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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 Lenox Park (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 Lenox Park. 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.

Lenox Park 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 Lenox Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lenox Park:

  • Ontario County     (The home county of Lenox Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Geneva
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dobbins Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Melvin Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
    • Seneca Castle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Billsboro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Flint
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Hall
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Junius
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • West Junius is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • Phelps
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Gorham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Clifton Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopewell Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
    • Thompson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Thompson is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Cayuga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Cross Roads
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Union Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Aurora
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Willets
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Scipioville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
    • Black Rock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Poplar Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Sherwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Ledyard
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
    • Auburn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Port Byron
      (23 miles [37 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>
  • Livingston County
    • Lima
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Mendon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Fairport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ford Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • East Rochester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Rochester is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
    • Penfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pittsford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Honeoye Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Mandana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
    • Mottville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Skaneateles
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Jordan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Hector
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Searsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Logan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Wayne
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • North Reading
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • Reading Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Perry City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Border City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Waterloo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kuneytown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Seneca Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Romulus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Canoga
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • East Varick
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Tyre
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Willard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ovid
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lodi
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Interlaken
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Kidders
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Keuka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Catawba
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • South Pulteney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Prattsburgh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • Urbana
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Lake Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Trumansburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Taughannock Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Newark
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Lyons
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Mud Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
    • Clyde
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • East Palmyra
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • Fairville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Fairville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • Palmyra
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Yellow Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • Marquart Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Wayne Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
    • Macedon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • South Sodus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • Marion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Park, with the one closest to Lenox Park listed first.
    • Bellona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Angus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Benton Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Dresden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Rushville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Penn Yan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Seneca Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Potter
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Yatesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Keuka Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Himrod
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Vine Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Barrington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington

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

Cemeteries Near Lenox Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lenox Park.

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 Lenox Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Washington Street Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • St. Patrick's RC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Butcher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Number 9 Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • New #9 Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitney Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Theresa Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (473 more) ...
    • Willowdale Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Melvin Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dobbin Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Geneva
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Stanley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Billsboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
  • Seneca Castle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Flint
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Flint is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Hall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • West Junius
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • West Junius is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
  • Orleans
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Orleans is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Gorham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Phelps
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • MacDougall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • MacDougall is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDougall
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Angus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Phelps Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Phelps Junction is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps Junction
    • Waterloo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Lenox Park ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lenox Park.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Lenox Park:

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 Lenox Park, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lenox Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.