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 Wilson Creek (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 Wilson Creek. 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 Wilson Creek ...
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 Wilson Creek: Wilson Crk. (or less commonly used: Wilson Ck. or Wilson Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Wilson Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wilson Creek.
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 doctors and 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.
Wilson Creek is located in Tioga 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 Tioga County: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Susquehanna (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Wilson Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilson Creek:
- Tioga County (The home county of Wilson Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Ketchumville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Weltonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Hullsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Gaskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Hamar Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Candor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Campville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Owego
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Apalachin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Lounsberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Manningville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Glen Aubrey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Lisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whitney Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Killawog
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Chenango
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Castle Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Upper Lisle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- New Ireland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Triangle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Endicott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Endwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Summer Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Locke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- East Genoa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Van Etten
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Owens Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Erin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Smithville Flats
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Greene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Pitcher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nineveh Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nineveh Junction is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Junction
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- West Bainbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Harford Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lapeer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Marathon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Munsons Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McGraw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Solon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Pratt Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Alpine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Caroline Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Church
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Dryden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Danby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Freeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McLean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Varna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- West Danby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- East Ithaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Forest Home
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- South Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Warren Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- West Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- North Orwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- South Warren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Potterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- Sayre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- South Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Vawter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Little Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Choconut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Brackney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Friendsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lawsville Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsville Center is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsville Center
- Forest Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Great Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hallstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilson Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Wilson Creek.
Cemeteries Near Wilson Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilson Creek.
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 Wilson Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilson Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Bushnell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Berkshire Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ketchumville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Railroad Ave. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Settle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zimmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Maine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tiona Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nanticoke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (447 more) ...
- Underwood Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Newark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Wilson Creek had a population of 38 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilson Creek, with the one closest to Wilson Creek listed first.
- Ketchumville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Berkshire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newark Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jenksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jenksville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
- West Newark
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Richford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Speedsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Center Lisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Lisle
- Maine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Glen Aubrey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Weltonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Lisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Flemingville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flemingville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemingville
- Harford Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Whitney Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilson Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilson Creek.
Newspapers Published in Wilson Creek ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilson Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilson Creek, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilson Creek.
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 Wilson Creek:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna 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 Wilson Creek, 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- Wilson Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |