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 Stanbro (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 Stanbro. 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 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.
Stanbro is located in Chenango 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 Chenango County: Broome, Cortland, Delaware, Madison & Otsego.
Below are the counties that are near Stanbro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stanbro:
- Chenango County (The home county of Stanbro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanbro, with the one closest to Stanbro listed first.
- Beaver Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Otselic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Otselic Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- South Otselic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Plymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Norwich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Norwich is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
- Sherburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pitcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanbro, with the one closest to Stanbro listed first.
- Upper Lisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Triangle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Killawog
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manningville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- North Colesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Colesville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
- Quinneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanbro, with the one closest to Stanbro listed first.
- Crains Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Solon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Truxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Homer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- McGraw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Messengerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Cummings Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Slab City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Marathon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Little York
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Preble
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Delaware County
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herkimer County
- West Winfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanbro, with the one closest to Stanbro listed first.
- Earlville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- DeRuyter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- West Eaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Hamilton Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
- East Hamilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
- Pecksport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pecksport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
- New Woodstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Bouckville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanbro, with the one closest to Stanbro listed first.
- Oriskany Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stockwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stockwell is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Augusta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Augusta is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Sangerfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Waterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oneida Castle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Sherrill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Bridgewater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Bridgewater is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bridgewater
- Cassville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paris is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Pine Village Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Village Estates is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village Estates
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanbro, with the one closest to Stanbro listed first.
- Delphi Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fabius
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Apulia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Pompey Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
- Berwyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Pompey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tully
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Log City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Log City is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
- Assembly Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Watervale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Watervale is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
- Eagle Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- LaFayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanbro, with the one closest to Stanbro listed first.
- South Edmeston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Edmeston is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edmeston
- Pittsfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Edmeston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Copes Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner
- Gilbertsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Morris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Burlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Burlington Flats
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Garrattsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Welcome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Welcome is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Plainfield Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield Center is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Center
- Youmans Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Youmans Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youmans Corner
- Tompkins County
- Groton City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stanbro, see our County-by-County Page for Stanbro.
Cemeteries Near Stanbro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stanbro.
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 Stanbro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stanbro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stanbro, with the one closest to Stanbro listed first.
- Cole Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kirk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Frink Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Otselic.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65178 <2>
- Bonney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Seventh Day Hollow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North West Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pharsalia Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Side Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rhode Island Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ufford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (441 more) ...
- Southside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Stanbro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stanbro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stanbro, with the one closest to Stanbro listed first.
- Beaver Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Otselic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Otselic Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- South Otselic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Pharsalia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Pharsalia is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pharsalia
- Kirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Plymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mariposa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mariposa is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariposa
- North Pitcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Pitcher is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pitcher
- Pharsalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pharsalia is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharsalia
- East Pharsalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sherburne Four Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pitcher Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stanbro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stanbro.
Newspapers Published in Stanbro ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stanbro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stanbro, 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 Stanbro.
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 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 Stanbro:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chenango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cortland County
- Delaware County
- Herkimer County
- Madison County
- Oneida County
- Onondaga County
- Otsego 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 Stanbro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stanbro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |