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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 Canastota (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 Canastota. 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.

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 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.

Canastota is located in Madison County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties 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 Canastota. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Canastota:

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

Cemeteries Near Canastota ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Canastota.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Lenox Rural Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Agatha Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Clockville Rural Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clockville Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clockville Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Allis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walker Corners Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Corners Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sullivan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sullivan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sullivan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cranson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cranson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cranson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whitelaw Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitelaw Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitelaw Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Perryville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perryville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perryville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Sunny Side Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunny Side Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunny Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Oneida Lake Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oneida Lake Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oneida Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Glenwood Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Canastota had a population of 2,774 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Canastota had a population of 4,519 people.

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

  • Clockville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Wampsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cottons
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • East Boston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston
    • East Boston is located in Madison County
  • Whitelaw
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whitelaw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Whitelaw
    • From Canastota to Whitelaw
  • Durhamville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durhamville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
    • Durhamville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durhamville <1>
  • Perryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perryville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
    • Perryville is located in Madison County
  • Merrillsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
    • Merrillsville is located in Madison County
  • Oneida Castle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oneida
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • State Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Bridge
    • State Bridge is located in Oneida County
  • Oneida Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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    • South Bay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bay
      • South Bay is located in Madison County
    • Chittenango
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chittenango have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango
      • Chittenango is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,823 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chittenango <1>
    • Fenner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fenner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenner
      • Fenner is located in Madison County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Canastota ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Canastota.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Canastota. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Canastota and those printed in the larger area surrounding Canastota.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<6> of Canastota.

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 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 Canastota:

The official website for Canastota: www.village.canastota.ny.us/

The official website for Madison County: www.madisoncounty.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Canastota, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Canastota) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Canastota. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0807, Longitude: -75.7508    









 

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