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 West Greenwood (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 West Greenwood. 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 West Greenwood ...
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 West Greenwood: W. Greenwood
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Greenwood. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Greenwood.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
West Greenwood is located in Steuben 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 Steuben County: Allegany, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Yates, Potter (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near West Greenwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Greenwood:
- Steuben County (The home county of West Greenwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenwood, with the one closest to West Greenwood listed first.
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rexville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- South Canisteo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Canisteo is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canisteo
- Canisteo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Troupsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hornell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Adrian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adrian is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- North Hornell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- South Troupsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Troupsburg is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Troupsburg
- Hedgesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hedgesville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenwood, with the one closest to West Greenwood listed first.
- Andover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Alfred
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alfred is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
- Alfred has also been known as:
- Alfred village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alfred <1>
- Elm Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elm Valley is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Valley
- Whitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hallsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsport is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsport
- Dyke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dyke is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
- Almond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Phillips Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Creek
- Paynesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paynesville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Stannards
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stannards is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannards
- Wellsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenwood, with the one closest to West Greenwood listed first.
- Cumminsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Dansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Dalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McKean County (PA)
- Myrtle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Myrtle is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Potter County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenwood, with the one closest to West Greenwood listed first.
- North Bingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Bingham is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bingham
- North Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Fork is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Genesee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Genesee is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
- Harrison Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harrison Valley is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Valley
- West Bingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Bingham is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bingham
- Elmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elmer is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Ulysses
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ellisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellisburg is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg
- Newfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newfield is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfield
- Gold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gold is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold
- Hector
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hector is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Chrystal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chrystal is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrystal
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenwood, with the one closest to West Greenwood listed first.
- Austinburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Austinburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinburg
- Potter Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Potter Brook is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Brook
- Cowanesque
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cowanesque is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowanesque
- Westfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Elkland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gurnee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gurnee is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurnee
- Farmington Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Manhattan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Manhattan is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
- Keeneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keeneyville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Asaph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Asaph is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asaph
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Greenwood, see our County-by-County Page for West Greenwood.
Cemeteries Near West Greenwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Greenwood.
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 West Greenwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Greenwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Greenwood, with the one closest to West Greenwood listed first.
- Krusen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Atkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Letts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brewster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rough & Ready Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Call Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Independence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hauber 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.<2>
While we didn't find West Greenwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Greenwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Greenwood, with the one closest to West Greenwood listed first.
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Andover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Rexville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tip Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tip Top is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
- Fulmer Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fulmer Valley is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulmer Valley
- Alfred
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alfred is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
- Alfred has also been known as:
- Alfred village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alfred <1>
- Elm Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elm Valley is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Valley
- Hallsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsport is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsport
- Whitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Young Hickory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Young Hickory is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Hickory
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- South Canisteo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Canisteo is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canisteo
- Hampshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hampshire is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampshire
- Canisteo
(9 miles [14.5 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 West Greenwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Greenwood.
Newspapers Published in West Greenwood ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Greenwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Greenwood, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Greenwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 West Greenwood:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Steuben County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Livingston County
- McKean County
- Potter County
- Tioga 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 West Greenwood, 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' (or 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- West Greenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |