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 Nichols (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 Nichols. 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 northeast 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 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.
Nichols is located in Steuben 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 Steuben County: Allegany, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Yates, Potter (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Nichols. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nichols:
- Steuben County (The home county of Nichols)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
- Van Vleet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Lindley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Addison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Presho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Woodhull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rathbone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rathbone is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Hedgesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hedgesville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
- Caton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Gang Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Coopers Plains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Painted Post
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
- Whitesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Independence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Paynesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Paynesville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Hallsport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hallsport is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsport
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
- Sagetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Big Flats
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Pine City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Elmira
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Post Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Elmira Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Southport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Elmira
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Horseheads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Pine Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Townsend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Wedgewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
- Coryland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Austinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Gillett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Sylvania
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Fassett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Berrytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Columbia Cross Roads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Covert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Covert is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Bentley Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Alba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alba is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Potter County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
- North Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Fork is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Elmer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elmer is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Hector
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hector is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Harrison Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Harrison Valley is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Valley
- Sunderlinville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunderlinville is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderlinville
- North Bingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Bingham is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bingham
- Ulysses
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Galeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Bingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Bingham is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bingham
- Newfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newfield is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfield
- Brookland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brookland is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookland
- Genesee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Genesee is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
- Elkland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Farmington Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Lawrenceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Hammond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Tioga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keeneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Austinburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Austinburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinburg
- Niles Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Niles Valley is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles Valley
- Cowanesque
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cowanesque is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowanesque
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nichols, see our County-by-County Page for Nichols.
Cemeteries Near Nichols ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nichols.
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 Nichols - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nichols covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
- Nichols Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Liberty Pole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson - Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Addison Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elk Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elk Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southwest of Addison.
- The Elk Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Borden - Elk Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64421 <2>
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- The Taylor Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holden Brook Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46455 <2>
- Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mourey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (320 more) ...
- McCollum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Nichols had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
- Elkland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Van Vleet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Borden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Borden is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
- Freeman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Freeman is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Osceola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Tompkins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- South Addison
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Addison is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Addison
- Elbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elbridge is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Farmington Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Lindley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Presho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Addison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tioga Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga Junction is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga Junction
- Rising
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rising is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nichols. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nichols.
Newspapers Published in Nichols ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nichols.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nichols, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nichols.
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 Nichols:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Steuben County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Chemung County
- Schuyler County
- Bradford County
- Potter County
- Tioga 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nichols) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Nichols, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |