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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 Hinckley (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 Hinckley. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Hinckley is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Hinckley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinckley, with the one closest to Hinckley listed first.
    • Prospect
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Trenton Falls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
    • Remsen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Barneveld
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Gage
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • North Gage is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gage
    • Trenton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Trenton is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • East Floyd
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
    • Holland Patent
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Frenchville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
    • Floyd
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Marcy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Camroden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Camroden is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camroden
    • Deerfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Deerfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinckley, with the one closest to Hinckley listed first.
    • Emmonsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Emmonsburg is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmonsburg
    • Crum Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
    • Middle Sprite
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Middle Sprite is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Sprite
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinckley, with the one closest to Hinckley listed first.
    • Morehouseville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
    • Arietta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Arietta is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinckley, with the one closest to Hinckley listed first.
    • Grant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Northwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Russia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Cold Brook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Poland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gray
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Newport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Norway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Norway is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Old City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Old City is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • Middleville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kast Bridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Kast Bridge is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kast Bridge
    • Corrado Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
    • Frankfort
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinckley, with the one closest to Hinckley listed first.
    • West Leyden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Leyden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • Constableville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyonsdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Collinsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Lyons Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Turin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greig
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Leisher Mill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Michigan Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinckley, with the one closest to Hinckley listed first.
    • Kenwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Oneida
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Montgomery County
    • Mindenville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mindenville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindenville

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

Cemeteries Near Hinckley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hinckley.

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

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

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

  • Prospect Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Penn-Y-Caerau Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Capel Bont Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Enlli Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gravesville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Fairchild Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Capel Ucha Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Century Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Capel Isaf Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fuller Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (268 more) ...
    • Olden - Barneveld Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pen Y Graig Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sixty Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Prospect
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Trenton Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
  • Grant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Grant is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
  • Northwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
  • Remsen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Gravesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gravesville is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
  • Russia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Russia is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
  • Trenton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Trenton is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • North Gage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • North Gage is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gage
  • Poland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cold Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • East Steuben
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East Steuben is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • South Trenton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Trenton is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Trenton
    • Ohio
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Ohio is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
    • Holland Patent
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Hinckley ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hinckley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hinckley, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hinckley.

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 either 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 Hinckley:

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 Hinckley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hinckley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.