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 Cator 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 Cator 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 Cator 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cator Corners: Cator 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Cator Corners is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Cator Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cator Corners:
- Wayne County (The home county of Cator Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cator Corners, with the one closest to Cator Corners listed first.
- Macedon Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Macedon
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Huddle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Marquart Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Walworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Fruitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Ontario
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cator Corners, with the one closest to Cator Corners listed first.
- Lima
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Avon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Livonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sleggs Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cator Corners, with the one closest to Cator Corners listed first.
- Fairport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
- Penfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mendon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Haven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Brighton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Ford Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- German Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- German Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
- Henrietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ridgeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ridgeland is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cator Corners, with the one closest to Cator Corners listed first.
- Port Gibson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Victor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shortsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canandaigua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Centerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Hopewell Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Village of Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holcomb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Phelps
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cator Corners, with the one closest to Cator Corners listed first.
- Border City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tyre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Seneca Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cator Corners, with the one closest to Cator Corners listed first.
- Rushville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vine Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Potter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Bellona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Angus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Yatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cator Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Cator Corners.
Cemeteries Near Cator Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cator 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 Cator Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cator Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cator Corners, with the one closest to Cator Corners listed first.
- Macedon Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Macedon Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Walworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Swift Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Langdon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lemuel Durfee Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Farmington Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Walworth Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (367 more) ...
- Palmyra Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Anne's RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anne's RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anne's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Palmyra.
- The St. Anne's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #762731 <2>
- West Walworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Cator Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cator Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cator Corners, with the one closest to Cator Corners listed first.
- Macedon Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Macedon
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Walworth Station
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Walworth Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth Station
- Walworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Walworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Walworth is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Walworth
- Egypt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Penfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Penfield is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Penfield
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Fairport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Port Gibson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bushnell Basin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bushnell Basin is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell Basin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cator Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cator Corners.
Newspapers Published in Cator 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 258 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cator Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cator Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cator Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Cator Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Seneca 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 Cator Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cator Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |