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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 North Colesville (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 North Colesville. 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 North Colesville ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Colesville: N. Colesville

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 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.

North Colesville is located in Broome County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties 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 North Colesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Colesville:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Colesville, see our County-by-County Page for North Colesville.

Cemeteries Near North Colesville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Colesville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Colesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Colesville, with the one closest to North Colesville listed first.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that North Colesville had a population of 105 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from North Colesville, with the one closest to North Colesville listed first.

  • Tunnel
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel
    • Tunnel is located in Broome County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunnel <2>
  • Page Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Page Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Brook
    • Page Brook is located in Chenango County
  • Belden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • North Fenton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Fenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fenton
    • North Fenton is located in Broome County
  • West Colesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Colesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Colesville
    • West Colesville is located in Broome County
  • Harpursville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
    • Greene is located in Chenango County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greene <2>
  • Nineveh
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coventry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Coventry is located in Chenango County
  • Chenango Forks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chenango Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenango Forks
    • Chenango Forks is located in Broome County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chenango Forks <2>
  • Kattellville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Port Crane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Crane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Crane
    • Port Crane is located in Broome County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Crane <2>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Chenango Bridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chenango Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenango Bridge
      • Chenango Bridge is located in Broome County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chenango Bridge <2>
    • Brookvale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Coventryville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventryville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
      • Coventryville is located in Chenango County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Colesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Colesville.

Newspapers Published in North Colesville ...

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 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Colesville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Colesville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Colesville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 North Colesville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Colesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Broome County: www.gobroomecounty.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>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 North Colesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Colesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Colesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2413, Longitude: -75.7210    









 

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This page was last modified/updated: 29 Apr 2025