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 Westover (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 Westover. 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 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.
Westover is located in Broome 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 Broome County: Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Tioga, Susquehanna (PA) & Wayne (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Westover. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westover:
- Broome County (The home county of Westover)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Johnson City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Willow Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Endwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Binghamton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Endicott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Port Dickinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Port Dickinson is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dickinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- New Ireland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Vestal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Chenango
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Glen Castle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Hinmans Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hinmans Corners is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmans Corners
- Maine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Hawleyton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Chemung County
- Van Etten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Greene
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nineveh Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nineveh Junction is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Junction
- Smithville Flats
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Afton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- West Bainbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
- Union Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Bainbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yaleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yaleville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaleville
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Marathon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lapeer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Harford Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Messengerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- China
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- China is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Hambletville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hambletville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Apalachin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Campville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Gaskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Hullsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Ketchumville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Owego
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Owego
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Weltonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- West Newark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- East Nichols
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Hamar Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Lounsberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Caroline Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- White Church
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Slaterville Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Danby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Dryden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Warren Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- West Warren
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- South Warren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Le Raysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Le Raysville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Raysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Potterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- North Orwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- South Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Allis Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allis Hollow is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allis Hollow
- Bumpville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- Herrickville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Vawter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Rome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rome is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Brackney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Choconut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Little Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawsville Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsville Center is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsville Center
- Friendsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Great Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hallstead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Montrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Heart Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heart Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Lake
- Tiffany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tiffany is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Fairdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- New Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Sherman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sherman is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Starrucca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westover, see our County-by-County Page for Westover.
Cemeteries Near Westover ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westover.
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 Westover - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westover covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Patterson - Hooper Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Willis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vestal Hills Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Cyril Slovak Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Cyril Slovak Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Cyril Slovak Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Johnson City.
- The St. Cyril Slovak Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Cyril Cemetery
- St. Cyril's Cemetery
- Slovak Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65951 <2>
- Slovak Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Floral Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Cemetery is located in Johnson City.
- The St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Johns Ukrainian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66009 <2>
- Continue List (405 more) ...
- Bunn Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spring Forest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
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 Westover in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westover.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
- Willow Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Stella
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stella is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Choconut Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Choconut Center is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut Center
- Binghamton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Port Dickinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Port Dickinson is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dickinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- Glen Castle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- West Chenango
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Union Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- East Maine
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Maine
- Chenango Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Hawleyton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Port Crane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy Creek
- Conklin Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conklin Forks is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Forks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westover. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westover.
Newspapers Published in Westover ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westover.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westover, 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 Westover.
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 websites either 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 Westover:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Broome County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Delaware County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford 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 Westover, 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 from Point A (ie- Westover) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |