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 Portageville (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 Portageville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Portageville is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee & Livingston.
Below are the counties that are near Portageville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Portageville:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Portageville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- East Koy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Castile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pike
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gainesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Newburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Perry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bliss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Smiths Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Smiths Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Corner
- Perry Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Warsaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- Wiscoy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Fillmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hume
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Swain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <1>
- Houghton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Allen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Garwoods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Caneadea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oramel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oramel is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oramel
- Aristotle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Aristotle is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
- Canaseraga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belfast
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- Elton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Delevan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Abbotts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abbotts is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts
- Machias
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ischua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ischua is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ischua
- Bird
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bird is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- Dutchtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Protection
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Porterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Williston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Footes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Footes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footes
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- Pavilion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Linden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Pavilion Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- West Bethany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Brookville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- East Alexander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Alexander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Griswold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Griswold is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Le Roy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Limerock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Stafford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Morganville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- Lewis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Nunda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kysorville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Mount Morris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Tavern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- West Sparta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Woodsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Groveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
- Cumminsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Cuylerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Monroe County
- Mumford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- Canadice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Gulick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- Arkport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stephens Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- North Hornell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Hornell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haskinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- Cohocton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jobs Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- Atlanta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hartsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Canisteo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Portageville, see our County-by-County Page for Portageville.
Cemeteries Near Portageville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Portageville.
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 Portageville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Portageville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- Portageville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Portageville Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Assumption Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pennycook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pennycook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hunts Hollow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Koy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Colonel George Williams & Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dalton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (353 more) ...
- Lot Two Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Portageville had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Portageville, with the one closest to Portageville listed first.
- Lewis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- East Koy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Oakland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Lamont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lamont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nunda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Castile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wiscoy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Rossburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pike
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chace is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chace
- Mills Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Mills is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Mills
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Silver Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gainesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake Junction is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Portageville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Portageville.
Newspapers Published in Portageville ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Portageville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Portageville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Portageville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Portageville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Steuben 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 Portageville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Portageville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |