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Welcome to Bethel Corners ...

Bethel Corners is located in Cayuga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bethel Corners, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

A typical abbreviation for Bethel Corners: Bethel Cors.

Bethel Corners is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bethel Corners lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bethel Corners: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Bethel Corners ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Bethel Corners: This one is located in Cayuga County and the other is located in Oswego County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bethel Corners.

Websites for Bethel Corners ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cayugacountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bethel Corners, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Bethel Corners ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bethel Corners.

  • Oswego
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Fulton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Baldwinsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Phoenix
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Clyde
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Weedsport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Wolcott
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jordan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Byron
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
    • Former name for Port Byron:
    • Bucksville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <4>
  • Elbridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bethel Corners. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bethel Corners.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bethel Corners. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bethel Corners.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bethel Corners. See our Newspapers Page for Bethel Corners.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bethel Corners ...

Looking for more information about Bethel Corners? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bethel Corners, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bethel Corners.

Adding Bethel Corners to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bethel Corners in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bethel Corners was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bethel Corners post office opened in 1860. The Bethel Corners post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bethel Corners.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Cayuga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bethel Corners - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Bethel Corners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Bethel Corners area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/