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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 Graywood (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 Graywood. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Graywood is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Allegany, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Steuben & Wyoming.

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

  • Livingston County     (The home county of Graywood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Graywood, with the one closest to Graywood listed first.
    • Sleggs Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Livonia
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Foots Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
    • Maple Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • East Groveland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
    • Geneseo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Avon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Lima
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
    • Cuylerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
    • Inverness
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Inverness is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
    • York
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • York is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Leicester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Leicester is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
      • Former names for Leicester:
      • Leister
      • Moscow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
  • Allegany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Graywood, with the one closest to Graywood listed first.
    • Canaseraga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Swain
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Swain is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
      • Swain has also been known as:
      • Swains Station
      • Swainsville
      • Swin
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <1>
    • Garwoods
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Garwoods is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
    • Wiscoy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
    • Bishopville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bishopville is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Graywood, with the one closest to Graywood listed first.
    • Limerock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Pavilion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Pavilion Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
    • Le Roy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Stafford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bergen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Morganville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Morganville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • Jericon Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
    • Linden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Linden is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • South Byron
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • South Byron is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
    • East Alexander
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • East Alexander is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Graywood, with the one closest to Graywood listed first.
    • West Rush
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • West Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
    • Honeoye Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Moran Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
    • Manns Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
    • North Rush
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • North Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
    • Rush
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Garbutt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
    • Scottsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ford Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • Mumford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • West Henrietta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
    • Belcoda
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Belcoda is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Graywood, with the one closest to Graywood listed first.
    • Richmond Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • West Canadice Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • West Bloomfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Canadice
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
    • North Bloomfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Bristol
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • East Bloomfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Gulick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
    • Bristol Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • Holcomb
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Graywood, with the one closest to Graywood listed first.
    • Wayland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Atlanta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cohocton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Haskinville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Haskinville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
    • Arkport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Jobs Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
    • Stephens Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
    • Prattsburgh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Graywood, with the one closest to Graywood listed first.
    • Macedon Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Macedon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Yellow Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • Palmyra
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Huddle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • Marquart Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Graywood, with the one closest to Graywood listed first.
    • Peoria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Covington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Covington is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Perry Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
    • Perry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Perry is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
    • Wyoming
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Castile
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Warsaw
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Newburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Newburg is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Dale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Gainesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • East Koy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • East Koy is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Graywood, with the one closest to Graywood listed first.
    • Vine Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Rushville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Italy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Potter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Yatesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville

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

Cemeteries Near Graywood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Graywood.

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

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

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

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Powell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bronson Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Temple Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Alger Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Harder Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • South Avon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (442 more) ...
    • Hemlock Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • St. Agnes 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 Graywood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Graywood.

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

  • Lakeville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Livonia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • South Livonia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • South Livonia is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livonia
  • South Lima
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • South Lima is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lima
  • Conesus Lake Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Conesus Lake Junction is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesus Lake Junction
  • South Avon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • South Avon is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Avon
  • Geneseo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • East Groveland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
  • Conesus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ashantee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashantee is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashantee
  • East Avon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • East Avon is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Avon
  • Piffard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Avon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Richmond Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • Cuylerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville

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

Newspapers Published in Graywood ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Graywood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Graywood, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Graywood.

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 helpful 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 Graywood:

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 Graywood, 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- Graywood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.