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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 Steuben Valley (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 Steuben Valley. 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 Steuben Valley ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Steuben Valley: Steuben Vly. (or less commonly used: Steuben Vally. or Steuben Vlly.)

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 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.

Steuben Valley is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Steuben Valley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steuben Valley, with the one closest to Steuben Valley listed first.
    • East Floyd
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
    • Remsen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holland Patent
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Barneveld
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Trenton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Trenton is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Prospect
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Trenton Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
    • Camroden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Camroden is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camroden
    • Floyd
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Frenchville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
    • North Gage
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Gage is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gage
    • Westernville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Marcy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Fulton County
    • Emmonsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Emmonsburg is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmonsburg
  • Hamilton County
    • Morehouseville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steuben Valley, with the one closest to Steuben Valley listed first.
    • Russia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Grant
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Northwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Poland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cold Brook
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Newport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Gray
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Norway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Norway is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Old City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Old City is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • Middleville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Corrado Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
    • Frankfort
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kast Bridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Kast Bridge is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kast Bridge
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steuben Valley, with the one closest to Steuben Valley listed first.
    • West Leyden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • Port Leyden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Constableville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Collinsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Lyonsdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Lyons Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Leisher Mill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Turin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Greig
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Michigan Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • Osceola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Glendale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steuben Valley, with the one closest to Steuben Valley listed first.
    • Kenwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Oneida
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Oneida Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Valley Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Munns
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Munns is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munns
    • Munnsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wampsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Canastota
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Siloam
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Siloam is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Solsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitelaw
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Clockville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Madison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Steuben Valley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Steuben Valley.

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 Steuben Valley - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Steuben Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Ward Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cobin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Fuller Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Capel Isaf Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sixty Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Steuben Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Olden - Barneveld Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Capel Ucha Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stone Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Nisbet Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (290 more) ...
    • Prospect Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Penn-Y-Caerau Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Capel Bont Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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>

While we didn't find Steuben Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Steuben Valley.

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

  • Steuben
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Steuben is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
  • Holland Patent
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Trenton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Trenton is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Remsen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Trenton Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
  • Prospect
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Big Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Brook is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Brook
  • Stittville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • East Steuben
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • East Steuben is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
  • Camroden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Camroden is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camroden
  • Floyd
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Floyd is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • South Trenton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • South Trenton is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Trenton
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • North Western
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • North Western is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Western
    • North Gage
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Gage is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gage
    • Gravesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Gravesville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Steuben Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Steuben Valley.

Newspapers Published in Steuben Valley ...

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 182 newspapers that have been published in the area around Steuben Valley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Steuben Valley, 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 Steuben Valley.

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 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 Steuben Valley:

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 Steuben Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Steuben Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.