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 Texas 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 Texas 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 Texas 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Texas Valley: Texas Vly. (or less commonly used: Texas Vally. or Texas 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Texas 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 Texas Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Texas Valley:
- Cortland County (The home county of Texas Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- Marathon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Messengerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Lapeer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- McGraw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harford Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Cortland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Munsons Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Harford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- Killawog
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Manningville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Whitney Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Triangle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Glen Aubrey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- West Chenango
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Quinneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- Kattellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Maine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- Summer Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Locke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- East Genoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- Pitcher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville Flats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- South Otselic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greene
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kirk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Otselic Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Oxford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Otselic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Plymouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- DeRuyter
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Earlville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rippleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Randallsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- West Eaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- Assembly Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Apulia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Fabius
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Berwyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Spafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Delphi Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Pompey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Otisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Cardiff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- LaFayette
(29 miles [46.7 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>
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- Ketchumville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Hullsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Weltonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Candor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Hamar Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Campville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- West Candor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Apalachin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Owego
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- Dryden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- McLean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Groton City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Caroline Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Freeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Slaterville Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Groton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- White Church
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Varna
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- East Ithaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Texas Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Texas Valley.
Cemeteries Near Texas Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Texas 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 Texas Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Texas Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- Texas Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marathon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beardsley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Westview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lower Cincinnatus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cincinnatus Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snyder Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (468 more) ...
- Loope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bemis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Killawog Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Texas Valley had a population of 149 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Texas Valley, with the one closest to Texas Valley listed first.
- Willet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marathon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- East Freetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Freetown is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Cincinnatus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Killawog
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Penelope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Penelope is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
- Taylor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- East Virgil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Virgil is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Virgil
- Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Taylor Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Valley
- Hunts Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hunts Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Pitcher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Texas Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Texas Valley.
Newspapers Published in Texas 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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Texas Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Texas Valley, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Texas Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Texas 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> | 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 Texas Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Texas Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |