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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 Hornby (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 Hornby. 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 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.

Hornby is located in Steuben County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Steuben County: Allegany, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Yates, Potter (PA) & Tioga (PA).

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

  • Steuben County     (The home county of Hornby)
  • Chemung County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hornby, with the one closest to Hornby listed first.
    • Post Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Post Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
      • Post Creek is located in Chemung County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Post Creek
      • From Hornby to Post Creek
    • Big Flats
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Millport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Pine Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Horseheads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pioneer Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
      • Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
    • Elmira Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmira Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira Heights
      • Elmira Heights is located in Chemung County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,747 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmira Heights <2>
    • Sullivanville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Sagetown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • West Elmira
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Elmira have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
      • West Elmira is located in Chemung County
    • Elmira
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
      • Pine City is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine City <2>
    • Southport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Southport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
      • Southport is located in Chemung County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Southport
      • From Hornby to Southport
  • Schuyler County
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hornby, with the one closest to Hornby listed first.
    • Lodi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
      • Lodi is located in Seneca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <2>
    • Interlaken
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tioga County
  • Tompkins County
  • Yates County
  • Bradford County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hornby, with the one closest to Hornby listed first.
    • Fassett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fassett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
      • Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fassett
      • From Hornby to Fassett
    • Gillett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Coryland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coryland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
      • Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Coryland
      • From Hornby to Coryland
    • Bentley Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Berrytown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Middletown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
    • Austinville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Big Pond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia Cross Roads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tioga County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hornby, with the one closest to Hornby listed first.
    • Lawrenceville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Millerton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Pritchard ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pritchard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
      • Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pritchard
      • From Hornby to Pritchard
    • Elkland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elkland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
      • Elkland is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkland <2>
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elkland
      • From Hornby to Elkland
    • Tioga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Osceola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Farmington Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hammond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hammond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hammond
      • From Hornby to Hammond
    • Roseville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
      • Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Austinburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Knoxville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoxville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
      • Knoxville is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knoxville <2>
    • Keeneyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mansfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mansfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
      • Mansfield is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,972 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Hornby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hornby.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Central Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Central Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Goodsell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodsell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodsell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Duvall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duvall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duvall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maltby Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maltby Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maltby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oldfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oldfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oldfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Christ Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christ Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Campbell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Campbell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Campbell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Post Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Post Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Post Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Savory Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Savory Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Savory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quigley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quigley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quigley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Monterey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monterey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monterey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (367 more) ...
    • Belmont Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmont Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belmont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Schuyler Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Dyke
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyke have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
    • Dyke is located in Steuben County
  • Ferenbaugh
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferenbaugh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferenbaugh
    • Ferenbaugh is located in Steuben County
  • East Campbell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Post Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Post Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
    • Post Creek is located in Chemung County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Post Creek
    • From Hornby to Post Creek
  • Monterey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monterey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
    • Monterey is located in Schuyler County
  • Beaver Dams
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Curtis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curtis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
    • Curtis is located in Steuben County
  • Coopers Plains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Painted Post
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Corning
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • South Bradford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Gibson is located in Steuben County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Hornby ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hornby.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hornby, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hornby.

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 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 Hornby:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hornby. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Steuben County: www.steubencony.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Hornby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hornby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hornby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2441, Longitude: -77.0432    









 

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