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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 Yale (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 Yale. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Yale is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.

Below are the counties that are near Yale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yale:

  • Seneca County     (The home county of Yale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yale, with the one closest to Yale listed first.
    • Border City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Romulus
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kuneytown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Waterloo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • East Varick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Willard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Canoga
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Seneca Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ovid
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tyre
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Lodi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Interlaken
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yale, with the one closest to Yale listed first.
    • Aurora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Union Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cayuga
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Willets
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Oakwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Black Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Scipioville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
    • Sherwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Poplar Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Ledyard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
    • Atwaters
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
    • Auburn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yale, with the one closest to Yale listed first.
    • Mandana
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
    • Skaneateles
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mottville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elbridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jordan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Thorn Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
    • Rose Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Halfway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yale, with the one closest to Yale listed first.
    • Billsboro
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Geneva
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dobbins Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Hall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • West Junius
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • West Junius is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • Melvin Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
    • Seneca Castle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Flint
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Gorham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Phelps
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Thompson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Thompson is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Hopewell Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
    • Clifton Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yale, with the one closest to Yale listed first.
    • Hector
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Searsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Logan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • North Reading
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • Perry City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Reading Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Wayne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bennettsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Mecklenburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Burdett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Watkins Glen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Cayutaville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yale, with the one closest to Yale listed first.
    • Catawba
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • Keuka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • South Pulteney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Prattsburgh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • Urbana
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yale, with the one closest to Yale listed first.
    • Lake Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Trumansburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Taughannock Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
    • Jacksonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • North Lansing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • Myers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • Willow Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • West Groton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • East Lansing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yale, with the one closest to Yale listed first.
    • Lyons
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Newark
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Clyde
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Mud Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
    • Fairville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Fairville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • East Palmyra
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • South Butler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • South Butler is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
    • Wayne Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
    • Palmyra
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • South Sodus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • Yellow Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • Marquart Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Macedon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yale, with the one closest to Yale listed first.
    • Angus
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Bellona
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dresden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Benton Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Seneca Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Penn Yan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Yatesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Himrod
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Keuka Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rushville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Potter
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Barrington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
    • Dundee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yale, see our County-by-County Page for Yale.

Cemeteries Near Yale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yale.

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 Yale - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • West Fayette Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Willowdale Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bachman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jersalem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bellona Cemetery (Old)
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Angus Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Green Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fayette Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Patrick's RC Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (461 more) ...

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 Yale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yale.

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

  • MacDougall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • MacDougall is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDougall
  • Billsboro
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
  • Kendaia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kendaia is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendaia
  • Bellona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Angus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Angus is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
  • Romulus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fayette
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Geneva
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Waterloo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Benton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Benton is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
  • Dresden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Willard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • East Varick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Stanley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Yale ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yale.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Yale:

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