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 McDuffie Town (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 McDuffie Town. 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.
McDuffie Town 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 McDuffie Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McDuffie Town:
- Seneca County (The home county of McDuffie Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- East Varick
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kuneytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Ovid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Willard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kidders
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Border City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Tyre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willets
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Union Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Poplar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Scipioville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Sherwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Cross Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Ledyard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Oakwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cayuga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Atwaters
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Scott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Mandana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Mottville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Skaneateles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Rose Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Elbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Amber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Spafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Halfway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Jordan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Marcellus Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Billsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Hall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Melvin Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Seneca Castle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Gorham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Phelps
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Clifton Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Searsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Hector
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Perry City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mecklenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- North Reading
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Burdett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Reading Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wayne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Watkins Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Montour Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Keuka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Prattsburgh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Trumansburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Taughannock Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Myers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- West Groton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Willow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- East Lansing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Ithaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Clyde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Mud Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Wayne Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- East Palmyra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Fairville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- South Sodus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Angus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Dresden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Himrod
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Penn Yan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Glenora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Potter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McDuffie Town, see our County-by-County Page for McDuffie Town.
Cemeteries Near McDuffie Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McDuffie Town.
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 McDuffie Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McDuffie Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fayette Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Glen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Fayette Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Ovid Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Howland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jersalem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bachman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (480 more) ...
- Burgh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ovid Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find McDuffie Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McDuffie Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McDuffie Town, with the one closest to McDuffie Town listed first.
- East Varick
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Levanna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Levanna is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levanna
- Kendaia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kendaia is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendaia
- Willets
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- MacDougall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- MacDougall is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDougall
- Ovid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Canoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Willard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sheldrake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sheldrake is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldrake
- Poplar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Scipioville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McDuffie Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around McDuffie Town.
Newspapers Published in McDuffie Town ...
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 McDuffie Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McDuffie Town, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McDuffie Town.
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 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 McDuffie Town:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben 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> | 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 McDuffie Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- McDuffie Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |