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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 Colosse (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 Colosse. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Colosse 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 Colosse. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colosse:

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Colosse)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colosse, with the one closest to Colosse listed first.
    • Graftons Square
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Graftons Square is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graftons Square
    • Parish
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Prattham
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Prattham is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
    • Hastings
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Dugway
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Dugway is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
    • Mexico
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mungers Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Mungers Corners is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungers Corners
    • Vermilion
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Vermilion is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
    • Arthur
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Daysville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Albion Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Mallory
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colosse, with the one closest to Colosse listed first.
    • North Sterling
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
    • Ira
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • Sterling Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
    • Meridian
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Victory
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
    • Cato
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Victory
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colosse, with the one closest to Colosse listed first.
    • Mannsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Ellisburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Woodville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Jefferson Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Belleville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Lorraine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Worth Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Adams
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Henderson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Lyon Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colosse, with the one closest to Colosse listed first.
    • Osceola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Leisher Mill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colosse, with the one closest to Colosse listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bolivar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Whitelaw
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Oneida Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Chittenango
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sullivan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colosse, with the one closest to Colosse listed first.
    • Elpis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Elpis is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
    • Camden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jewell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jewell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • North Bay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • North Bay is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
    • McConnellsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
    • Sylvan Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Vienna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Vienna is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Blossvale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Taberg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Leisure Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • Brookfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Brookfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Humaston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Humaston is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colosse, with the one closest to Colosse listed first.
    • Brewerton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Clay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Euclid
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Wrights Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • Little Utica
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
    • North Syracuse
      (19 miles [30.6 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Baldwinsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Liverpool
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Seneca Knolls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
    • Village Green
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Village Green is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
    • Lysander
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lysander is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
  • Wayne County
    • Red Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Colosse ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colosse.

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

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

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

  • Colosse Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • French Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Parish.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65680 <3>
  • Bidwell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Maple View Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Carleys Mills Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hastings Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Maple Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mexico Primitive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (273 more) ...
    • Wellwood Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Upsons Corners Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mexico Village Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Colosse had a population of 137 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Parish
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Prattham
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Prattham is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
  • Hastings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Morse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Morse is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Dugway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dugway is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
  • Mexico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Little France
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Little France is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little France
  • Vermilion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Vermilion is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
  • Clifford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clifford is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
  • East Palermo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Palermo is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palermo
  • Arthur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Arthur is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Palermo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Palermo is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Hastings Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Hastings Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings Center
    • Mallory
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Texas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

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

Newspapers Published in Colosse ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colosse.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colosse, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colosse.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Colosse:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Colosse) 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 Colosse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.