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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 Careys 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 Careys 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 Careys 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.

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 Careys Corners: Careys Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Careys Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Careys Corners may originally have been Carey's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Careys Corners might be written as Carey Corners.

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 and 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.

Careys Corners is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Careys Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Careys Corners, with the one closest to Careys Corners listed first.
    • Marcy
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Whitesboro
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Yorkville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Oriskany
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • New York Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Deerfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Deerfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
    • Utica
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Utica is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <2>
    • Floyd
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • New Hartford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • New Hartford is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
    • Clark Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Westmoreland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Holland Patent
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Camelot Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Camelot Village is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
  • Chenango County
    • Button City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Button City is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Careys Corners, with the one closest to Careys Corners listed first.
    • Emmonsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Emmonsburg is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmonsburg
    • Crum Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Careys Corners, with the one closest to Careys Corners listed first.
    • Norwich Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Poland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Russia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Corrado Corners
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
    • Frankfort
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Newport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Cold Brook
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Old City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Old City is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • Ilion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Kast Bridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Kast Bridge is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kast Bridge
    • Middleville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Grant
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Cedarville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Careys Corners, with the one closest to Careys Corners listed first.
    • West Leyden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Mohawk Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • Constableville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Leisher Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Port Leyden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Careys Corners, with the one closest to Careys Corners listed first.
    • Valley Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Kenwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Munns
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Munns is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munns
    • Munnsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Oneida
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Solsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Madison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Siloam
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Siloam is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Pratts Hollow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pratts Hollow is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Hollow
    • Pratts
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pratts is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
    • Oneida Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Wampsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bouckville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oswego County
    • Cleveland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Careys Corners, with the one closest to Careys Corners listed first.
    • Plainfield Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Plainfield Center is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Center
    • Brighton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Brighton is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Richfield Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Burlington Flats
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • West Burlington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Snowdon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Snowdon is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowdon
    • Springfield Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Springfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Springfield is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield

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

Cemeteries Near Careys Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Carr Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Glenside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sherman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Moulton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Weeber Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Floyd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (375 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.<4>

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

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

  • Whitesboro
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Maynard
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Maynard is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
  • Marcy
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Yorkville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Oriskany
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • New York Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Walesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Walesville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesville
  • Utica
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Utica is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <2>
  • Deerfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Deerfield is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
  • Westmoreland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • New Hartford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • New Hartford is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
  • Floyd
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Floyd is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Stittville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Kirkland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kirkland is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
    • Washington Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Careys 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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Careys Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Careys Corners, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Careys Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Careys Corners:

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 Careys Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Careys Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.