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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 Gorham (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 Gorham. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Gorham is located in Ontario County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Gorham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gorham.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gorham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gorham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gorham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pickett's Corners Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickett's Corners Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pickett's Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shuman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Little Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Theresa Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Theresa Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Theresa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baldwin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baldwin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baldwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Voak Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Alcott Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Barden / Page Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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    • New #9 Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New #9 Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New #9 Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Number 9 Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Number 9 Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Number 9 Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Reed's Corners Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed's Corners Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed's Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Gorham had a population of 419 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Stanley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Stanley is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <1>
  • Hall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Voak
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voak
    • Voak is located in Yates County
  • Flint
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flint. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Flint is located in Ontario County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Flint
    • From Gorham to Flint
  • Reed Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
    • Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
  • Rushville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ennerdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ennerdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennerdale
    • Ennerdale is located in Ontario County
  • Benton Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Seneca Castle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Potter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hopewell Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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    • Benton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Benton is located in Yates County
    • Billsboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Billsboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Billsboro
      • From Gorham to Billsboro
    • Geneva
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Gorham ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gorham.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Gorham. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Gorham and those printed in the larger area surrounding Gorham.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6> of Gorham.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Gorham:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gorham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ontario County: www.co.ontario.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Gorham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Gorham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gorham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7990, Longitude: -77.1319    









 

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