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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 Watkins Glen Station (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 Watkins Glen Station. 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.

Name Variations for Watkins Glen Station ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Watkins Glen Station: Watkins Glen Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Watkins Glen Station 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 Watkins Glen Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Watkins Glen Station:

  • Schuyler County     (The home county of Watkins Glen Station)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Watkins Glen
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • 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
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
    • Burdett
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Montour Falls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Townsend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Townsend is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
    • Reading Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Moreland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Moreland is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
    • Bennettsburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Odessa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • North Reading
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • Catharine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Catharine is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
    • Beaver Dams
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hector
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Atwaters
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
    • Willets
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Black Rock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Ledyard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
    • Aurora
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • East Genoa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
    • Poplar Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Locke
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
  • Chemung County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Millport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pine Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Post Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Post Creek is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
    • Sullivanville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
    • Horseheads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
    • Big Flats
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Elmira Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Erin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmira
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • West Elmira
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • West Elmira is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
    • Van Etten
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Southport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Southport is located in Chemung County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Billsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Hall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Naples
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Lodi
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Interlaken
      (18 miles [29 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
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Willard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Kidders
      (21 miles [33.8 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 north)
    • East Varick
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • 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 Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Hornby
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hornby is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
    • Bradford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • South Bradford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • South Bradford is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
    • Keuka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Sonora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Sonora is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
    • Catawba
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • Urbana
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • East Campbell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • East Campbell is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
    • Hammondsport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Corning
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Painted Post
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverside
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
    • Savona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Tioga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • North Spencer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • North Spencer is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
    • Spencer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • West Candor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • West Candor is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
    • Candor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Newfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jacksonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Trumansburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Taughannock Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
    • West Danby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • West Danby is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
    • Willow Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Ithaca
      (20 miles [32.2 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
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • South Hill is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
    • Cayuga Heights
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Danby is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
    • East Ithaca
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
    • Lake Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Myers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Glenora
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Glenora is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
    • Dundee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Barrington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
    • Himrod
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Keuka Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Seneca Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Dresden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Penn Yan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Yatesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Angus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Benton Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Italy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Bellona
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Bradford County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Fassett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
    • Gillett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
  • Tioga County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Watkins Glen Station, with the one closest to Watkins Glen Station listed first.
    • Millerton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • Lawrenceville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
    • Pritchard ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 Watkins Glen Station, see our County-by-County Page for Watkins Glen Station.

Cemeteries Near Watkins Glen Station ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Watkins Glen Station.

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 Watkins Glen Station - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • County Line Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Townsend Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cook Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Burdett Presbyterian Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Reading Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sugar Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Beaver Dams Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (392 more) ...
    • Cooley Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Coe Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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>

While we didn't find Watkins Glen Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Watkins Glen Station.

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

  • Watkins Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
  • Townsend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Townsend is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
  • Burdett
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Moreland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Moreland is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
  • Reading Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Odessa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bennettsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
  • Beaver Dams
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Stream
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Catharine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Catharine is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
  • North Reading
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Altay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Altay is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altay
    • Millport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Smith Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Smith Valley is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Watkins Glen Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Watkins Glen Station.

Newspapers Published in Watkins Glen Station ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Watkins Glen Station.

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

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 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 Watkins Glen Station:

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