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 Taylor 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 Taylor 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 Taylor 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 Taylor Valley: Taylor Vly. (or less commonly used: Taylor Vally. or Taylor 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Taylor Valley is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near Taylor Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taylor Valley:
- Cortland County (The home county of Taylor Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- Solon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- McGraw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crains Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- East Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Truxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Messengerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Marathon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cortland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Little York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Lapeer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- Killawog
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Manningville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Triangle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Whitney Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Glen Aubrey
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Quinneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- Kattellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- West Chenango
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- North Colesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Colesville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
- Glen Castle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- Summer Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Sempronius
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Dresserville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Kelloggsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Locke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Montville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Omro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Niles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- East Genoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Austin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- Pitcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Beaver Meadow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Otselic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Kirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Smithville Flats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Plymouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Greene
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Norwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Norwich is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- DeRuyter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Rippleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Earlville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Randallsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- Bingley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bingley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
- Hamilton Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- Assembly Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Apulia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Fabius
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tully
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berwyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Delphi Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pompey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Spafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- LaFayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Log City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Log City is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
- Cardiff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Otisco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- Ketchumville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- Groton City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- McLean
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dryden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Freeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Groton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Slaterville Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- West Groton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Besemer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- East Lansing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Varna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- North Lansing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taylor Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Taylor Valley.
Cemeteries Near Taylor Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylor 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 Taylor Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taylor Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- Hawley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Loope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holmes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cincinnatus Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pitcher Congregational Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Cincinnatus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (449 more) ...
- Hinman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cheningo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pink Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Taylor Valley had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taylor Valley, with the one closest to Taylor Valley listed first.
- Taylor Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Center is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Center
- East Freetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Freetown is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Taylor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Solon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Cincinnatus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pitcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cheningo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cheningo is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheningo
- Freetown Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Pitcher Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
- Lincklaen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincklaen is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincklaen
- Texas Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
- North Pitcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Pitcher is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pitcher
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Blodgett Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crains Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Willet
(8 miles [12.9 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 Taylor Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taylor Valley.
Newspapers Published in Taylor 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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylor Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taylor Valley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Taylor Valley.
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 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 Taylor Valley:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Taylor 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Taylor Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |