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 Waterburg (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 Waterburg. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Waterburg is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Waterburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waterburg:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Waterburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Trumansburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Taughannock Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Willow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Lake Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Cayuga Heights
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ithaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- East Lansing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- East Ithaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Atwaters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- East Genoa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Willets
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Poplar Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Locke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Montville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Millport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pine Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Erin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Horseheads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Elmira Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Big Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- West Elmira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Harford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Harford Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Cortland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Scott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Pratt Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- East River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Lapeer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Little York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- McGraw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Messengerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Mandana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Spafford
(29 miles [46.7 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 Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Billsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gorham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Perry City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Mecklenburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Cayutaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hector
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alpine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Montour Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Odessa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Catharine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Interlaken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Border City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Keuka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Bradford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hornby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- South Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- South Pulteney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Sonora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Hammondsport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Campbell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Pleasant Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- North Spencer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Candor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- West Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Lockwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Weltonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Glenora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Himrod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dresden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Barrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Angus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Penn Yan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bellona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Potter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waterburg, see our County-by-County Page for Waterburg.
Cemeteries Near Waterburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waterburg.
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 Waterburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waterburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- The Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trumansburg Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64733 <2>
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mecklenburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carman Road Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Christian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rolfe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McIntyre Settlement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- County Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- Covert Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cronk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rumsey Hill 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Waterburg had a population of 107 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waterburg, with the one closest to Waterburg listed first.
- Perry City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Trumansburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mecklenburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Taughannock Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Searsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Covert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Covert is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Reynoldsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Willow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- East Steamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Steamburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steamburg
- Smith Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Valley is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Myers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ludlowville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlowville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlowville
- Lake Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Townsendville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waterburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waterburg.
Newspapers Published in Waterburg ...
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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waterburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waterburg, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waterburg.
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 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 Waterburg:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga 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> | 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 Waterburg, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waterburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |