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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 Youngs (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 Youngs. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Youngs is located in Delaware 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 Delaware County: Broome, Chenango, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster & Wayne (PA).

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

  • Delaware County     (The home county of Youngs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Youngs, with the one closest to Youngs listed first.
    • Sidney Center
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Tacoma
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tacoma is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
    • Sidney
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Masonville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Merrickville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Merrickville is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrickville
    • Franklin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Barbourville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Barbourville is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourville
    • China
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • China is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
    • North Franklin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • North Franklin is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Franklin
    • Walton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mundale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Mundale is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundale
    • Hambletville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hambletville is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
    • Hamden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Broome County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Youngs, with the one closest to Youngs listed first.
    • Nineveh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Deposit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Center Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Center Village is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
    • Creekside Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Creekside Village is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Village
    • Harpursville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Windsor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • East Windsor is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor
    • Belden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Belden is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
    • Ouaquaga
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • North Colesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • North Colesville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
    • Gulf Summit
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Gulf Summit is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
    • Windsor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Windsor is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
    • Quinneville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Quinneville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
    • Edson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Edson is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Youngs, with the one closest to Youngs listed first.
    • East Guilford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Guilford is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
    • Bainbridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mount Upton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Yaleville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Yaleville is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaleville
    • Lathams Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lathams Corners is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathams Corners
    • Guilford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Afton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Union Valley is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
    • West Bainbridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
    • Nineveh Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Nineveh Junction is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Junction
    • Haynes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Haynes is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
    • Oxford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Norwich
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Youngs, with the one closest to Youngs listed first.
    • Unadilla
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Wells Bridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Youmans Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Youmans Corner is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youmans Corner
    • Copes Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner
    • Otego
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilbertsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • West Oneonta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Oneonta is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneonta
    • Oneonta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • West End
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • West End is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
    • Morris
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Laurens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Colliersville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Vision
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Susquehanna County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Youngs, with the one closest to Youngs listed first.
    • Brandt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Brandt is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
    • Lanesboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lanesboro is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lanesboro <1>
    • Oakland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Oakland is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
    • Susquehanna Depot
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Susquehanna Depot is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Depot
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,444 people
    • Susquehanna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Youngs, with the one closest to Youngs listed first.
    • Sherman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sherman is located in Wayne County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
    • Starrucca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Youngs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Youngs.

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

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

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

  • Evergreen Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lower East Masonville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Chestnut Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Prospect Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rogers Hollow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Olmsted Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • East Sidney Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Beech Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • East Guilford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (359 more) ...
    • Carroll Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Austin Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Curtis Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Youngs had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Unadilla
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • South Unadilla
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • South Unadilla is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Unadilla
  • East Masonville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • East Masonville is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Masonville
  • Sidney Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ivanhoe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ivanhoe is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Tacoma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tacoma is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
  • East Sidney
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • East Sidney is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sidney
  • Sidney
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Masonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin Depot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Franklin Depot is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Depot
  • Wells Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • East Guilford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • East Guilford is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Trout Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bennettsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bennettsville is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
    • Whitman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Whitman is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman

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

Newspapers Published in Youngs ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Youngs.

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

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 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 Youngs:

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