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 Reynoldsville (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 Reynoldsville. 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 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.
Reynoldsville is located in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County: Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Reynoldsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reynoldsville:
- Schuyler County (The home county of Reynoldsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Mecklenburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Logan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Bennettsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Searsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burdett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Watkins Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Reading Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Odessa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Montour Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Atwaters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Willets
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Ledyard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- East Genoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Locke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Cascade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Moravia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Millport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Post Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Erin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Horseheads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Van Etten
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Big Flats
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elmira
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Elmira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Owens Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Harford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Munsons Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Billsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Interlaken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kidders
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Willard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Romulus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Border City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Seneca Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Keuka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Catawba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Hornby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Urbana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- South Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- South Pulteney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Sonora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Hammondsport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Campbell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Savona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Cold Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- North Spencer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Candor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lockwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Trumansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Taughannock Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Willow Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Newfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Myers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Ithaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Ithaca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Forest Home
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- 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 Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Glenora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Himrod
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Dresden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Keuka Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Penn Yan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Angus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Benton Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Potter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reynoldsville, see our County-by-County Page for Reynoldsville.
Cemeteries Near Reynoldsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reynoldsville.
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 Reynoldsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reynoldsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bennetsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mecklenburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carman Road Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McIntyre Settlement Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cronk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Burdett Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- County Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (401 more) ...
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Reynoldsville had a population of 216 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reynoldsville, with the one closest to Reynoldsville listed first.
- Bennettsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Smith Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Valley is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Mecklenburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Logan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- East Steamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Steamburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steamburg
- Perry City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Searsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Burdett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waterburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waterburg is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterburg
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cayutaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Watkins Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Lodi Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lodi Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Center
- Trumansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Townsendville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reynoldsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reynoldsville.
Newspapers Published in Reynoldsville ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reynoldsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reynoldsville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reynoldsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Reynoldsville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Schuyler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Ontario County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates 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 Reynoldsville, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Reynoldsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |