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 Upper Fairfield (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 Upper Fairfield. 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.
Upper Fairfield is located in Tioga 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 Tioga County: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Susquehanna (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Upper Fairfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper Fairfield:
- Tioga County (The home county of Upper Fairfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- West Newark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Candor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Weltonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Newark Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Ketchumville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Hullsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Owego
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gaskill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- North Spencer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Maine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Manningville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Glen Aubrey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Killawog
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Endicott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Whitney Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Endwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vestal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Castle Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Summer Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Locke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Genoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Dresserville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Van Etten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Owens Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Erin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chemung
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Millport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wellsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Horseheads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Elmira
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Greene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smithville Flats
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Pitcher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Harford Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lapeer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Marathon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Munsons Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- McGraw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Solon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- East River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Alpine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perry City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Montour Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Burdett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Watkins Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Wedgewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Caroline Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- White Church
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Slaterville Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Besemer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Danby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- West Danby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Varna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Dryden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Ithaca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Forest Home
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- South Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Freeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- West Warren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Warren Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- Sayre
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- South Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- North Orwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- Vawter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- Potterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- South Warren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Rome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rome is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
- Allis Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allis Hollow is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allis Hollow
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Little Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Brackney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Upper Fairfield, see our County-by-County Page for Upper Fairfield.
Cemeteries Near Upper Fairfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Fairfield.
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 Upper Fairfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Fairfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Woodbridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Upper Fairfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glen Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Speedsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blair Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goodrich Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Candor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Centre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (429 more) ...
- Weltonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Upper Fairfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Fairfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper Fairfield, with the one closest to Upper Fairfield listed first.
- Jenksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jenksville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
- Candor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Speedsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Willseyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Caroline Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Weltonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Berkshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Newark Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Catatonk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Catatonk is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catatonk
- Flemingville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Flemingville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemingville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Caroline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilson Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilson Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Creek
- Richford
(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 Upper Fairfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper Fairfield.
Newspapers Published in Upper Fairfield ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Fairfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Fairfield, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Upper Fairfield.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Upper Fairfield:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna 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 Upper Fairfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Upper Fairfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |