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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 Centerville (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 Centerville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Centerville is located in Oswego 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 Oswego County: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida & Onondaga.

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

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Centerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
    • Richland
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Orwell
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Altmar
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chateaugay
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Albion Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Pulaski
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lacona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sandy Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Dugway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Dugway is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
    • Smartville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Daysville Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Daysville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Kasoag
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Kasoag is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
    • Mannsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ellisburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Lorraine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Woodville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Belleville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Worth Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Adams
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Worth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Jefferson Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Lyon Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Adams Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Henderson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • East Rodman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
    • Osceola
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Leisher Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Barnes Corners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Parkers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Michigan Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • Rector
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Mohawk Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • West Leyden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Harrisburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Constableville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Copenhagen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • West Martinsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
  • Madison County
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
    • Camden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elpis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Elpis is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
    • Jewell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jewell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • McConnellsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
    • North Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • North Bay is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
    • Blossvale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Point Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Point Rock is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
    • Taberg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Vienna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Vienna is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Leisure Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • Sylvan Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ava
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Brookfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
    • Brewerton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Clay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Euclid
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Wrights Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • North Syracuse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
    • Jacksonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Utica
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
    • Baldwinsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Centerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Centerville.

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 Centerville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Salmon River Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Salmon River Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Pulaski.
    • The Salmon River Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pineville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986877 <3>
  • Richland Village Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Stowell Drive Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Potter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Noyes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pekin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Gilbert Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • McClelland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Albion Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (213 more) ...
    • Chateaugay Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stevens Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pulaski 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.<4>

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

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

  • Richland
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Orwell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pulaski
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Lacona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dugway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dugway is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
  • Sandy Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Daysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Daysville is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
  • Ricard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ricard is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricard
  • Port Ontario
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Port Ontario is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ontario
  • Kasoag
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kasoag is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
  • Boylston Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Boylston Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston Center
  • Prattham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Prattham is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • North Boylston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • North Boylston is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Boylston
    • Texas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Arthur
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur

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

Newspapers Published in Centerville ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Centerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Centerville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Centerville.

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 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 Centerville:

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