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

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Clemsons Corners might be written as Clemson 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Clemsons Corners is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.

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

  • Seneca County     (The home county of Clemsons Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clemsons Corners, with the one closest to Clemsons Corners listed first.
    • Kuneytown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Waterloo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Seneca Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Canoga
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Border City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Romulus
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • East Varick
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Tyre
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Willard
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ovid
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lodi
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Kidders
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Interlaken
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Interlaken is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
      • Former names for Interlaken:
      • Farmer Village
      • Farmer
      • Farmerville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <2>
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clemsons Corners, with the one closest to Clemsons Corners listed first.
    • Union Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cayuga
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Aurora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Scipioville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
    • Willets
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Black Rock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Sherwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Poplar Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Auburn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Ledyard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
    • Melrose Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clemsons Corners, with the one closest to Clemsons Corners listed first.
    • Mandana
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
    • Skaneateles
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Mottville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elbridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jordan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rose Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Thorn Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
    • Halfway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Marcellus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jacks Reef
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
    • Marcellus Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
    • Amber
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Amber is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
    • Memphis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clemsons Corners, with the one closest to Clemsons Corners listed first.
    • Dobbins Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Geneva
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Billsboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • West Junius
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • West Junius is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • Hall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Melvin Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
    • Phelps
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Thompson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Thompson is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Seneca Castle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Flint
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Gorham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Clifton Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopewell Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clemsons Corners, with the one closest to Clemsons Corners listed first.
    • Searsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Hector
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Logan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Perry City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Mecklenburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • North Reading
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • North Reading is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
    • Bennettsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Burdett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Reading Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Wayne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clemsons Corners, with the one closest to Clemsons Corners listed first.
    • Keuka
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Catawba
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • South Pulteney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clemsons Corners, with the one closest to Clemsons Corners listed first.
    • Lake Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Trumansburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • North Lansing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • Taughannock Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
    • Jacksonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Myers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • West Groton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • Willow Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • East Lansing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • Groton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lansing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clemsons Corners, with the one closest to Clemsons Corners listed first.
    • Clyde
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lyons
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Newark
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • South Butler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • South Butler is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
    • Mud Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
    • Wayne Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
    • Fairville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • South Sodus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • East Palmyra
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • York
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • York is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Palmyra
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wolcott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Marquart Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clemsons Corners, with the one closest to Clemsons Corners listed first.
    • Angus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Bellona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dresden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Benton Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Seneca Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Penn Yan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Himrod
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Yatesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Keuka Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Potter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Rushville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Dundee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Barrington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Barrington is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington

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

Cemeteries Near Clemsons Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Jersalem Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Burgh Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bachman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rural Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Bear Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • West Fayette Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stark Street Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fayette Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Willowdale Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ovid Street Pioneers Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (483 more) ...
    • Kingdom Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Canoga Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Red Jacket 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.<4>

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

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

  • Waterloo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • MacDougall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • MacDougall is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDougall
  • Fayette
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Seneca Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Canoga
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Canoga is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
  • Romulus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • East Varick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • East Varick is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
  • Geneva
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Billsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
  • Kendaia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kendaia is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendaia
  • Union Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cayuga Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Cayuga
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Levanna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Levanna is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levanna
    • Cross Roads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads

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

Newspapers Published in Clemsons 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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clemsons Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clemsons Corners, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clemsons 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 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 Clemsons 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 Clemsons 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clemsons Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.