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 Richmond Center (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 Richmond Center. 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 Richmond Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Richmond Center: Richmond Ctr. (or less commonly used: Richmond Cen., Richmond Cent. or Richmond Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Richmond Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Richmond Center.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Richmond Center is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Richmond Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richmond Center:
- Ontario County (The home county of Richmond Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Richmond Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Canadice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Bristol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Bristol Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- East Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Village of Bloomfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holcomb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Bloomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Gulick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Centerfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Canaseraga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Garwoods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Limerock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Pavilion Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Pavilion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Le Roy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bergen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jericon Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
- Stafford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Livonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- Foots Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Sleggs Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Maple Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Websters Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Springwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Groveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Geneseo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Groveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kysorville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Cuylerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Honeoye Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ford Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Moran Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Mendon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Manns Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- North Rush
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Henrietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Henrietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
- Scottsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garbutt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Seneca County
- Border City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Wayland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Atlanta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cohocton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Prattsburgh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Haskinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- South Pulteney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Avoca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jobs Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- Catawba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Arkport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stephens Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- Howard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Keuka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Macedon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Yellow Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marquart Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Huddle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- East Palmyra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Walworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Newark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Fruitland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Peoria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Covington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Perry Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Perry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Castile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Warsaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Vine Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Rushville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Italy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Potter
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Yatesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Benton Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Penn Yan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Keuka Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Angus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Seneca Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Barrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richmond Center, see our County-by-County Page for Richmond Center.
Cemeteries Near Richmond Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richmond Center.
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 Richmond Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richmond Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Richmond Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Purcell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allens Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dennison Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hemlock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Short Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canadice Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canadice Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Doyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Case Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (454 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Richmond Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richmond Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richmond Center, with the one closest to Richmond Center listed first.
- Honeoye
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Allens Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Allens Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Hill
- Richmond Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Canadice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- Vincent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Vincent is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Bristol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- West Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Livonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Livonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Livonia is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livonia
- Bristol Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- East Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- South Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lima
- South Bristol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bristol
- South Bloomfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richmond Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richmond Center.
Newspapers Published in Richmond Center ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richmond Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richmond Center, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richmond Center.
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 Richmond Center:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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> | 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 Richmond Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Richmond Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |