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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 Second Milo (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 Second Milo. 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 and hospitals 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.

Second Milo is located in Yates 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 Yates County: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca & Steuben.

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

  • Yates County     (The home county of Second Milo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Milo, with the one closest to Second Milo listed first.
    • Keuka Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Penn Yan
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Seneca Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Himrod
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Barrington
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
    • Dresden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Yatesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Benton Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Dundee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Angus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Bellona
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Potter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Glenora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenora is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Milo, with the one closest to Second Milo listed first.
    • Willets
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Atwaters
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
    • Aurora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Rock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Ledyard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
    • Poplar Ridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Scipioville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
    • Sherwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Union Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Cayuga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • East Genoa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
    • Oakwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
  • Chemung County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Milo, with the one closest to Second Milo listed first.
    • Post Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Post Creek is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
    • Millport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Milo, with the one closest to Second Milo listed first.
    • Springwater
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Websters Crossing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Milo, with the one closest to Second Milo listed first.
    • Hall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Billsboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Gorham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Woodville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodville is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Flint
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Geneva
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cottage City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cottage City is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
    • Naples
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Seneca Castle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Dobbins Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Melvin Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
    • Hopewell Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
    • Gulick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Milo, with the one closest to Second Milo listed first.
    • Wayne
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • North Reading
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • Hector
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Logan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Reading Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Searsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Burdett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bennettsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Townsend
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Townsend is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
    • Watkins Glen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Mecklenburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Perry City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Montour Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Milo, with the one closest to Second Milo listed first.
    • Willard
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lodi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Ovid
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Romulus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Interlaken
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Kidders
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • East Varick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Border City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Kuneytown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Waterloo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Canoga
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Seneca Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Tyre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Milo, with the one closest to Second Milo listed first.
    • Keuka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Catawba
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • South Pulteney
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Urbana
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Prattsburgh
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • Bradford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hammondsport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Mitchellsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
    • Sonora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Sonora is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
    • Cold Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
    • Hermitage
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hermitage is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • South Bradford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • South Bradford is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Milo, with the one closest to Second Milo listed first.
    • Trumansburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lake Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Jacksonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Taughannock Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
    • Willow Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Myers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • North Lansing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • Newfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayuga Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
    • East Lansing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • Lansing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Ithaca
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <1>
    • East Ithaca
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
  • Wayne County
    • Newark
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Second Milo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Second Milo.

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 Second Milo - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Second Milo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Second Milo had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Penn Yan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Seneca Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
  • Milo Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Milo Mills is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Mills
  • Bluff Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Barrington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Barrington is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
  • Himrod
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mays Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mays Mills is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
  • Branchport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Crosby
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Crosby is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
  • Dresden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Benton Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Benton Center is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
  • Dundee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Starkey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Starkey is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
    • Benton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Benton is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Crystal Spring
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring

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

Newspapers Published in Second Milo ...

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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Second Milo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Second Milo, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Second Milo.

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 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 Second Milo:

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 Second Milo, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Second Milo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.