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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 Apulia Station (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 Apulia Station. 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 Apulia Station ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Apulia Station: Apulia Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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.

Apulia Station is located in Onondaga 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 Onondaga County: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison & Oswego.

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

  • Onondaga County     (The home county of Apulia Station)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Apulia Station, with the one closest to Apulia Station listed first.
    • Apulia
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Tully
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Berwyn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
    • Assembly Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
    • Fabius
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • LaFayette
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
      • LaFayette has also been known as:
      • LaFayette Square
      • Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
    • Log City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Log City is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
    • Pompey
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cardiff
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • Otisco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
    • Otisco Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
    • Delphi Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Broome County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Apulia Station, with the one closest to Apulia Station listed first.
    • Killawog
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Upper Lisle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Apulia Station, with the one closest to Apulia Station listed first.
    • Sempronius
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • New Hope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Dresserville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
    • Kelloggsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • Summer Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • Niles
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
    • Montville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Montville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • Omro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
    • Moravia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Austin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Austin is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Cascade
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
    • Locke
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Apulia Station, with the one closest to Apulia Station listed first.
    • Otselic Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
    • South Otselic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Otselic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
    • Pitcher
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Meadow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
    • Kirk
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kirk is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
    • Smyrna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Plymouth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sherburne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • North Norwich
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Norwich is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Apulia Station, with the one closest to Apulia Station listed first.
    • Cummings Crossing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
    • Preble
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Truxton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Slab City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Slab City is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
    • Crains Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
    • East Scott
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • East Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
    • Little York
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
    • East Homer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • Pratt Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
    • Scott
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • East River
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Homer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Apulia Station, with the one closest to Apulia Station listed first.
    • Union
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Union is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Puckerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Puckerville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
    • DeRuyter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • New Woodstock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • New Woodstock is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
    • Rippleton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rippleton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
    • Cazenovia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bingley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bingley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
    • Chittenango Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
    • Sulphur Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
      • Chittenango Springs
    • Chittenango
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bolivar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Sullivan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Apulia Station, with the one closest to Apulia Station listed first.
    • Oneida Castle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • Sconondoa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sconondoa is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sconondoa
    • Sherrill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Augusta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Augusta is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Apulia Station, with the one closest to Apulia Station listed first.
    • Constantia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Cleveland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Phoenix
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Apulia Station, with the one closest to Apulia Station listed first.
    • Groton City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • Groton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • McLean
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Peruville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
    • West Groton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • Dryden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Freeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • North Lansing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • East Lansing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • Lansing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Myers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers

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

Cemeteries Near Apulia Station ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Apulia Station.

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 Apulia Station - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Miles - Mighells Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Apulia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Tully Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully Cemetery
    • The Tully Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tully United Community Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #534136 <2>
  • Meeker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Farr Burying Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Leo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Maplewood Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Rural Cemetery
    • The Maplewood Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Berwin Cemetery
    • Berwyn Cemetery
    • Maplewood Cemetery
  • Sherman Hollow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • LaFayette Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Old Fabius Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Christian Hollow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (469 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Apulia Station had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Apulia
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
  • Tully
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Collingwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Collingwood is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collingwood
  • Tully Lake Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tully Lake Park is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully Lake Park
  • Fabius
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • LaFayette
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
    • LaFayette has also been known as:
    • LaFayette Square
    • Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
  • Keeney
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Keeney is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeney
  • Preble
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pompey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cardiff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
  • South Spafford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • South Spafford is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spafford
  • Truxton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Otisco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
    • Crains Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
    • Cuyler
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Apulia Station ...

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 156 newspapers that have been published in the area around Apulia Station.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Apulia Station, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Apulia Station.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Apulia Station:

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