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 Groton City (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 Groton City. 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.
Groton City is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Groton City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Groton City:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Groton City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- McLean
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Groton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dryden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Groton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- North Lansing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Lansing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Varna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Myers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Cayuga Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Forest Home
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Killawog
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Upper Lisle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Summer Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Locke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Kelloggsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Cascade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Omro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Austin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Niles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Pitcher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Smithville Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Beaver Meadow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Munsons Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- East River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Scott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- East Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- McGraw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Preble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Cummings Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- DeRuyter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- New Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Rippleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Spafford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Assembly Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Tully
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Amber
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Mandana
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Apulia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Thorn Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Cardiff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Rose Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Berwyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Fabius
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Perry City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Mecklenburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hector
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Kidders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(22 miles [35.4 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Canoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Romulus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Willard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Ketchumville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- West Newark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Candor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Newark Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Weltonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- West Candor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Hamar Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Spencer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Groton City, see our County-by-County Page for Groton City.
Cemeteries Near Groton City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Groton City.
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 Groton City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Groton City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Hinman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Groton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summerhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McLean Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Groton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McAllister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Homer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64658 <2>
- Eaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (461 more) ...
- Eaton Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cortland Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atwater 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Groton City had a population of 99 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Groton City, with the one closest to Groton City listed first.
- Summer Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Groton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McLean
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Cortland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peruville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Dresserville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sempronius
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Dryden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Virgil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blodgett Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Little York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Groton City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Groton City.
Newspapers Published in Groton City ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Groton City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Groton City, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Groton City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Groton City:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga 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 Groton City, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Groton City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |