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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 Goosetree (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 Goosetree. 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.

Goosetree is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.

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

  • Cayuga County     (The home county of Goosetree)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • East Genoa
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
    • Locke
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Moravia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Montville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Montville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • Cascade
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
    • Summer Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • Ledyard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
    • Dresserville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
    • Omro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
    • Poplar Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Atwaters
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
    • Black Rock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
  • Broome County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • Killawog
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Manningville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Manningville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • Scott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • East Scott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • East Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
    • Homer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Munsons Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
    • Cortland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Little York
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
    • Pratt Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
    • East River
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Preble
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Slab City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Slab City is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
    • East Homer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • Cummings Crossing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
  • Madison County
    • DeRuyter
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • Mandana
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
    • Spafford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
    • Otisco Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
    • Rose Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Thorn Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
    • Amber
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Amber is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
    • Assembly Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
    • Otisco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
    • Skaneateles
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Tully
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mottville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Cardiff
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • Billsboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Geneva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dobbins Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • Perry City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Searsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Mecklenburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Cayutaville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
    • Logan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Hector
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bennettsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Burdett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Alpine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Odessa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Watkins Glen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Catharine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Catharine is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • Kidders
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Interlaken
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • East Varick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Lodi
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Ovid
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Canoga
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Kuneytown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Romulus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Willard
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Seneca Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterloo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
  • Tioga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • North Spencer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • North Spencer is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
    • Candor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Spencer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • West Candor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • West Candor is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • North Lansing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • West Groton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • East Lansing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • Groton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Myers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • Peruville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
    • Groton City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • Willow Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Lansing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Freeville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • McLean
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goosetree, with the one closest to Goosetree listed first.
    • Dresden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Himrod
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Glenora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenora is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
    • Angus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Dundee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Seneca Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Bellona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Penn Yan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Barrington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
    • Benton Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center

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

Cemeteries Near Goosetree ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goosetree.

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

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

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

  • Pine Hollow Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Edsall Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Edsall Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Settlers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Genoa Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • North Lansing Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • East Venice Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bower Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Stearns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (464 more) ...
    • Monaghan Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dry Creek Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tuppers Corners Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • East Genoa
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
  • East Venice
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • East Venice is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Venice
  • Locke
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • North Lansing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
  • West Groton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
  • Genoa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Moravia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Five Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Lansingville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lansingville is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingville
  • East Lansing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
  • Cascade
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Lake Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Ludlowville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ludlowville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlowville
    • Midway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Midway is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Groton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Goosetree ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goosetree.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goosetree, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goosetree.

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 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 Goosetree:

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 Goosetree, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Goosetree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.