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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Boswell 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 Boswell 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 Boswell 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 Boswell Corners: Boswell 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 hospitals 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.

Boswell 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 Boswell Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boswell Corners:

  • Ontario County     (The home county of Boswell Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Gulick
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
    • Woodville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodville is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Bristol Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • Canadice
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
    • West Canadice Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Naples
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bristol
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Cottage City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cottage City is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
    • Richmond Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • Centerfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • East Bloomfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
  • Allegany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Canaseraga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Garwoods
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Garwoods is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
    • Swain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Swain is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
      • Swain has also been known as:
      • Swains Station
      • Swainsville
      • Swin
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <1>
    • Bishopville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bishopville is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
  • Genesee County
    • Limerock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Springwater
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Websters Crossing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Foots Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
    • Livonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lima
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
    • Maple Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • Sleggs Landing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Dansville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Groveland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
    • Groveland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Cumminsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
    • West Sparta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • West Sparta is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Ford Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • Honeoye Falls
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Mendon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Moran Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
    • Rush
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • West Rush
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • West Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
    • Manns Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
    • North Rush
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • North Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
    • Henrietta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • West Henrietta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
    • Fairport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Pittsford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Wayne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • North Reading
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Border City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Willard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ovid
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Romulus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Atlanta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Wayland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cohocton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Prattsburgh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • South Pulteney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Catawba
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • Avoca
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Haskinville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Haskinville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
    • Keuka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Mitchellsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
    • Urbana
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Urbana is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Hammondsport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Macedon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Palmyra
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Yellow Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • Macedon Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Marquart Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Huddle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • East Palmyra
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • Newark
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Walworth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Mud Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Peoria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Perry Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
    • Perry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Perry is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boswell Corners, with the one closest to Boswell Corners listed first.
    • Vine Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Rushville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Italy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Potter
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Yatesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Benton Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Keuka Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Penn Yan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bellona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Seneca Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Angus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Barrington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington

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

Cemeteries Near Boswell Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boswell 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 Boswell Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pamely Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Allen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Coye Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Randall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hunt Hollow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Doyle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Academy Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tibbals Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ft. Farm Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
    • The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • First Church Naples Cemetery
    • Old Square Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2190377 <2>
  • Lee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bristol Center Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (451 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>

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

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

  • South Bristol
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • South Bristol is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bristol
  • Gulick
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gulick is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
  • Bristol Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bristol Springs is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Springs
  • Vine Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
  • Bristol Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
  • Honeoye
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Canadice
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Canadice is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
  • Naples
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Middlesex
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cheshire
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheshire is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
  • Vincent
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Vincent is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
  • Bristol
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bristol is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Allens Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Allens Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Hill
    • South Bloomfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • South Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
    • Springwater
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Boswell 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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boswell Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boswell 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 Boswell 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 Boswell Corners:

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 Boswell 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 from Point A (ie- Boswell Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.