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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 Spencerport (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 Spencerport. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Spencerport is located in Monroe County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Spencerport ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spencerport.

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

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

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

  • Fairfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whittier Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whittier Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whittier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Parma Corners Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parma Corners Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parma Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Locust Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Locust Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Locust Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shafer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shafer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shafer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Colby Street Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colby Street Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colby Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elmgrove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmgrove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmgrove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoosic Hill Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoosic Hill Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoosic Hill Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Chili Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Chili Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Chili Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Holy Ghost Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Ghost Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Ghost Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Castle Family Pioneer Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castle Family Pioneer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Castle Family Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • East Sweden Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Sweden Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Sweden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Spencerport had a population of 695 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Spencerport had a population of 3,634 people.

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

  • Adams Basin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • South Greece
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • West Greece
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Greece have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greece
    • West Greece is located in Monroe County
  • North Chili
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Coldwater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coldwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
    • Coldwater is located in Monroe County
  • Greece
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • North Greece
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Parma Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma Center
    • Parma Center is located in Monroe County
  • Garland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Garland is located in Monroe County
  • Churchville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Otis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
    • Otis is located in Monroe County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Otis
    • From Spencerport to Otis
  • Maplewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Maplewood is located in Monroe County
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We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spencerport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spencerport.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Spencerport ...

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 281 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spencerport.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Spencerport. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Spencerport and those printed in the larger area surrounding Spencerport.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5> of Spencerport.

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 helpful 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 Spencerport:

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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 Spencerport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Spencerport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spencerport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1862, Longitude: -77.8040