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 Stillwater (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 Stillwater. 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 hospitals 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.
Stillwater is located in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County: Cattaraugus, Erie, Erie (PA) & Warren (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Stillwater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stillwater:
- Chautauqua County (The home county of Stillwater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kiantone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kiantone is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiantone
- Frewsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Busti
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
- Falconer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Celoron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fluvanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fluvanna is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
- Ivory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ivory is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Ross Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ross Mills is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Mills
- Greenhurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Onoville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Onoville is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onoville
- Randolph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Conewango
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conewango is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewango
- East Randolph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Randolph is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Estimated population in 2012: 615 people
- Elko ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elko is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Elko has also been known as:
- Wolf Run
- Quaker Bridge ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Quaker Bridge is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Bridge
- Quaker Bridge has also been known as:
- Tunesassa
- Cold Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cold Spring is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Axeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Axeville is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axeville
- Leon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Napoli
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Napoli is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoli
- South Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cattaraugus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford County (PA)
- Spartansburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erie County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Corry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Dam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Elgin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Wattsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McKean County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Custer City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Degolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Degolia is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degolia
- Westline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warren County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Putnamville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Putnamville is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Lottsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lottsville is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
- East Warren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Warren is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Warren
- Irvine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Warren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Youngsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bear Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hemlock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Pittsfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bend is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Kinzua ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kinzua is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stillwater, see our County-by-County Page for Stillwater.
Cemeteries Near Stillwater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stillwater.
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 Stillwater - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stillwater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Stillwater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wilcox Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Busti Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hatch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thayer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Stillwater in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stillwater.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kiantone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kiantone is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiantone
- Busti
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
- Frewsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Falconer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fentonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fentonville is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fentonville
- Fluvanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fluvanna is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
- Lander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lander is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander
- Ross Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ross Mills is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Mills
- Greenhurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Griffiths
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Griffiths is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffiths
- Lakewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Poland Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poland Center is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Center
- Belleview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Driftwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Driftwood is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stillwater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stillwater.
Newspapers Published in Stillwater ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stillwater.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stillwater, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stillwater.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Stillwater:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chautauqua County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cattaraugus County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- McKean County
- Warren 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 Stillwater, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stillwater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |