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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 Guyanoga (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 Guyanoga. 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 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.

Guyanoga is located in Yates 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 Yates County: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca & Steuben.

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

  • Yates County     (The home county of Guyanoga)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Keuka Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Yatesville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Potter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Penn Yan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Italy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Barrington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
    • Seneca Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Benton Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Rushville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Himrod
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Vine Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Bellona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Willets
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Aurora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Atwaters
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
    • Black Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Ledyard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
    • Poplar Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Union Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Scipioville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
    • Sherwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Cayuga
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Chemung County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Post Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Post Creek is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
    • Millport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Springwater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Websters Crossing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Dansville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Foots Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
    • Livonia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cumminsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
    • Woodsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Woodsville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
    • Lima
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Maple Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • Sleggs Landing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Groveland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • West Sparta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • West Sparta is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
  • Monroe County
    • Ford Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Woodville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Woodville is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Gorham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Naples
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cottage City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Cottage City is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
    • Billsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Gulick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
    • Flint
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Bristol Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • Seneca Castle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Canandaigua
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
      • Canandaigua has also been known as:
      • Canadaigua
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
    • Geneva
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Wayne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • North Reading
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • Hector
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Reading Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Logan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Burdett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Townsend
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Townsend is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
    • Searsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Bennettsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Watkins Glen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
      • Former names for Watkins Glen:
      • Jefferson
      • Salubria
      • Watkins
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
    • Wedgewood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
    • Beaver Dams
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Willard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lodi
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ovid
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Romulus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Border City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Interlaken
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Kidders
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Kuneytown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Waterloo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Canoga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Seneca Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Catawba
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • South Pulteney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Keuka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Prattsburgh
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • Urbana
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Hammondsport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Mitchellsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
    • Atlanta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Bradford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cold Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
    • Hermitage
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Hermitage is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Trumansburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Lake Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Taughannock Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
    • Jacksonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Willow Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guyanoga, with the one closest to Guyanoga listed first.
    • Newark
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Palmyra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Yellow Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills

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

Cemeteries Near Guyanoga ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Guyanoga.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Branchport
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Friend
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Friend is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
  • Bluff Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Italy Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Italy Hill is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy Hill
  • Potter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Potter is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
  • Italy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Italy is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
  • Pulteney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Crosby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Crosby is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
  • Second Milo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Second Milo is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
  • Penn Yan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Barrington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Barrington is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
  • Milo Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Milo Mills is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Mills
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Voak
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Voak is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voak
    • Middlesex
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • South Pulteney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney

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

Newspapers Published in Guyanoga ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Guyanoga.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Guyanoga, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Guyanoga.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Guyanoga:

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