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 Meadowbrook 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 Meadowbrook 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.
Name Variations for Meadowbrook Park ...
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.
Another variation: Meadow Brook Park.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Meadowbrook Park. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Meadowbrook Park.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Meadowbrook Park is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Meadowbrook Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meadowbrook Park:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Meadowbrook Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Newfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- West Danby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Danby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- East Ithaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Ithaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Forest Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Besemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Varna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Lansing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Church
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Jacksonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Manningville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Killawog
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lisle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Glen Aubrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Atwaters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- East Genoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Locke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ledyard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Summer Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Black Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Moravia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Willets
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Montville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Poplar Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dresserville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cascade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Van Etten
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Erin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pine Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Horseheads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Owens Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Elmira Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Big Flats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Elmira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Harford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Munsons Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Lapeer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Cortland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marathon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McGraw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Pratt Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Scott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Cayutaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perry City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Bennettsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Montour Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Watkins Glen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Wedgewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Interlaken
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Lodi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Hornby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Keuka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- South Bradford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Corning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- North Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Candor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- West Newark
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Lockwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weltonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Newark Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Barton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lounsberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Owego
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Glenora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Himrod
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Dresden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Sayre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- South Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Fassett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Athens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meadowbrook Park, see our County-by-County Page for Meadowbrook Park.
Cemeteries Near Meadowbrook Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meadowbrook 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 Meadowbrook Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meadowbrook Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Old Newfield Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Inlet Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Budd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodward Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sebring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cutter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbulls Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Danby Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (406 more) ...
- Danby Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rumsey Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Meadowbrook Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meadowbrook Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Newfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stratton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stratton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Trumbull Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Trumbull Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull Corners
- West Danby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Danby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Ithaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Caroline Depot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Caroline Depot is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Depot
- Besemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Varna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- McKinneys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McKinneys is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinneys
- Cayutaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Jacksonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meadowbrook Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meadowbrook Park.
Newspapers Published in Meadowbrook 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 157 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meadowbrook Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meadowbrook 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 Meadowbrook 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 websites either 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 Meadowbrook Park:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Yates County
- Bradford 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 Meadowbrook Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Meadowbrook Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |