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 Rosstown (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 Rosstown. 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 doctors 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.
Rosstown is located in Chemung 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 Chemung County: Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Rosstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rosstown:
- Chemung County (The home county of Rosstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosstown, with the one closest to Rosstown listed first.
- Pine City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Southport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Webb Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- West Elmira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wellsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sagetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Elmira Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Horseheads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Big Flats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Chemung
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosstown, with the one closest to Rosstown listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Alpine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Catharine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Montour Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Townsend
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Watkins Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Cayutaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosstown, with the one closest to Rosstown listed first.
- Caton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- South Corning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Lindley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Painted Post
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Presho
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Coopers Plains
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- East Campbell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Addison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosstown, with the one closest to Rosstown listed first.
- Lockwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Barton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Nichols
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Candor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Lounsberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- East Nichols
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Candor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosstown, with the one closest to Rosstown listed first.
- West Danby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Newfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosstown, with the one closest to Rosstown listed first.
- Fassett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Gillett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Coryland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Bentley Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Middletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Berrytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Austinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Big Pond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Columbia Cross Roads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- South Waverly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Sylvania
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- East Smithfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Lycoming County (PA)
- Chemung
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chemung is located in Lycoming County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosstown, with the one closest to Rosstown listed first.
- Millerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Roseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Lawrenceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Tioga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Mainesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Mansfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Farmington Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Covington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Elkland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rosstown, see our County-by-County Page for Rosstown.
Cemeteries Near Rosstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosstown.
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 Rosstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rosstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosstown, with the one closest to Rosstown listed first.
- Christian Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Roushy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fulton Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Scudder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Miller Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Elmira.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327442 <2>
- Second Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Doty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodland National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66781 <2>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dutch Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Sagetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ashland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Rosstown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rosstown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rosstown, with the one closest to Rosstown listed first.
- Pine City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Seeley Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Seeley Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley Creek
- Southport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Webb Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Fassett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Millerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Gillett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Wellsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dunning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dunning is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunning
- Lowman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Elmira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elmira
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ridgebury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgebury is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Trowbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trowbridge is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Jobs Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jobs Corners is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rosstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosstown.
Newspapers Published in Rosstown ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosstown, 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 Rosstown.
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 Rosstown:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Lycoming County
- Tioga 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> | 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- Rosstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Rosstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |