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 Jenksville (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 Jenksville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Jenksville is located in Tioga 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 Tioga County: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Susquehanna (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Jenksville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jenksville:
- Tioga County (The home county of Jenksville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- West Newark
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Newark Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Candor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Ketchumville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Hullsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- West Candor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Gaskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Owego
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Campville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- North Spencer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- Maine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Glen Aubrey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Manningville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whitney Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Killawog
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Chenango
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Endicott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Endwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vestal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Upper Lisle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- New Ireland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- Summer Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Locke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Genoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Dresserville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- Van Etten
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Owens Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Erin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chemung
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Wellsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horseheads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- Smithville Flats
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Pitcher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- Harford Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lapeer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Marathon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Munsons Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- McGraw
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Solon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- East River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Little York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perry City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Bennettsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- Caroline Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- White Church
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Slaterville Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Danby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- West Danby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Dryden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Ithaca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- South Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Varna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Freeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Forest Home
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Ithaca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- West Warren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Warren Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- North Orwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- Sayre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- South Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Vawter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- Potterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- South Warren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Allis Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allis Hollow is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allis Hollow
- Rome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rome is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
- South Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- Little Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Choconut
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Brackney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friendsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Lawsville Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsville Center is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsville Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jenksville, see our County-by-County Page for Jenksville.
Cemeteries Near Jenksville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jenksville.
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 Jenksville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jenksville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- Glen Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- West Newark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Speedsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woodbridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Upper Fairfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blair Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Railroad Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bushnell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (427 more) ...
- Goodrich Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Jenksville had a population of 118 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jenksville, with the one closest to Jenksville listed first.
- West Newark
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Speedsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Berkshire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newark Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Candor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Wilson Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wilson Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Creek
- Richford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Caroline Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Flemingville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Flemingville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemingville
- Caroline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ketchumville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Willseyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Catatonk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Catatonk is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catatonk
- White Church
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jenksville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jenksville.
Newspapers Published in Jenksville ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jenksville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jenksville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jenksville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Jenksville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna 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> | 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 Jenksville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jenksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |