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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Love Canal. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Love Canal to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Love Canal, please Contact Us.

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 Love Canal (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 Love Canal. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Love Canal is historic, it would have been located within present day Niagara 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 Niagara County: Erie, Genesee & Orleans.

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

  • Niagara County     (The home county of Love Canal)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Love Canal, with the one closest to Love Canal listed first.
    • Black Creek Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Black Creek Village is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Village
    • Bergholtz
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bergholtz is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergholtz
    • Saint Johnsburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Saint Johnsburg is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsburg
    • Colonial Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Colonial Village is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Pletchers Corners
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pletchers Corners is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pletchers Corners
    • Niagara Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Wurlitzer Park Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Varsity Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Varsity Village is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varsity Village
    • North Tonawanda
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • North Tonawanda is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tonawanda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,050 people
    • Hoffman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Hoffman is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
    • Martinsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Martinsville is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Park Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Park Village is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Love Canal, with the one closest to Love Canal listed first.
    • Tonawanda
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grandyle Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Grandyle Village is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandyle Village
    • Ferry Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Ferry Village is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
    • Kenmore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Amherst
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Getzville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Swormville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Swormville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swormville
    • Williamsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cheektowaga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Harris Hill is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hill
    • Sloan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sloan is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Love Canal, with the one closest to Love Canal listed first.
    • Amherst
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Amherst is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Alabama
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Alabama is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama
    • Basom
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Corfu
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Indian Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Indian Falls is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
    • Wheatville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Wheatville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Love Canal, with the one closest to Love Canal listed first.
    • Jeddo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jeddo is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
    • Lakewood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lakewood Village is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
    • Medina
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Wyoming County
    • Folsomdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Folsomdale is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale

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

Cemeteries Near Love Canal ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Love Canal.

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 Love Canal - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Jacobs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Holy Ghost Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lockport Road Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Battle of Chippawa Cemetery (War 1812-1814)
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Stevens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • White Haven Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairmount Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (285 more) ...
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakwood Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • White Haven Road Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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.

While we didn't find Love Canal in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Love Canal.

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

  • La Salle
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • La Salle is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
  • Bergholtz
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bergholtz is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergholtz
  • Saint Johnsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Saint Johnsburg is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsburg
  • Sanborn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Niagara Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Tonawanda
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • North Tonawanda
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • North Tonawanda is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tonawanda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,050 people
  • Martinsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Martinsville is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Hoffman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hoffman is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
  • Beach Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Beach Ridge is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Ridge
  • Shawnee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Shawnee is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Pekin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pekin is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Lewiston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mapleton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Mapleton is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
    • Kenmore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Love Canal ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Love Canal.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Love Canal, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Love Canal.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Love Canal:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Love Canal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Love Canal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.