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 Cortland (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 Cortland. 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 Cortland ...
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 Cortland: S. Cortland
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
South Cortland is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near South Cortland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Cortland:
- Cortland County (The home county of South Cortland)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- Munsons Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McGraw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Pratt Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Little York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- East Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Harford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Messengerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- East Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Harford Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Lapeer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- Killawog
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Upper Lisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Maine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Castle Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- West Chenango
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- New Ireland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- Summer Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Locke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Montville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Kelloggsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Cascade
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Omro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Austin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Niles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Chemung County
- Van Etten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- Pitcher
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Smithville Flats
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Adams Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Otselic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Beaver Meadow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Greene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- DeRuyter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- New Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Rippleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- Assembly Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Spafford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Tully
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Apulia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Otisco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Amber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Cardiff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Berwyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Fabius
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- LaFayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Thorn Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- Perry City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Cayutaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- Kidders
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- Ketchumville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- West Newark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Candor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newark Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Weltonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- West Candor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- North Spencer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Hamar Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Hullsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- McLean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Groton City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Dryden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- West Groton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Slaterville Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Varna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Forest Home
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Cortland, see our County-by-County Page for South Cortland.
Cemeteries Near South Cortland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Cortland.
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 Cortland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Cortland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- McAllister Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cortland Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scofield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McLean Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Virgil Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Homer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64658 <2>
- East Groton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (454 more) ...
- Hinman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Glen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGraw Rural Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that South Cortland had a population of 58 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Cortland, with the one closest to South Cortland listed first.
- McLean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Virgil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cortland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Groton City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dryden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Summer Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- East Virgil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Virgil is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Virgil
- Etna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Cortland. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Cortland.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of South Cortland ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Cortland.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of South Cortland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of South Cortland and those printed in the larger area surrounding South Cortland.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of South Cortland.
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 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 South Cortland:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Cortland, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- South Cortland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |