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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 Hunt Hollow (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 Hunt Hollow. 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.

Name Variations for Hunt Hollow ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Hunt Hollow: Hunt Holw. (or less commonly used: Hunt Hlw. or Hunt Hllw.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hunt Hollow. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hunt Hollow.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 and hospitals 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.

Hunt Hollow is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.

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

  • Ontario County     (The home county of Hunt Hollow)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Gulick
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
    • Naples
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Woodville is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Canadice
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
    • West Canadice Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bristol Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • Richmond Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • Bristol
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Cottage City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cottage City is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
    • Centerfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
    • East Bloomfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Holcomb
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Allegany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Canaseraga
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Garwoods
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Garwoods is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
    • Swain
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bishopville is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
    • Almond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Springwater
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Websters Crossing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Foots Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
    • Dansville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • Cumminsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
    • Woodsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Woodsville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
    • Groveland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • East Groveland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
    • Livonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • West Sparta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • West Sparta is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
    • Sleggs Landing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Kysorville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Kysorville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Honeoye Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Ford Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • Moran Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
    • Mendon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Rush
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • West Rush
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • West Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
    • Manns Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
    • North Rush
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • North Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
    • West Henrietta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
    • Henrietta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Garbutt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
    • Scottsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Wayne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Reading
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Willard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Border City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Atlanta
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Wayland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cohocton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Prattsburgh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • Avoca
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Haskinville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Haskinville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
    • Jobs Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
    • South Pulteney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Howard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Howard is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
    • Catawba
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • Mitchellsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
    • Stephens Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
    • Arkport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Macedon
      (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
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Peoria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Perry Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
    • Perry
      (27 miles [43.5 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>
    • Castile
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Covington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Covington is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Silver Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Hollow, with the one closest to Hunt Hollow listed first.
    • Italy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Vine Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Potter
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Rushville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Yatesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Keuka Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Benton Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Penn Yan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Barrington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
    • Seneca Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Bellona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Angus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Dresden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Hunt Hollow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunt Hollow.

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 Hunt Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ft. Farm Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Hunt Hollow Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Garling House Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • East Springwater Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tibbals Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rose Ridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
    • The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • First Church Naples Cemetery
    • Old Square Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2190377 <2>
  • Gerould Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Capron Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (435 more) ...
    • Ashley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clearview Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Italy - Naples Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Gulick
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gulick is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
  • Naples
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • North Cohocton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • North Cohocton is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohocton
  • Canadice
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Canadice is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
  • Bristol Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bristol Springs is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Springs
  • South Bristol
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • South Bristol is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bristol
  • Springwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ingleside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ingleside is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
  • Wayland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Websters Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Honeoye
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Italy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Italy is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Vine Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Perkinsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cohocton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Hunt Hollow ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunt Hollow.

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Hunt Hollow:

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 Hunt Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Hunt Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.