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 South Cameron (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 South Cameron. 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 South Cameron ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Cameron: S. Cameron
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 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.
South Cameron is located in Steuben 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 Steuben County: Allegany, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Yates, Potter (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near South Cameron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Cameron:
- Steuben County (The home county of South Cameron)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cameron, with the one closest to South Cameron listed first.
- Cameron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hedgesville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
- Cameron Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Cameron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Cameron is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cameron
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Risingville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Risingville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingville
- Woodhull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rathbone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rathbone is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- South Canisteo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Canisteo is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canisteo
- Adrian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adrian is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Troupsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canisteo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Addison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cameron, with the one closest to South Cameron listed first.
- Almond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Whitesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alfred
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Alfred is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
- Alfred has also been known as:
- Alfred village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alfred <1>
- Bishopville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Elm Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elm Valley is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Valley
- Hallsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hallsport is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsport
- Paynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Paynesville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Dyke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dyke is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
- Phillips Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Phillips Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Creek
- West Almond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Almond is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Almond
- Stannards
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stannards is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannards
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cameron, with the one closest to South Cameron listed first.
- Post Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Big Flats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sagetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Webb Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Pine City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Elmira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Livingston County
- Dansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ontario County
- Naples
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cameron, with the one closest to South Cameron listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Townsend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Moreland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- North Reading
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wedgewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Yates County
- Italy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Potter County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cameron, with the one closest to South Cameron listed first.
- North Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Harrison Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Valley is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Valley
- Elmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elmer is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- North Bingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Bingham is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bingham
- Hector
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hector is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Genesee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Genesee is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
- Ulysses
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Bingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Bingham is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bingham
- Sunderlinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunderlinville is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderlinville
- Newfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newfield is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfield
- Ellisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellisburg is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg
- Gold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gold is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold
- Brookland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brookland is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookland
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cameron, with the one closest to South Cameron listed first.
- Austinburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Austinburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinburg
- Osceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Knoxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elkland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cowanesque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cowanesque is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowanesque
- Westfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Farmington Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Potter Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Potter Brook is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Brook
- Keeneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Hammond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Tioga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Cameron, see our County-by-County Page for South Cameron.
Cemeteries Near South Cameron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Cameron.
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 South Cameron - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Cameron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Cameron, with the one closest to South Cameron listed first.
- Boyd's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lower Swale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hedgesville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Northrup Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cameron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Creek Cemetery
- The Talbot Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Jasper Cemetery
- Eight Square Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Cameron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Swale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Schenck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schenck Cemetery
- The Schenck Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marsh Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (337 more) ...
- Hampshire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cameron Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron Mills Cemetery
- The Cameron Mills Cemetery has also been known as:
- Town Line Cemetery
- Town Line Church Cemetery
- Townline Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1458110 <2>
- Jasper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 South Cameron in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Cameron.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Cameron, with the one closest to South Cameron listed first.
- Hedgesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hedgesville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
- Cameron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hampshire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hampshire is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampshire
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodhull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Risingville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Risingville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingville
- North Cameron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Cameron is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cameron
- South Canisteo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Canisteo is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canisteo
- Adrian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adrian is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Thurston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Troupsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Borden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Borden is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
- South Addison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Addison is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Addison
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Cameron. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Cameron.
Newspapers Published in South Cameron ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Cameron.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Cameron, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Cameron.
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 South Cameron:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Steuben County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Chemung County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Yates County
- Potter 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> | 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 South Cameron, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Cameron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |