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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 Rome (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 Rome. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Rome is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Rome)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rome, with the one closest to Rome listed first.
    • Air City
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Air City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air City
      • Air City is located in Oneida County
    • Stanwix
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stanwix. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwix
      • Stanwix is located in Oneida County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stanwix
      • From Rome to Stanwix
    • Dix
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Camelot Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
      • Camelot Village is located in Oneida County
    • Coonrod
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coonrod. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonrod
      • Coonrod is located in Oneida County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Coonrod
      • From Rome to Coonrod
    • Greenway Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenway
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Floyd
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
      • Floyd is located in Oneida County
    • Camroden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bartlett
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Verona Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verona Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Mills
      • Verona Mills is located in Oneida County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Verona Mills
      • From Rome to Verona Mills
    • Blackmans Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rome, with the one closest to Rome listed first.
    • Russia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Russia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Russia
      • From Rome to Russia
    • Norwich Corners
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Poland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
      • Poland is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <3>
    • Cold Brook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
      • Cold Brook is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cold Brook <3>
    • Grant
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Grant
      • From Rome to Grant
    • Northwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Northwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Northwood
      • From Rome to Northwood
    • Newport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
      • Newport is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <3>
    • Corrado Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Frankfort
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
      • Frankfort is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,403 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankfort <3>
    • Old City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
      • Old City is located in Herkimer County
    • Middleville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Gray
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gray. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gray
      • From Rome to Gray
  • Lewis County
  • Madison County
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rome, with the one closest to Rome listed first.
    • Tall Pines Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tall Pines Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
    • Mycenae
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mycenae. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
      • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mycenae
      • From Rome to Mycenae
    • Kirkville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Eagle Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
    • Minoa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minoa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
      • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <3>
    • Fayetteville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayetteville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
      • Fayetteville is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,028 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fayetteville <3>
    • Manlius
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manlius. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manlius
      • Manlius is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manlius <3>
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Manlius
      • From Rome to Manlius
  • Oswego County
  • Otsego County

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

Cemeteries Near Rome ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rome.

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 Rome covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rome Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Oneida County Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oneida County Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oneida County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoagg Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoagg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoagg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hamil Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamil Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamil Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Polish Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenway Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenway Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dix Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dix Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Link Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Link Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Link Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (346 more) ...
    • Hazard Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hazard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hazard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Floyd Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Floyd Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Floyd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Delta Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delta Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Delta 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 Rome had a population of 14,991 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Rome had a population of 32,145 people.

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

  • Ridge Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Mills
    • Ridge Mills is located in Oneida County
  • Stanwix
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stanwix. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwix
    • Stanwix is located in Oneida County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Stanwix
    • From Rome to Stanwix
  • Dix
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Greenway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Coonrod
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coonrod. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonrod
    • Coonrod is located in Oneida County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Coonrod
    • From Rome to Coonrod
  • Verona Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verona Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Mills
    • Verona Mills is located in Oneida County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Verona Mills
    • From Rome to Verona Mills
  • Bartlett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Floyd
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Floyd is located in Oneida County
  • Camroden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lowell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lowell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Lowell is located in Oneida County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lowell
    • From Rome to Lowell
  • Lee Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Center
    • Lee Center is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee Center <3>
  • Westernville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • New London
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New London have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • New London is located in Oneida County
    • Westmoreland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Oriskany
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriskany have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriskany
      • Oriskany is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriskany <3>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Rome ...

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 205 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rome.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Rome. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Rome and those printed in the larger area surrounding Rome.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<6> of Rome.

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 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 Rome:

The official website for Rome: www.romenewyork.com/

The official website for Oneida County: www.co.oneida.ny.us/

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 Rome, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rome) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rome. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2189, Longitude: -75.4531    









 

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