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 Stratton (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 Stratton. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Stratton is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Stratton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stratton:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Stratton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- West Danby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Newfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Danby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- South Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- White Church
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Ithaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Besemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- East Ithaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Cayuga Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Forest Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Varna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Lansing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- Manningville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Killawog
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Maine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Glen Aubrey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lisle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Endicott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vestal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- Atwaters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- East Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Locke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Ledyard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Black Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Moravia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Montville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Willets
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Dresserville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Poplar Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- Van Etten
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Erin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Millport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Horseheads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Owens Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Elmira Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Chemung
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- Harford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Lapeer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Munsons Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Marathon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Homer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McGraw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Little York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- Cayutaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perry City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Montour Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Burdett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Watkins Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- Interlaken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Lodi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- Hornby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Corning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Bradford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Painted Post
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- South Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- North Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Candor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Lockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Weltonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Newark Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Owego
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- Glenora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Himrod
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- South Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Sayre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- Athens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fassett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Bentley Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Vawter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Middletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Gillett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stratton, see our County-by-County Page for Stratton.
Cemeteries Near Stratton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stratton.
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 Stratton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stratton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- Cutter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Valley View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Danby Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Newfield Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hine Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green & Mettler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Danby Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Danby Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chaffee Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Larue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Adams Settlement Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (406 more) ...
- Budd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Inlet Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Stratton had a population of 98 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
- West Danby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Newfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Danby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Trumbull Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Trumbull Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull Corners
- North Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- White Church
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Caroline Depot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Caroline Depot is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Depot
- Besemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Ithaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Cayutaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cayuta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swartwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Swartwood is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartwood
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stratton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stratton.
Newspapers Published in Stratton ...
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 168 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stratton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stratton, 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 Stratton.
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 Stratton:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Yates County
- Bradford 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 Stratton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stratton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |