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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 Grout Mill (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 Grout Mill. 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.
Name Variations for Grout Mill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Grout Mill: Grout Ml. (or less commonly used: Grout Mll.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Grout Mill is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near Grout Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grout Mill:
- Cortland County (The home county of Grout Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Scott
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Preble
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Slab City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Cummings Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Homer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
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- Cortland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Truxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Killawog
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Upper Lisle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Sempronius
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Dresserville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Kelloggsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Summer Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Montville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Omro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Locke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Niles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Cascade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Austin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- East Genoa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Pitcher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Otselic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Otselic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Beaver Meadow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- DeRuyter
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- New Woodstock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Rippleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
- Chittenango Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
- Sulphur Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
- Chittenango Springs
- Chittenango
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Sullivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Spafford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Otisco Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Assembly Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Tully
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Thorn Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Apulia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Cardiff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Mandana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Rose Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Berwyn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- LaFayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Perry City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Mecklenburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Kidders
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(24 miles [38.6 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>
- Canoga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- East Varick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Ovid
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seneca Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Groton City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Groton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- McLean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Groton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Peruville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- North Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Freeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Dryden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Lansing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Myers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Varna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grout Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Grout Mill.
Cemeteries Near Grout Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grout Mill.
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 Grout Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grout Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Scott Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Searles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Seven Day Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sempronius Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eaton Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eaton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gillett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Brook Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Lickville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Grout Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grout Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grout Mill, with the one closest to Grout Mill listed first.
- Scott
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Sempronius
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Dresserville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Glen Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- East Scott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- South Spafford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spafford
- Little York
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Preble
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spafford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Summer Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- New Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Kelloggsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Groton City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Homer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tully Lake Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tully Lake Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully Lake Park
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grout Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grout Mill.
Newspapers Published in Grout Mill ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grout Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grout Mill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grout Mill.
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 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 Grout Mill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins 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> | 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 Grout Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grout Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |