Our Genealogy Helper
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 Holly Park Terrace (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 Holly Park Terrace. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Holly Park Terrace is located in Chemung 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 Chemung County: Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Holly Park Terrace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holly Park Terrace:
- Chemung County (The home county of Holly Park Terrace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Park Terrace, with the one closest to Holly Park Terrace listed first.
- Wellsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chemung
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Owens Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Southport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Elmira
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Elmira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Elmira Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Erin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Webb Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Horseheads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivanville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pioneer Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Park Terrace, with the one closest to Holly Park Terrace listed first.
- Alpine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Catharine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Montour Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Cayutaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Watkins Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Townsend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Bennettsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mecklenburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Park Terrace, with the one closest to Holly Park Terrace listed first.
- Caton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- South Corning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Corning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Painted Post
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Gang Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Lindley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Presho
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Coopers Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Addison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Park Terrace, with the one closest to Holly Park Terrace listed first.
- Waverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Smithboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nichols
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Lounsberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- West Candor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- East Nichols
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Candor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hamar Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Park Terrace, with the one closest to Holly Park Terrace listed first.
- West Danby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Newfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Danby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- White Church
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- South Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Caroline Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- East Ithaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Ithaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Slaterville Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Park Terrace, with the one closest to Holly Park Terrace listed first.
- Fassett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Bentley Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Middletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Gillett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- South Waverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Sayre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- Berrytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Big Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- East Smithfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coryland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Wetona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Columbia Cross Roads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- Little Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Park Terrace, with the one closest to Holly Park Terrace listed first.
- Millerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Roseville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Lawrenceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Mainesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Tioga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mansfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook
- Hammond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Morris Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Run is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Run
- Farmington Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Gleason
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gleason is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holly Park Terrace, see our County-by-County Page for Holly Park Terrace.
Cemeteries Near Holly Park Terrace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holly Park Terrace.
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 Holly Park Terrace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holly Park Terrace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holly Park Terrace, with the one closest to Holly Park Terrace listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elliott - Searles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchtown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlon Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wacomber Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scudder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Doty Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chemung Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Chemung Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Miller Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Elmira.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327442 <3>
- Roushy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bentley Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Holly Park Terrace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holly Park Terrace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holly Park Terrace, with the one closest to Holly Park Terrace listed first.
- Lowman
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wellsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chemung
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Elmira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elmira
- Ridgebury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgebury is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Wilawana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilawana is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilawana
- North Chemung
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Chemung is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chemung
- Fassett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Owens Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Bentley Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Southport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Gillett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hicks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Elmira
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunning is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunning
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holly Park Terrace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holly Park Terrace.
Newspapers Published in Holly Park Terrace ...
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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holly Park Terrace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holly Park Terrace, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holly Park Terrace.
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 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 Holly Park Terrace:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna County
- Tioga 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Holly Park Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Holly Park Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |