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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 Billsboro Corners (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 Billsboro Corners. 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 Billsboro Corners ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Billsboro Corners: Billsboro Cors.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Billsboro Corners is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Billsboro Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Billsboro Corners:
- Ontario County (The home county of Billsboro Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Billsboro
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flint
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Dobbins Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Seneca Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- West Junius
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Phelps
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Clifton Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Union Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cayuga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willets
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Cross Roads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Oakwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Black Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Scipioville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Sherwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Poplar Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ledyard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Atwaters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Ford Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Mendon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Mandana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Mottville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Skaneateles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Hector
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wayne
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Searsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- 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
- Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Reading Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Perry City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mecklenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Border City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Romulus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kuneytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Willard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Varick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Seneca Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canoga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Ovid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tyre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Lodi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Keuka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Prattsburgh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hammondsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Atlanta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Trumansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- North Lansing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Willow Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Newark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Clyde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Palmyra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Yellow Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Marquart Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Wayne Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Macedon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Bellona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Angus
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Benton Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Dresden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Penn Yan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Seneca Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Yatesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Rushville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Potter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Keuka Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Himrod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Vine Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Barrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Billsboro Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Billsboro Corners.
Cemeteries Near Billsboro Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Billsboro Corners.
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 Billsboro Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Billsboro Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Brookside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Barnes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Number 9 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New #9 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bellona Cemetery (New)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bellona Cemetery (Old)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Washington Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Little Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barden / Page Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willowdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patrick's RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (474 more) ...
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Butcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Billsboro Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Billsboro Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Billsboro Corners, with the one closest to Billsboro Corners listed first.
- Billsboro
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bellona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stanley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Angus
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Flint
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Benton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- MacDougall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- MacDougall is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDougall
- Seneca Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Benton Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kendaia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kendaia is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendaia
- Voak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Voak is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voak
- Mays Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mays Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Billsboro Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Billsboro Corners.
Newspapers Published in Billsboro Corners ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Billsboro Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Billsboro Corners, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Billsboro Corners.
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 Billsboro Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Monroe County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne County
- Yates County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 Billsboro Corners, 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- Billsboro Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |