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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 Gulph (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 Gulph. 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 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.

Gulph is located in Herkimer 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 Herkimer County: Fulton, Hamilton, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Herkimer County     (The home county of Gulph)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulph, with the one closest to Gulph listed first.
    • Norwich Corners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Corrado Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
    • Frankfort
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedarville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Ilion
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Ilion is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,616 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilion <1>
    • Mohawk
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Chepachet
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Chepachet is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet
    • Millers Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Millers Mills is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Mills
    • Herkimer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • West Winfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • East Herkimer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • East Herkimer is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Herkimer
    • Kast Bridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kast Bridge is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kast Bridge
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulph, with the one closest to Gulph listed first.
    • Button City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Button City is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
    • Columbus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Columbus is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • New Berlin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Sherburne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Smyrna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulph, with the one closest to Gulph listed first.
    • Crum Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
    • Emmonsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Emmonsburg is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmonsburg
    • Middle Sprite
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Middle Sprite is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Sprite
    • Lassellsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulph, with the one closest to Gulph listed first.
    • Brookfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Madison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Solsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bouckville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Hamilton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Hamilton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
    • Munns
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Munns is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munns
    • Munnsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Valley Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Hamilton Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
    • Pecksport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecksport is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
    • Pine Woods
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Pine Woods is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Woods
    • Pratts
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Pratts is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulph, with the one closest to Gulph listed first.
    • Brookman Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Brookman Corners is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookman Corners
    • Mindenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Mindenville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindenville
    • Hallsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Hallsville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
    • Saint Johnsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Sprout Brook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Buel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Buel is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
    • Nelliston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ames
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Ames is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ames <1>
    • Canajoharie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Palatine Bridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulph, with the one closest to Gulph listed first.
    • Clayville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sauquoit
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cassville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Village Estates
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Village Estates is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village Estates
    • New Hartford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • New Hartford is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
    • Utica
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Utica is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <1>
    • North Bridgewater
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North Bridgewater is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bridgewater
    • Paris
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Paris is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Deerfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Deerfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
    • Yorkville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • New York Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgewater
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulph, with the one closest to Gulph listed first.
    • Plainfield Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Plainfield Center is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Center
      • Former name for Plainfield Center:
      • Plainfield Centre
    • Brighton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brighton is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Richfield Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Burlington Flats
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Springfield Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Snowdon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Snowdon is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowdon
    • Springfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Springfield is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
    • West Burlington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cattown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cattown is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattown
      • Cattown has also been known as:
      • Cat Town
    • Middle Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Middle Village is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
    • Oaksville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Oaksville is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaksville
    • Edmeston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Schoharie County
    • Leesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Leesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville

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

Cemeteries Near Gulph ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gulph.

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

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

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

  • Parker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Frankfort Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Jerusalem Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jones Road Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Frankfort Center Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Graffenburg Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Norwich Corners Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Goodier Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gird Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Litchfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (421 more) ...

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

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

  • Norwich Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
  • Cedar Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Frankfort
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Harbor is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
  • Clayville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • North Winfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • North Winfield is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winfield
  • Cedarville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • East Schuyler
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • East Schuyler is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Schuyler
  • Chadwicks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sauquoit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cassville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Babcock Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Babcock Hill is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock Hill
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Ilion
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Ilion is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,616 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilion <1>
    • West Schuyler
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • West Schuyler is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Schuyler
    • Washington Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Gulph ...

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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gulph.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gulph, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gulph.

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 Gulph:

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