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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 Shorewood (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 Shorewood. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Shorewood is located in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County: Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins & Yates.

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

  • Schuyler County     (The home county of Shorewood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shorewood, with the one closest to Shorewood listed first.
    • Wayne
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • North Reading
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • Reading Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Townsend
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Townsend is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
    • Beaver Dams
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Watkins Glen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Hector
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Moreland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Moreland is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
    • Wedgewood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
    • Burdett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Bennettsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Logan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shorewood, with the one closest to Shorewood listed first.
    • Atwaters
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
    • Willets
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Black Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Aurora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ledyard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
  • Chemung County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shorewood, with the one closest to Shorewood listed first.
    • Post Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Post Creek is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
    • Millport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Flats
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pioneer Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
    • Sullivanville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
    • Horseheads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmira Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmira
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Erin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • West Elmira
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • West Elmira is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
    • Sagetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sagetown is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
  • Livingston County
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shorewood, with the one closest to Shorewood listed first.
    • Naples
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodville is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Gorham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Hall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Gulick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
    • Billsboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Cottage City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cottage City is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
    • Flint
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Geneva
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Bristol Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • Canadice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shorewood, with the one closest to Shorewood listed first.
    • Lodi
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Willard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ovid
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Interlaken
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Romulus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • East Varick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shorewood, with the one closest to Shorewood listed first.
    • Bradford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Keuka
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Urbana
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Catawba
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • South Pulteney
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Hammondsport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sonora
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sonora is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
    • South Bradford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • South Bradford is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
    • Pleasant Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Cold Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
    • Hermitage
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Hermitage is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Mitchellsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shorewood, with the one closest to Shorewood listed first.
    • Trumansburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jacksonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Taughannock Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
    • Newfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Willow Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Lake Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Myers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • Ithaca
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • South Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • South Hill is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
    • West Danby
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • West Danby is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shorewood, with the one closest to Shorewood listed first.
    • Barrington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
    • Dundee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Glenora is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
    • Keuka Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Himrod
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Italy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Penn Yan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Seneca Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Yatesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Dresden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Potter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Benton Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
  • Tioga County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shorewood, with the one closest to Shorewood listed first.
    • Lawrenceville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
    • Pritchard ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard

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

Cemeteries Near Shorewood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shorewood.

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 Shorewood - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Tyrone Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Beach Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacobus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bradford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Altay Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gobel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Chestnut Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Shuart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Washington Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sonora Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (394 more) ...
    • Old Sugar Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Depew Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Schuyler Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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 Shorewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shorewood.

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

  • Weston
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Weston is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
  • Tyrone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayne
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • North Urbana
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • North Urbana is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Urbana
  • Bradford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Keuka
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Keuka is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
  • Altay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Altay is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altay
  • Crystal Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
  • Grove Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
  • Urbana
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Urbana is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
  • Catawba
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Catawba is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
  • Hammondsport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • North Reading
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • South Pulteney
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Rheims
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Rheims is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheims

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

Newspapers Published in Shorewood ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shorewood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shorewood, 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 Shorewood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Shorewood:

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 Shorewood, 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- Shorewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.