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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 Hemlock (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 Hemlock. 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.

Hemlock 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 Hemlock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hemlock:

  • Livingston County     (The home county of Hemlock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Livonia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Foots Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
    • Sleggs Landing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Lima
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • Websters Crossing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • East Groveland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
    • Avon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Springwater
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Geneseo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Groveland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kysorville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Kysorville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
    • Cuylerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
  • Allegany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Canaseraga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Garwoods
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Garwoods is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
    • Swain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • 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 Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Limerock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Pavilion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Pavilion Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
    • Fort Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Le Roy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bergen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stafford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jericon Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
    • Morganville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Morganville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • Linden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Linden is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • South Byron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Byron is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
    • West Bethany
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • West Bethany is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Honeoye Falls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Moran Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
    • Ford Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • West Rush
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • West Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
    • Manns Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
    • Mendon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Rush
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • North Rush
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • North Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
    • West Henrietta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
    • Garbutt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
    • Scottsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Henrietta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mumford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Richmond Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • West Canadice Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Canadice
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
    • West Bloomfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Bristol
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Bristol Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • North Bloomfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Gulick
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Bloomfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Holcomb
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
    • Woodville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodville is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Wayland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Atlanta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cohocton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Prattsburgh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • Haskinville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Haskinville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
    • Arkport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Jobs Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
    • Stephens Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
    • Avoca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • South Pulteney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Howard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Howard is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
    • Catawba
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Macedon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Macedon Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Yellow Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • Palmyra
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marquart Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Huddle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • Lincoln
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Walworth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Palmyra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Peoria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Covington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Covington is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Perry Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
    • Perry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • 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
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Castile
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Warsaw
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Newburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Newburg is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Dale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Gainesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • East Koy
      (30 miles [48.3 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 Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Vine Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Rushville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Italy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Potter
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Yatesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Benton Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Keuka Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Penn Yan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Bellona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Hemlock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hemlock.

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

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

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

  • Short Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hemlock Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Purcell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Harder Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Canadice Hollow Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Richmond Center Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Dennison Corners Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (455 more) ...
    • Powell Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Alger Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.<3>

While we didn't find Hemlock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hemlock.

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

  • Richmond Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
  • South Livonia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • South Livonia is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livonia
  • Livonia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Honeoye
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Canadice
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Canadice is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
  • Allens Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Allens Hill is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Hill
  • South Lima
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • South Lima is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lima
  • Lakeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Conesus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Conesus Lake Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Conesus Lake Junction is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesus Lake Junction
  • Lima
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • East Groveland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Websters Crossing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • West Bloomfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Bristol
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol

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

Newspapers Published in Hemlock ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hemlock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hemlock, 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 Hemlock.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hemlock:

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