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 Virgil (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 Virgil. 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.
Virgil 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 Virgil. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Virgil:
- Cortland County (The home county of Virgil)
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- Munsons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Messengerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harford Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lapeer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- McGraw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marathon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Solon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- East Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Little York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- Killawog
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Maine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Castle Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- West Chenango
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- New Ireland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Glen Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Kattellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- Summer Hill
(11 miles [17.7 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Locke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Montville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Kelloggsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Cascade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Omro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Atwaters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Austin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Chemung County
- Van Etten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- Pitcher
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Smithville Flats
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Greene
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Beaver Meadow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Kirk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Otselic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- DeRuyter
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- Assembly Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Spafford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Tully
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Apulia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Otisco Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Otisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Fabius
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Amber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Cardiff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Mandana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- LaFayette
(27 miles [43.5 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>
- Thorn Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- Perry City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- Kidders
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- Ketchumville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- West Newark
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Newark Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Candor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weltonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Hamar Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- North Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- West Candor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Hullsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Spencer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Owego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Campville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- McLean
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Groton City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Peruville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Groton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Slaterville Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Besemer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Varna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- East Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Forest Home
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Virgil, see our County-by-County Page for Virgil.
Cemeteries Near Virgil ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Virgil.
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 Virgil - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Virgil covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- Virgil Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Scofield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McAllister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Parker Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornell Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McLean Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (467 more) ...
- Harford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harford Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Quail Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Virgil had a population of 298 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Virgil, with the one closest to Virgil listed first.
- South Cortland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Dryden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Virgil
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Virgil is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Virgil
- Blodgett Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McLean
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harford Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Messengerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hunts Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freetown Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Groton City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Etna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Virgil. See our List of 1890's Communities around Virgil.
Newspapers Published in Virgil ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Virgil.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Virgil, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Virgil.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Virgil:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca 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> | 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 Virgil, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Virgil) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |