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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 Lehigh Valley Junction (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 Lehigh Valley Junction. 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 Lehigh Valley Junction ...
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 Lehigh Valley Junction: Lehigh Vly. Jct. (or less commonly used: Lehigh Vly. Jctn.)
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 hospitals and 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.
Lehigh Valley Junction is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Lehigh Valley Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lehigh Valley Junction:
- Seneca County (The home county of Lehigh Valley Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Seneca Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tyre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Waterloo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canoga
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Border City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- East Varick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ovid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Willard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kidders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Lodi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Cayuga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Oakwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Union Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Throop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Port Byron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
- Melrose Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Sennett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Scipioville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Weedsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Mottville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Skaneateles
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jordan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mandana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Halfway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Jacks Reef
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Rose Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Marcellus Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Marcellus
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Memphis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Plainville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Thompson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Junius
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Billsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Melvin Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Seneca Castle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flint
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Clifton Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Hannibal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bowens Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Fairdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- South Granby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Searsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Hector
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Perry City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Trumansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Groton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Taughannock Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- East Lansing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Myers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Clyde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- South Butler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Lyons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Newark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- South Sodus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- Wolcott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Furnace Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Huron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- East Palmyra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Angus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bellona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Seneca Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Penn Yan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Himrod
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yatesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Keuka Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Potter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Dundee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lehigh Valley Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Lehigh Valley Junction.
Cemeteries Near Lehigh Valley Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lehigh Valley Junction.
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 Lehigh Valley Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lehigh Valley Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Springbrook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ovid Street Pioneers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Columbkille Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Restvale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kingdom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Traver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stark Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- Tyre City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burgh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Jacket Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Lehigh Valley Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lehigh Valley Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lehigh Valley Junction, with the one closest to Lehigh Valley Junction listed first.
- Seneca Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Waterloo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tyre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Canoga
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Cayuga Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
- Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Fosterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fosterville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Montezuma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marengo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- MacDougall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- MacDougall is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDougall
- Fox Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Ridge is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lehigh Valley Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lehigh Valley Junction.
Newspapers Published in Lehigh Valley Junction ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lehigh Valley Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lehigh Valley Junction, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lehigh Valley Junction.
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 Lehigh Valley Junction:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Schuyler County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne County
- Yates 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 Lehigh Valley Junction, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lehigh Valley Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |