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 Rush Run (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 Rush Run. 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 Rush Run ...
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.
Another variation: Rushrun.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rush Run. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rush Run.
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 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.
Rush Run 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 Rush Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rush Run:
- Chemung County (The home county of Rush Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Sullivanville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Millport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Erin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Horseheads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Elmira Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Van Etten
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elmira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Big Flats
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Elmira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Southport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Atwaters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- East Genoa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Harford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Alpine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Catharine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Montour Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Wedgewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Cayutaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Beaver Dams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Watkins Glen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Bennettsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Townsend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Mecklenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Interlaken
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kidders
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Willard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Hornby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Corning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Painted Post
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- East Campbell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Gang Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- South Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Coopers Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sonora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Campbell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- North Spencer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lockwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Candor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Barton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Hoopers Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Nichols
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Newfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Danby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Ithaca
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Jacksonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- East Ithaca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- White Church
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Trumansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Besemer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Cayuga Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Forest Home
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Lansing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Glenora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Himrod
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Fassett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Bentley Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Gillett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- South Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Middletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Sayre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- Berrytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Coryland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Big Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- East Smithfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Austinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Columbia Cross Roads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Millerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Roseville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Tioga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rush Run, see our County-by-County Page for Rush Run.
Cemeteries Near Rush Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rush Run.
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 Rush Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rush Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Van Duzer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parsons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Red Chalk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Marsh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Breesport Old Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (370 more) ...
- Old Scotchtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Settlement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Rush Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rush Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rush Run, with the one closest to Rush Run listed first.
- Sullivanville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Cayuta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Catharine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Alpine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Millport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Breesport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Horseheads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Odessa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Erin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swartwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Swartwood is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartwood
- Moreland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wedgewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Elmira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Chemung
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Chemung is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chemung
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rush Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rush Run.
Newspapers Published in Rush Run ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rush Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rush Run, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rush Run.
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 websites either 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 Rush Run:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Bradford 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> | 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 Rush Run, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rush Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |