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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 Yates Center (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 Yates Center. 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 Yates Center ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Yates Center: Yates Ctr. (or less commonly used: Yates Cen., Yates Cent. or Yates Cntr.)
  • You might see Yates Centre instead of Yates Center.
  • While the name of this community is Yates Center, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Yates Center may originally have been Yate's Center.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Yates Center might be written as Yate Center.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Yates Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Yates Center.

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.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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.

Yates Center is located in Orleans 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 Orleans County: Genesee, Monroe & Niagara.

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

  • Orleans County     (The home county of Yates Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yates Center, with the one closest to Yates Center listed first.
    • Lyndonville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Shadigee
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Shadigee is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadigee
    • Kenyonville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Kenyonville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyonville
    • Kuckville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Kuckville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuckville
    • Jeddo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jeddo is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
    • Lakewood Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Lakewood Village is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
    • Medina
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Gaines
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Gaines is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines
    • Eagle Harbor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
    • Albion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kent
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • West Barre
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • West Barre is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yates Center, with the one closest to Yates Center listed first.
    • Akron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Wolcottsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wolcottsburg is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcottsburg
    • Akron Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Akron Junction is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Junction
    • Clarence Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Swormville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Swormville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swormville
    • Crittenden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Getzville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Looneyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Looneyville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
    • Harris Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Harris Hill is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hill
    • Alden Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Alden Center is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
    • Alden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yates Center, with the one closest to Yates Center listed first.
    • Alabama
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Alabama is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama
    • Wheatville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Wheatville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville
    • Basom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Oakfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Elba
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Elba is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <2>
    • Indian Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Indian Falls is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
    • North Pembroke
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • North Pembroke is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
    • Ridgewood Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Ridgewood Village is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
    • Bushville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bushville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
    • Batavia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • South Byron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • South Byron is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
    • Corfu
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yates Center, with the one closest to Yates Center listed first.
    • Redman Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Redman Corners is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Corners
    • Hamlin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Brockport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Clarkson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • North Hamlin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • North Hamlin is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hamlin
    • Sweden Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sweden Center is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Center
    • Otis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Otis is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
    • Adams Basin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Hinkleyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hinkleyville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkleyville
    • Hilton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Churchville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Niagara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yates Center, with the one closest to Yates Center listed first.
    • County Line
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • County Line is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
    • Millers
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Millers is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers
    • Johnson Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Johnson Creek is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
    • Barker
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Somerset
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Somerset is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
    • Middleport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartland is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • North Hartland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • North Hartland is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
    • Reynales Basin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Reynales Basin is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynales Basin
    • Gasport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hess Road
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Hess Road is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess Road
    • Ridgewood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Yates Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yates Center.

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 Yates Center - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lynhaven Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Yates Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Greenman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Daniels Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Somerset Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • North Ridgeway Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bates Road Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • West Ridgeway Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Oak Orchard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kenyonville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (225 more) ...
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fuller Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Carlton Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<4>

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

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

  • Lyndonville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Millers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Millers is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers
  • County Line
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • County Line is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
  • Ridgeway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ridgeway is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
  • North Ridgeway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Ridgeway is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridgeway
  • Oak Orchard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Orchard is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Orchard
  • Kenyonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kenyonville is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyonville
  • Jeddo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jeddo is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
  • Kuckville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Kuckville is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuckville
  • Knowlesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Waterport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Johnson Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnson Creek is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Shelby Basin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Shelby Basin is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby Basin
    • Medina
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Knowlesville Station
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Knowlesville Station is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlesville Station

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

Newspapers Published in Yates Center ...

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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yates Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yates Center, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yates Center.

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 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 Yates Center:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Yates Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Yates Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.