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 Townsendville (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 Townsendville. 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.
Townsendville is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Townsendville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Townsendville:
- Seneca County (The home county of Townsendville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Lodi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Interlaken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Willard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Romulus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Border City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Seneca Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tyre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Atwaters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Willets
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Ledyard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Genoa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Poplar Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Locke
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Union Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cascade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Moravia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Millport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Sullivanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Erin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Horseheads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Harford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Scott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Cortland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Homer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Mandana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Spafford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Billsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gorham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Flint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Melvin Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Cottage City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Hopewell Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Phelps
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Searsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Logan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perry City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mecklenburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Reading
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Watkins Glen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Montour Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Odessa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Keuka
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hammondsport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Hornby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Prattsburgh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Pleasant Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Cold Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Hermitage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- North Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Trumansburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Taughannock Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Willow Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- North Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- East Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Lansing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Ithaca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Ithaca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Forest Home
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Glenora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Himrod
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dresden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Angus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Barrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Penn Yan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bellona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Potter
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Townsendville, see our County-by-County Page for Townsendville.
Cemeteries Near Townsendville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Townsendville.
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 Townsendville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Townsendville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Townsendville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cronk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Covert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McNeal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Lodi Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valois Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Covert Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ovid Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (427 more) ...
- St. James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Ovid Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Townsendville had a population of 110 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Townsendville, with the one closest to Townsendville listed first.
- Lodi Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lodi Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Center
- East Steamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Steamburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steamburg
- Searsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Lodi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Covert
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Covert is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Hector
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Trumansburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Starkey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Starkey is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
- Ovid
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Perry City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Waterburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waterburg is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterburg
- Atwaters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Sheldrake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldrake is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldrake
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Townsendville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Townsendville.
Newspapers Published in Townsendville ...
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 Townsendville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Townsendville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Townsendville.
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 Townsendville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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> | 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 Townsendville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Townsendville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |