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 Walton (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 Walton. 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.
Walton is located in Delaware 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 Delaware County: Broome, Chenango, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster & Wayne (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Walton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walton:
- Delaware County (The home county of Walton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton, with the one closest to Walton listed first.
- Hamden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Merrickville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Merrickville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrickville
- Mundale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mundale is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundale
- Tacoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tacoma is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
- Harvard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harvard is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Shinhopple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Downsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sidney Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corbett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corbett is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
- Gregorytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gregorytown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorytown
- Barbourville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barbourville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourville
- Franklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- China
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- China is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton, with the one closest to Walton listed first.
- Deposit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Center Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Center Village is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- East Windsor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Windsor is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor
- Nineveh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Creekside Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Creekside Village is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Village
- Harpursville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ouaquaga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Windsor is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Belden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Edson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Edson is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- North Colesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Colesville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton, with the one closest to Walton listed first.
- East Guilford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East Guilford is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
- Bainbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Afton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Upton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yaleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yaleville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaleville
- Union Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- West Bainbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
- Nineveh Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nineveh Junction is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Junction
- Guilford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lathams Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lathams Corners is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathams Corners
- Haynes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton, with the one closest to Walton listed first.
- Unadilla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wells Bridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Youmans Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Youmans Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youmans Corner
- Oneonta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West End
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West End is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- West Oneonta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Oneonta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneonta
- Copes Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner
- Gilbertsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colliersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Laurens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Morris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Portlandville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton, with the one closest to Walton listed first.
- Acidalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Acidalia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acidalia
- Beaverkill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverkill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverkill
- Roscoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Long Eddy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lew Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lew Beach is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lew Beach
- Deckertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deckertown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckertown
- Hankins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Livingston Manor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morsston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morsston is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morsston
- Parkston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parkston is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkston
- Callicoon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Debruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Debruce is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruce
- Ulster County
- Belle Ayr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belle Ayr is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ayr
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton, with the one closest to Walton listed first.
- Brandt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brandt is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Lanesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
- Susquehanna Depot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna Depot is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Depot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,444 people
- Susquehanna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ararat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ararat is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- North Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Jackson is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jackson
- Wayne County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton, with the one closest to Walton listed first.
- Sherman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Lakewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Starrucca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- High Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- High Lake is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
- Poyntelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poyntelle is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyntelle
- Wrighter Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wrighter Corner is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrighter Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walton, see our County-by-County Page for Walton.
Cemeteries Near Walton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walton.
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 Walton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walton, with the one closest to Walton listed first.
- Walton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Northfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Feak Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Feak Hollow - Jamieson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windfall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hamden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Archer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Read Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bostwick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (290 more) ...
- Olmsted Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Paige Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Walton had a population of 2,299 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Walton had a population of 2,776 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walton, with the one closest to Walton listed first.
- Colchester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Colchester is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colchester
- Beerston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beerston is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beerston
- Loomis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Loomis is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Rock Rift
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Rift is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rift
- Hawleys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hawleys is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleys
- Merrickville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Merrickville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrickville
- Hamden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mundale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mundale is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundale
- Trout Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin Depot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Depot is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Depot
- De Lancey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tacoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tacoma is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Apex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Apex is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Harvard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harvard is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Downsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Walton ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Walton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Walton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Walton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> of Walton.
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 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 Walton:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Delaware County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Chenango County
- Otsego County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne 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 Walton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Walton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |