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 Newmans Corner (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 Newmans Corner. 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 Newmans Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Newmans Corner: Newmans Cor. (or less commonly used: Newmans Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Newmans Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Newmans Corner may originally have been Newman's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Newmans Corner might be written as Newman Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Newmans Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Newmans Corner.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Newmans Corner is located in Broome 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 Broome County: Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Tioga, Susquehanna (PA) & Wayne (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Newmans Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newmans Corner:
- Broome County (The home county of Newmans Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Kattellville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Glen Castle
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Hinmans Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hinmans Corners is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmans Corners
- Castle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Port Dickinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Port Dickinson is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dickinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- New Ireland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- West Chenango
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Quinneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- Binghamton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brookvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookvale is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Johnson City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Colesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Colesville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
- Glen Aubrey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Greene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nineveh Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nineveh Junction is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Junction
- Smithville Flats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Afton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Union Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- West Bainbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
- Bainbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oxford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yaleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yaleville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaleville
- Guilford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- East Guilford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Guilford is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Marathon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lapeer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Harford Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Messengerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Harford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Solon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- McGraw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- China
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- China is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Hambletville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hambletville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
- Masonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sidney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barbourville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barbourville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourville
- Otsego County
- Unadilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Ketchumville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Hullsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Campville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Gaskill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Newark Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Apalachin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- West Newark
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- South Owego
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Owego
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hamar Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Candor
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Nichols
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Caroline Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Church
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Dryden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Warren Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- West Warren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- South Warren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Le Raysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Le Raysville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Raysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Potterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- North Orwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Brackney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Choconut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Great Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsville Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lawsville Center is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsville Center
- Hallstead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Friendsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Lanesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
- Susquehanna Depot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Susquehanna Depot is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Depot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,444 people
- Susquehanna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brandt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brandt is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Wayne County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Sherman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Starrucca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newmans Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Newmans Corner.
Cemeteries Near Newmans Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newmans Corner.
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 Newmans Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newmans Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Kattellville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Holy Spirit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glen Castle Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Handy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lilly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Nimmonsburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chenango Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Collins - Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (409 more) ...
- Port Crane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Cemetery
- The Edwards Cemetery has also been known as:
- Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2397936 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Newmans Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newmans Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newmans Corner, with the one closest to Newmans Corner listed first.
- Glen Castle
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Chenango Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kattellville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Port Dickinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Port Dickinson is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dickinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- Port Crane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chenango Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Choconut Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Choconut Center is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut Center
- West Chenango
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Stella
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- North Fenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Fenton is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fenton
- East Maine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Maine
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Binghamton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brookvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookvale is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Itaska
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Itaska is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itaska
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newmans Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newmans Corner.
Newspapers Published in Newmans Corner ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newmans Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newmans Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newmans Corner.
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 Newmans Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Broome County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Delaware County
- Otsego County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Newmans Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newmans Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |