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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 Pompey (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 Pompey. 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 doctors and 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.

Pompey is located in Onondaga 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 Onondaga County: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison & Oswego.

Below are the counties that are near Pompey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pompey:

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

Cemeteries Near Pompey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pompey.

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 Pompey - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pompey Hill RC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pompey Hill RC Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pompey Hill RC Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pompey Hill Protestant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pompey Hill Protestant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pompey Hill Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clark Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bush Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bush Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dodge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dodge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dodge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spoor Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spoor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spoor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maplewood Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Block Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Block Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Block Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pompey Center Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pompey Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pompey Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Houghtaling - Bush Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Houghtaling - Bush Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Houghtaling - Bush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • LaFayette Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the LaFayette Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the LaFayette Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sherman Hollow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherman Hollow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherman Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Apulia Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Apulia Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Apulia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Old Fabius Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Fabius Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Fabius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Pompey had a population of 208 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Pompey Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Watervale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Collingwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collingwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collingwood
    • Collingwood is located in Onondaga County
  • Fabius
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • LaFayette
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Apulia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Apulia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Apulia
    • From Pompey to Apulia
  • Apulia Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apulia Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia Station
    • Apulia Station is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apulia Station <2>
  • Jamesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oran
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oran have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
    • Oran is located in Onondaga County
  • Cardiff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rippleton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Manlius
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manlius. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manlius
    • Manlius is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manlius <2>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Manlius
    • From Pompey to Manlius
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    • Tully
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tully have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
      • Tully is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tully <2>
    • Keeney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keeney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeney
      • Keeney is located in Cortland County
    • New Woodstock
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Pompey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pompey.

Newspapers Published in Pompey ...

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 156 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pompey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pompey, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pompey.

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 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 Pompey:

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>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 Pompey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Pompey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pompey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8990, Longitude: -76.0157