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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 Brooks Corner (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 Brooks Corner. 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 Brooks Corner ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Brooks Corner: Brooks Cor. (or less commonly used: Brooks Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Brooks Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Brooks Corner may originally have been Brook's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Brooks Corner might be written as Brook Corner.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brooks Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brooks Corner.

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.

Brooks Corner is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Chenango, Cortland, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Madison County     (The home county of Brooks Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Corner, with the one closest to Brooks Corner listed first.
    • Hamilton Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
    • South Hamilton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • South Hamilton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
    • East Hamilton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • East Hamilton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
    • Earlville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamilton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Randallsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Randallsville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
    • Pecksport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pecksport is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
    • Bouckville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Brookfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Madison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pine Woods
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Woods is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Woods
    • Solsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Morrisville Station
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Morrisville Station is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Station
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Corner, with the one closest to Brooks Corner listed first.
    • Sherburne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Smyrna
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbus is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Button City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Button City is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
    • North Norwich
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • North Norwich is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
    • Beaver Meadow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
    • Plymouth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Otselic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
    • New Berlin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kirk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Kirk is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
    • Otselic Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
    • Norwich
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • South Otselic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Corner, with the one closest to Brooks Corner listed first.
    • Crains Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
    • Truxton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Solon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Solon is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Corner, with the one closest to Brooks Corner listed first.
    • West Winfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chepachet
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Chepachet is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet
    • Cedarville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Norwich Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Millers Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Millers Mills is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Mills
    • South Columbia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • South Columbia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Columbia
    • Cullen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Cullen is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
    • Corrado Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
    • Frankfort
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ilion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ilion is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,616 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilion <2>
    • Mohawk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Corner, with the one closest to Brooks Corner listed first.
    • Stockwell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Stockwell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
    • Oriskany Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Sangerfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Waterville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Augusta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Augusta is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
    • Bridgewater
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • North Bridgewater
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Bridgewater is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bridgewater
    • Cassville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Village Estates
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Village Estates is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village Estates
    • Paris
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Paris is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Clayville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Clinton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Sauquoit
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Corner, with the one closest to Brooks Corner listed first.
    • Delphi Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Pompey Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
    • Fabius
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Watervale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Watervale is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
    • Pompey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Eagle Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Apulia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Berwyn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
    • Log City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Log City is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
    • Manlius
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mycenae
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Corner, with the one closest to Brooks Corner listed first.
    • South Edmeston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • South Edmeston is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edmeston
    • Edmeston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Pittsfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pittsfield is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
    • Burlington Flats
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • West Burlington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Plainfield Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Plainfield Center is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Center
    • Garrattsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Morris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Welcome
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Welcome is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • Patent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Patent is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
    • Snowdon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Snowdon is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowdon
    • Gilbertsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Copes Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner

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

Cemeteries Near Brooks Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brooks Corner.

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 Brooks Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Poolville Rural Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hamilton Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Earlville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Palmer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Colgate Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Willcox Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willcox Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willcox Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
    • The Willcox Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wilcok Cemetery
    • Wilcox Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66738 <3>
  • Tillotson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Graham Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Shapley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sherburne West Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (467 more) ...
    • Quarter Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • St. Malachy Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • East Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Poolville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Poolville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolville
  • Earlville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • South Hamilton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • South Hamilton is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
  • East Hamilton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • East Hamilton is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
  • Hubbardsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamilton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Randallsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Randallsville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
  • Smyrna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sherburne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pecksport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pecksport is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
  • North Brookfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • North Brookfield is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brookfield
  • Lebanon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lebanon is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sherburne Four Corners
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bouckville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Columbus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbus is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus

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

Newspapers Published in Brooks Corner ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooks Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brooks Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brooks Corner.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Brooks Corner:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Brooks Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Brooks Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.