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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 Throopsville (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 Throopsville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Throopsville is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Throopsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Throopsville:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Throopsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- Throop
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Sennett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Port Byron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
- Weedsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Melrose Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Oakwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cayuga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Union Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cato
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Austin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- Scott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Cummings Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Preble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Little York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Slab City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- Mottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Skaneateles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Jacks Reef
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Mandana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Marcellus Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Marcellus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Memphis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Thompson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Junius
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Billsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Melvin Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Seneca Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Flint
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Port Gibson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- South Granby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Bowens Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Hinmansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- Phoenix
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Hannibal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Granby Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Ingalls Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- Pennellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Caughdenoy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- Seneca Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tyre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Canoga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Waterloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Varick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Border City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Kidders
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Willard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Trumansburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Groton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Groton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Myers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Taughannock Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Willow Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- South Butler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Clyde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Red Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wolcott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Furnace Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Wayne Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Huron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- South Sodus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- York
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- North Huron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
- Mud Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- Angus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bellona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Seneca Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Throopsville, see our County-by-County Page for Throopsville.
Cemeteries Near Throopsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Throopsville.
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 Throopsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Throopsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Throopsville Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cold Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cranebrook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McMasters Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- County House Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Community Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Community Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Throop.
- The Community Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sittset Cemetery
- Sitzer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2238128 <2>
- Fosterville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maycumber Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan - Farnham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- St. Peter's Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wethy Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sennett Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Throopsville had a population of 118 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Throopsville, with the one closest to Throopsville listed first.
- Throop
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Fosterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fosterville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sennett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Port Byron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
- Weedsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Montezuma
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cayuga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Fleming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Long Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Skaneateles Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Skaneateles Junction is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaneateles Junction
- Fox Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Ridge is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
- Cayuga Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Throopsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Throopsville.
Newspapers Published in Throopsville ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Throopsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Throopsville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Throopsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Throopsville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne County
- Yates 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> | 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- Throopsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Throopsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |