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 Riverside Manor (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 Riverside Manor. 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 northeast 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 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.
Riverside Manor is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near Riverside Manor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverside Manor:
- Cortland County (The home county of Riverside Manor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- Messengerville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Lapeer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Marathon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McGraw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Harford Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Cortland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Harford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- Killawog
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Upper Lisle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Whitney Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Glen Aubrey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Maine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- West Chenango
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- New Ireland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Quinneville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- Glen Castle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- Summer Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Locke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Kelloggsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Omro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Cascade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Austin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Niles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- Pitcher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville Flats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- South Otselic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Greene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Kirk
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Beaver Meadow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Oxford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Otselic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Haynes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Norwich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- DeRuyter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Rippleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- Assembly Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Apulia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Fabius
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spafford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Otisco Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Berwyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Otisco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Cardiff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Delphi Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- LaFayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Log City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Log City is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
- Pompey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- Ketchumville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Weltonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Candor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hullsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Hamar Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Gaskill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- West Candor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- North Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Campville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Owego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- Dryden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McLean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Groton City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Freeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Caroline Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Groton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Church
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Varna
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Cayuga Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverside Manor, see our County-by-County Page for Riverside Manor.
Cemeteries Near Riverside Manor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverside Manor.
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 Riverside Manor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverside Manor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- Snyder Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parker Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marathon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freetown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bemis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blodgett Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Texas Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Killawog Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (458 more) ...
- Loope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Virgil Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Riverside Manor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverside Manor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverside Manor, with the one closest to Riverside Manor listed first.
- Messengerville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- East Virgil
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Virgil is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Virgil
- Freetown Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Marathon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hunts Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Blodgett Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Texas Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
- East Freetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Freetown is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Virgil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Killawog
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Harford Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Willet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Cortland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Harford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverside Manor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverside Manor.
Newspapers Published in Riverside Manor ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverside Manor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverside Manor, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riverside Manor.
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 helpful 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 Riverside Manor:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Riverside Manor, 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- Riverside Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |