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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 (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. 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 hospitals 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.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Steuben)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steuben, with the one closest to Steuben listed first.
    • East Floyd
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
    • Frenchville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
    • Remsen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Holland Patent
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Barneveld
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Camroden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Camroden is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camroden
    • Westernville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Prospect
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Trenton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Trenton is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Floyd
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Trenton Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
    • Air City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Air City is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air City
  • Hamilton County
    • Morehouseville
      (26 miles [41.8 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, with the one closest to Steuben listed first.
    • Northwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Russia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Grant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Poland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cold Brook
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Newport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gray
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Norway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Norway is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Old City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Old City is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • Middleville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Norwich Corners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Corrado Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steuben, with the one closest to Steuben listed first.
    • West Leyden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • Port Leyden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Constableville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Collinsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Lyonsdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Lyons Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Leisher Mill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Turin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Michigan Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • Greig
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Osceola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steuben, with the one closest to Steuben 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 Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Oneida
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    • Wampsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Canastota
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Munnsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitelaw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Siloam
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Siloam is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Solsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Clockville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steuben, with the one closest to Steuben listed first.
    • Redfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cleveland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Steuben ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Steuben.

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 - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Steuben Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Stone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Nisbet Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Steuben Valley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cobin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Sixty Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Carmichael Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Ward Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Fuller Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Capel Isaf Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Penn Mtn. Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • North Steuben Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (270 more) ...
    • Capel Ucha Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • French Road Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Frenchville Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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 Steuben had a population of 99 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Big Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Big Brook is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Brook
  • Remsen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • East Steuben
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • East Steuben is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
  • North Western
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • North Western is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Western
  • Westernville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Camroden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Camroden is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camroden
  • Holland Patent
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Stittville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Trenton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Trenton is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Prospect
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dunn Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunn Brook is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Brook
  • Floyd
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Floyd is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Trenton Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
    • Alder Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • South Trenton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • South Trenton is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Trenton

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

Newspapers Published in Steuben ...

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 191 newspapers that have been published in the area around Steuben.

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

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 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 Steuben:

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, 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' (or 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- Steuben) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.