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 Orchard Knoll (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 Orchard Knoll. 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 Orchard Knoll ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Orchard Knoll: Orchard Knl. (or less commonly used: Orchard Knol.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Orchard Knoll. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orchard Knoll.
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.
Orchard Knoll is located in Chemung 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 Chemung County: Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Orchard Knoll. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orchard Knoll:
- Chemung County (The home county of Orchard Knoll)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- Horseheads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Elmira Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Elmira
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Southport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Erin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Big Flats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Millport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pine City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- Alpine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Catharine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Montour Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Townsend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Watkins Glen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Cayutaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- South Corning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Hornby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Caton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Corning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Painted Post
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Gang Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Coopers Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Presho
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Lindley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- Lockwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Spencer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Candor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Hoopers Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nichols
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Candor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Hamar Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- Newfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Danby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- South Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- East Ithaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Ithaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Church
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Jacksonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Besemer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Forest Home
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Trumansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cayuga Heights
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- Glenora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- Fassett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Gillett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Bentley Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Middletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Coryland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- South Waverly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Berrytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Sayre
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Big Pond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Columbia Cross Roads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- Millerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Roseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Tioga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mainesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Farmington Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Hammond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Mansfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elkland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orchard Knoll, see our County-by-County Page for Orchard Knoll.
Cemeteries Near Orchard Knoll ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orchard Knoll.
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 Orchard Knoll - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orchard Knoll covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodland National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66781 <2>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Marsh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breesport Old Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Second Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whitney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (357 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fulton Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Orchard Knoll in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orchard Knoll.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orchard Knoll, with the one closest to Orchard Knoll listed first.
- Horseheads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Breesport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pine Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Southport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- East Elmira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elmira
- North Chemung
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Chemung is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chemung
- Erin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Big Flats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Millport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pine City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- East Corning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corning
- Webb Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Lowman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orchard Knoll. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orchard Knoll.
Newspapers Published in Orchard Knoll ...
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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orchard Knoll.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orchard Knoll, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orchard Knoll.
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 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 Orchard Knoll:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Bradford 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 Orchard Knoll, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orchard Knoll) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |