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 Stanley (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 Stanley. 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.
Stanley is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Stanley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stanley:
- Ontario County (The home county of Stanley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Flint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gorham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Billsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Melvin Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Dobbins Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Cottage City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Clifton Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Phelps
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Canandaigua
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Cayuga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Union Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Willets
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Poplar Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Scipioville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Sherwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Ledyard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Atwaters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Lima
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- Springwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Livonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Websters Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Mendon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Fairport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Honeoye Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
- Penfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Henrietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Wayne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hector
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Searsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Reading Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burdett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Border City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Romulus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kuneytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Willard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Varick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Seneca Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Canoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Ovid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tyre
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Lodi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Catawba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Keuka
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Prattsburgh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Atlanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammondsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Pleasant Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Cohocton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Trumansburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Newark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Palmyra
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Yellow Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Marquart Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Macedon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Clyde
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Huddle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Bellona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Rushville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Angus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Yatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Potter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Penn Yan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Seneca Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vine Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Keuka Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Himrod
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Italy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stanley, see our County-by-County Page for Stanley.
Cemeteries Near Stanley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stanley.
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 Stanley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stanley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gorham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New #9 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Number 9 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pickett's Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Barden / Page Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brookside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Butcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (480 more) ...
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shuman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuman Cemetery
- The Shuman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jacob Shuman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66296 <2>
- Bellona Cemetery (New)
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Stanley had a population of 405 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Gorham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ennerdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ennerdale is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennerdale
- Voak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Voak is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voak
- Bellona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Billsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Reed Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
- Orleans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rushville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Benton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stanley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stanley.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Stanley ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stanley.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Stanley. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Stanley and those printed in the larger area surrounding Stanley.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Stanley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Stanley:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne County
- Yates 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 Stanley, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stanley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |