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 Nubia (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 Nubia. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Nubia 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 Nubia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nubia:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Nubia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- Groton City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- McLean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Groton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Freeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dryden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Groton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- North Lansing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Lansing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Varna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Cayuga Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- Killawog
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Maine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Castle Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- Summer Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Locke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Montville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Kelloggsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Cascade
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Omro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Atwaters
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Chemung County
- Van Etten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- Pitcher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smithville Flats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Adams Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Otselic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- Munsons Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGraw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Little York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- East Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Harford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Harford Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- DeRuyter
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- Spafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Assembly Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Tully
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Amber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Mandana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Apulia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Thorn Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Cardiff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Rose Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Berwyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- Perry City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Cayutaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Logan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Alpine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Odessa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hector
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- Kidders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- East Varick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Canoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Romulus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Willard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- West Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Ketchumville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Candor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newark Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Spencer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Weltonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- West Candor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Hamar Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hullsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nubia, see our County-by-County Page for Nubia.
Cemeteries Near Nubia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nubia.
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 Nubia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nubia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- McLean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Groton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Summerhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McAllister Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hinman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Groton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peruville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scofield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (451 more) ...
- Cortland Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Homer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64658 <2>
- Lickville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Nubia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nubia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nubia, with the one closest to Nubia listed first.
- McLean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Groton City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- South Cortland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Groton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Summer Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Freeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dryden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Dryden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Dryden is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dryden
- Virgil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dresserville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Etna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blodgett Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nubia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nubia.
Newspapers Published in Nubia ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nubia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nubia, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nubia.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Nubia:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca 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> | 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 Nubia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nubia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |