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 Pioneer Village (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 Pioneer Village. 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 Pioneer Village ...
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 Pioneer Village: Pioneer Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pioneer Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pioneer Village.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Pioneer Village 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 Pioneer Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pioneer Village:
- Chemung County (The home county of Pioneer Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Horseheads
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sullivanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Elmira Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Elmira
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Millport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Elmira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Big Flats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Post Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Southport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Pine City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Catharine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Beaver Dams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Odessa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Alpine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montour Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Townsend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Watkins Glen
(14 miles [22.5 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>
- Burdett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Seneca County
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Corning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Corning
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Riverside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Caton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Painted Post
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Coopers Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Campbell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Presho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- South Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Lindley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Lockwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Barton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smithboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hoopers Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Candor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nichols
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Lounsberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Newfield
(17 miles [27.4 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)
- Jacksonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- 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
- Trumansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Besemer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Cayuga Heights
(26 miles [41.8 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
- 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
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Glenora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Himrod
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Fassett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Gillett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Bentley Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Coryland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Middletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Berrytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- South Waverly
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Big Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Sayre
(20 miles [32.2 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>
- Athens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Columbia Cross Roads
(23 miles [37 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 Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Millerton
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Roseville
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Tioga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elkland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Mainesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Mansfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola
(29 miles [46.7 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 Pioneer Village, see our County-by-County Page for Pioneer Village.
Cemeteries Near Pioneer Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pioneer Village.
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 Pioneer Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pioneer Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Marsh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Whitney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (365 more) ...
- Hilltop Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South School Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Pioneer Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pioneer Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Horseheads
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sullivanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Breesport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elmira
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Big Flats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Corning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corning
- Southport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- East Elmira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elmira
- North Chemung
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Chemung is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chemung
- Erin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Post Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Pine City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Catharine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pioneer Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pioneer Village.
Newspapers Published in Pioneer Village ...
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 Pioneer Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pioneer Village, 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 Pioneer Village.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pioneer Village:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Schuyler County
- Seneca 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 Pioneer Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pioneer Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |