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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 Community Park (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 Community Park. 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 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.

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

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Community Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Community Park, with the one closest to Community Park listed first.
    • Lacona
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Sandy Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Smartville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Richland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pulaski
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Orwell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chateaugay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Daysville Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Altmar
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Daysville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Albion Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Texas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Arthur
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Community Park, with the one closest to Community Park listed first.
    • Mannsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ellisburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Belleville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lorraine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams
      (10 miles [16.1 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>
    • Jefferson Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Lyon Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Worth Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Worth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Adams Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Henderson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • East Rodman
      (17 miles [27.4 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 Community Park, with the one closest to Community Park listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Parkers
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Rector
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Osceola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Michigan Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • Copenhagen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Leisher Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Harrisburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • West Martinsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
    • Denmark
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Lowville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Briggs Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Community Park, with the one closest to Community Park listed first.
    • Camden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elpis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Elpis is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
  • Onondaga County

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

Cemeteries Near Community Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Community Park.

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 Community Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Brewster Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Scripture Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Stevens Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wesleyan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Noyes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • North Street Road Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Saxe Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pulaski Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Richland Village Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (199 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.<3>

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

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

  • Sandy Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lacona
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • North Boylston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • North Boylston is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Boylston
  • Mannsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pierrepont Manor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Boylston Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Boylston Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston Center
  • Winona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Winona is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
  • Ellisburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Richland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pulaski
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Orwell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Port Ontario
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Ontario is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ontario
    • Belleville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Greenboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Greenboro is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenboro

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

Newspapers Published in Community Park ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Community Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Community Park, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Community Park.

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 Community Park:

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 Community Park, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Community Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.