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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 Tyrone (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 Tyrone. 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 hospitals and 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.

Tyrone is located in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County: Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins & Yates.

Below are the counties that are near Tyrone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tyrone:

  • Schuyler County     (The home county of Tyrone)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.
    • Wayne
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • North Reading
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • Reading Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Townsend
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Townsend is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
    • Watkins Glen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • 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
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wedgewood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
    • Burdett
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Moreland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Moreland is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
    • Montour Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hector
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bennettsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Logan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.
    • Atwaters
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
    • Willets
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Black Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Aurora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ledyard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
  • Chemung County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.
    • Post Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Post Creek is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
    • Millport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Flats
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Horseheads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pioneer Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
    • Sullivanville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
    • Elmira Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmira
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Erin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • West Elmira
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • West Elmira is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
    • Sagetown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Sagetown is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
    • Pine City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.
    • Naples
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodville is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Hall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Billsboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Gorham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Gulick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
    • Cottage City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Cottage City is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.
    • Lodi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Willard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Interlaken
      (22 miles [35.4 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>
    • Ovid
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kidders
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Romulus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • East Varick
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.
    • Bradford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Keuka
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Catawba
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • Urbana
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Sonora
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sonora is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
    • South Bradford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Bradford is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
    • Hammondsport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • South Pulteney
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Pleasant Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Hornby
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Hornby is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
    • Cold Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
    • Hermitage
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Hermitage is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Mitchellsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
  • Tioga County
    • North Spencer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • North Spencer is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.
    • Trumansburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacksonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Newfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Taughannock Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
    • Willow Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Lake Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Myers
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • West Danby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • West Danby is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
    • Ithaca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <1>
    • South Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • South Hill is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
    • Cayuga Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
    • Danby
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Danby is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
    • East Ithaca
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.
    • Dundee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Barrington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
    • Glenora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Glenora is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
    • Himrod
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Keuka Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Penn Yan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Seneca Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Yatesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Italy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Dresden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Benton Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Potter
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Angus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
  • Tioga County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.
    • Lawrenceville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
    • Millerton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • Pritchard ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tyrone, see our County-by-County Page for Tyrone.

Cemeteries Near Tyrone ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tyrone.

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 Tyrone - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tyrone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.

  • Beach Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Tyrone Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Altay Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bradford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Sugar Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugar Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Schuyler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Townsend Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gobel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Old Reading Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (393 more) ...
    • Jacobus Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mt. Washington Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sonora Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tyrone had a population of 299 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Tyrone, with the one closest to Tyrone listed first.

  • Weston
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Weston is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
  • Altay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Altay is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altay
  • Bradford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • North Reading
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
  • Crystal Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
  • North Urbana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • North Urbana is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Urbana
  • Townsend
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Townsend is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
  • Reading Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Keuka
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Keuka is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
  • Grove Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
  • Sonora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sonora is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • South Bradford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Bradford is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
    • Monterey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Monterey is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
    • Rock Stream
      (7 miles [11.3 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 Tyrone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tyrone.

Newspapers Published in Tyrone ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tyrone.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tyrone, 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 Tyrone.

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 Tyrone:

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 Tyrone, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tyrone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.