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 Swartwood (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 Swartwood. 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.
Swartwood is located in Chemung 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 Chemung County: Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Swartwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swartwood:
- Chemung County (The home county of Swartwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Van Etten
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Erin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Owens Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Horseheads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Millport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Elmira Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elmira
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chemung
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Southport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Maine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Endicott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Endwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Aubrey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Manningville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Vestal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Atwaters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- East Genoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Harford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Lapeer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Alpine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Cayutaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Odessa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montour Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mecklenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Moreland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Bennettsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Watkins Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Beaver Dams
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kidders
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Hornby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- South Corning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Corning
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Caton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Painted Post
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Gang Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coopers Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- North Spencer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Candor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Lockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Candor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Waverly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Barton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoopers Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Lounsberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Nichols
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- West Danby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Newfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Danby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- White Church
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- South Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Besemer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Ithaca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Ithaca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Cayuga Heights
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Caroline Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Forest Home
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Slaterville Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Glenora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Himrod
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- South Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 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>
- Fassett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Middletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Gillett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Vawter
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Berrytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Big Pond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- East Smithfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Bumpville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- Little Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Millerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Roseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swartwood, see our County-by-County Page for Swartwood.
Cemeteries Near Swartwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swartwood.
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 Swartwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swartwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Swartwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ennis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Westbrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elston Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Chalk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Scotchtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rumsey - Getman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Larue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scotchtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (384 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Spencer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Swartwood had a population of 92 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Swartwood, with the one closest to Swartwood listed first.
- Van Etten
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Erin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Cayuta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hicks is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Breesport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Danby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Reniff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reniff is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reniff
- Alpine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivanville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- North Chemung
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Chemung is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chemung
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Lockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Barton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Barton is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barton
- West Candor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Swartwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swartwood.
Newspapers Published in Swartwood ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swartwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swartwood, 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 Swartwood.
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 websites either 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 Swartwood:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna County
- Tioga 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 Swartwood, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swartwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |