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 Lower Cincinnatus (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 Lower Cincinnatus. 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 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.
Lower Cincinnatus is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near Lower Cincinnatus. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Cincinnatus:
- Cortland County (The home county of Lower Cincinnatus)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Marathon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Messengerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- McGraw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lapeer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Crains Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- East Homer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Truxton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cortland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Homer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Upper Lisle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Killawog
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Triangle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Lisle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Manningville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Glen Aubrey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Quinneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- North Colesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Colesville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
- Kattellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- West Chenango
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Summer Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Montville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Locke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Moravia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Pitcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Otselic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville Flats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Kirk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Otselic Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Beaver Meadow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Otselic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Greene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Haynes
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Delaware County
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- DeRuyter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Earlville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- West Eaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Rippleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hamilton Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
- Hamilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Hamilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Assembly Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Apulia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Fabius
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tully
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delphi Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Berwyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Pompey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Log City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Log City is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
- Otisco Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Spafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Cardiff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- LaFayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Copes Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner
- Gilbertsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Ketchumville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Hullsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Weltonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Candor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Dryden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Groton City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- McLean
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Freeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caroline Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Besemer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- White Church
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Varna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- West Groton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Cincinnatus, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Cincinnatus.
Cemeteries Near Lower Cincinnatus ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Cincinnatus.
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 Lower Cincinnatus - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Cincinnatus covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Lower Cincinnatus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Holmes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cincinnatus Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Taylor Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Westview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brakel Valley Churchyard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pitcher Congregational Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Willet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hawley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hinman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Texas Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (468 more) ...
- Beardsley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ashcraft Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Soper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Lower Cincinnatus in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lower Cincinnatus.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Cincinnatus, with the one closest to Lower Cincinnatus listed first.
- Cincinnatus
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Taylor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Taylor is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Pitcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Texas Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
- Willet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Freetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Freetown is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Taylor Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Taylor Center is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Center
- Taylor Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Valley
- Pharsalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pharsalia is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharsalia
- Pitcher Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
- McDonough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Pitcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Pitcher is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pitcher
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Freetown Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Penelope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Penelope is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lower Cincinnatus. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Cincinnatus.
Newspapers Published in Lower Cincinnatus ...
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 Lower Cincinnatus.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Cincinnatus, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lower Cincinnatus.
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 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 Lower Cincinnatus:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Delaware County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Otsego County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Lower Cincinnatus, 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 from Point A (ie- Lower Cincinnatus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |