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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 Preble (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 Preble. 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 doctors 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.

Preble is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.

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

  • Cortland County     (The home county of Preble)
  • Broome County
  • Cayuga County
  • Chenango County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Preble, with the one closest to Preble listed first.
    • DeRuyter
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Puckerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • New Woodstock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Union
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Madison County
    • Rippleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Cazenovia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cazenovia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Cazenovia is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,843 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cazenovia <3>
    • Bingley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chittenango Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sulphur Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Chittenango
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chittenango have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango
      • Chittenango is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,823 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chittenango <3>
    • West Eaton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Eaton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
      • West Eaton is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to West Eaton
      • From Preble to West Eaton
    • Bolivar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolivar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
    • Sullivan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Preble, with the one closest to Preble listed first.
    • Assembly Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Tully
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <3>
    • Apulia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • 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.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Apulia
      • From Preble to Apulia
    • Otisco Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Spafford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spafford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Spafford
      • From Preble to Spafford
    • Otisco
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cardiff
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Berwyn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fabius
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • LaFayette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Log City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
      • Log City is located in Onondaga County
    • Indian Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Onondaga County
    • Sentinel Heights
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Seneca County
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Preble, with the one closest to Preble listed first.
    • Groton City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groton City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
    • McLean
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Groton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Peruville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peruville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Peruville
      • From Preble to Peruville
    • West Groton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dryden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dryden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
      • Dryden is located in Tompkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryden <3>
    • Freeville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeville
      • Freeville is located in Tompkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeville <3>
    • East Lansing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • North Lansing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lansing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
      • Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,866 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <3>
    • Myers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Myers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Myers
      • From Preble to Myers
    • Varna
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cayuga Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
      • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people

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

Cemeteries Near Preble ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Preble.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gillett Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gillett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brook Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brook Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sessions Hill Neighborhood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sessions Hill Neighborhood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sessions Hill Neighborhood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bromley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bromley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bromley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Leo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Leo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Leo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Farr Burying Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farr Burying Ground
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farr Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scott Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tully Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cold Brook Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cold Brook Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cold Brook Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seven Day Baptist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seven Day Baptist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seven Day Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (489 more) ...
    • Atwater Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atwater Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Vesper Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vesper Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vesper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • East Homer Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Homer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Homer 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Preble had a population of 215 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • East Scott
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Scott. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
    • East Scott is located in Cortland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to East Scott
    • From Preble to East Scott
  • Little York
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Tully Lake Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tully Lake Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully Lake Park
    • Tully Lake Park is located in Onondaga County
  • Tully
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <3>
  • South Spafford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Spafford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spafford
    • South Spafford is located in Onondaga County
  • Scott
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • East Homer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Homer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • East River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • East River is located in Cortland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to East River
    • From Preble to East River
  • Truxton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Apulia Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <3>
  • Glen Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
    • Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Preble. See our List of 1890's Communities around Preble.

Newspapers Published in Preble ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Preble.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Preble, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Preble.

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 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 Preble:

The official website for Preble: www.preble-ny.org/

The official website for Cortland County: www.cortland-co.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Preble, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Preble) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Preble. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7353, Longitude: -76.1482    









 

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