest to Glenmark listed first.
    • Hannibal
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairdale is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
    • Southwest Oswego
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
    • Bowens Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
    • Furniss
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Furniss is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
    • Granby Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Granby Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
    • Oswego Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
    • South Granby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • South Granby is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
    • Fulton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Minetto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oswego
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinmansville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmark, with the one closest to Glenmark listed first.
    • Tyre
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Waterloo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Seneca Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Border City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Canoga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Kuneytown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • East Varick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Romulus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Yates County

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

Cemeteries Near Glenmark ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenmark.

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

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

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

  • North Rose Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • York Settlement Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Rose Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Towe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ellinwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lovejoy Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Huron Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Espenschied Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • South Sodus Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brick Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Barton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (353 more) ...
    • White Schoolhouse Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Roe Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Glen Side Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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 Glenmark in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glenmark.

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

  • North Rose
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Wayne Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
  • Rose
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Huron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Huron is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
  • Lummisville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lummisville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummisville
  • Alton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • South Sodus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
  • Wolcott
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • North Huron
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Huron is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
  • Wallington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wallington is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallington
  • Sodus Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sodus Center is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodus Center
  • Sodus Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Zurich
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Zurich is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
    • Lock Berlin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Lock Berlin is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Berlin
    • Clyde
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Glenmark ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenmark.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenmark, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenmark.

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 Glenmark:

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 Glenmark, 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 from Point A (ie- Glenmark) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.