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 Starkey (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 Starkey. 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 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.
Starkey is located in Yates 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 Yates County: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca & Steuben.
Below are the counties that are near Starkey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Starkey:
- Yates County (The home county of Starkey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Glenora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Himrod
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Seneca Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Keuka Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Penn Yan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Angus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Benton Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bellona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Potter
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Atwaters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Poplar Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- East Genoa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Scipioville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Union Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Locke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cascade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Millport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Pine Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Horseheads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Big Flats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Erin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Billsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Flint
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Naples
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Woodville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Dobbins Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Seneca Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cottage City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Melvin Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Hopewell Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Gulick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Hector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Logan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- North Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Searsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Bennettsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perry City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Townsend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Mecklenburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montour Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Lodi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Ovid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Romulus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Border City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Canoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Seneca Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Keuka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hammondsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Prattsburgh
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Pleasant Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hermitage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Mitchellsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Cold Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Tioga County
- North Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Trumansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Taughannock Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Lake Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Willow Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Newfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Ithaca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- North Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- East Ithaca
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- East Lansing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Starkey, see our County-by-County Page for Starkey.
Cemeteries Near Starkey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Starkey.
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 Starkey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Starkey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Starkey Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakemont Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valois Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Stream Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grove Mt. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Raplee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Barrington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Lodi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Old Reading Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cronk 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Starkey had a population of 107 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Starkey, with the one closest to Starkey listed first.
- Dundee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glenora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Hector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Stream
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Himrod
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Logan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Lodi Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Center
- North Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Barrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Crystal Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Reading Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Steamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Steamburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steamburg
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Townsendville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
- Lodi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Second Milo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Second Milo is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Starkey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Starkey.
Newspapers Published in Starkey ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Starkey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Starkey, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Starkey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Starkey:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Yates County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben 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> | 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 Starkey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Starkey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |