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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 Cowles Settlement (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 Cowles Settlement. 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 Cowles Settlement ...

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 have occurred.

While the name of this community is Cowles Settlement, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cowles Settlement may originally have been Cowle's Settlement.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cowles Settlement might be written as Cowle Settlement.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Cowles Settlement is located in Cortland County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.

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

  • Cortland County     (The home county of Cowles Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cowles Settlement, with the one closest to Cowles Settlement listed first.
    • Crains Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
    • Truxton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cummings Crossing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
    • Slab City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
      • Slab City is located in Cortland County
    • Preble
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • East Homer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
    • Solon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Solon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
      • Solon is located in Cortland County
    • East River
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
      • East River is located in Cortland County
    • Little York
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
    • Pratt Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
      • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
    • East Scott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Scott. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
      • East Scott is located in Cortland County
    • Homer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <2>
    • McGraw
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGraw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
      • McGraw is located in Cortland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGraw <2>
  • Broome County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cowles Settlement, with the one closest to Cowles Settlement listed first.
    • Killawog
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Upper Lisle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Upper Lisle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
      • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
    • Lisle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Manningville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
      • Manningville is located in Broome County
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cowles Settlement, with the one closest to Cowles Settlement listed first.
    • Sempronius
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
      • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
    • Dresserville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
    • New Hope
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
    • Summer Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • Kelloggsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
      • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
    • Montville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
      • Montville is located in Cayuga County
    • Niles
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
    • Moravia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Omro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Omro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
    • Austin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
      • Austin is located in Cayuga County
    • Cascade
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cascade. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
    • Locke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • East Genoa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cowles Settlement, with the one closest to Cowles Settlement listed first.
    • Otselic Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otselic Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
    • Otselic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
    • Beaver Meadow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
    • Smyrna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smyrna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Smyrna is located in Chenango County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <2>
    • Kirk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
      • Kirk is located in Chenango County
    • Sherburne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • North Norwich
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
      • North Norwich is located in Chenango County
    • Adams Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
      • Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
    • Smithville Flats
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Norwich
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
      • Columbus is located in Chenango County
    • Haynes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haynes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
      • Haynes is located in Chenango County
    • Oxford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cowles Settlement, with the one closest to Cowles Settlement listed first.
    • Puckerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
      • Puckerville is located in Madison County
    • DeRuyter
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Union
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Madison County
    • New Woodstock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
      • New Woodstock is located in Madison County
    • Rippleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
      • Rippleton is located in Madison County
    • Cazenovia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cazenovia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Cazenovia is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,843 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cazenovia <2>
    • Bingley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
      • Bingley is located in Madison County
    • Chittenango Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
      • Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
    • West Eaton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Eaton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
      • West Eaton is located in Madison County
    • Sulphur Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
      • Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
      • Chittenango Springs
    • Morrisville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Morrisville Station
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morrisville Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Station
      • Morrisville Station is located in Madison County
    • Peterboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cowles Settlement, with the one closest to Cowles Settlement listed first.
    • Augusta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
      • Augusta is located in Oneida County
    • Oneida Castle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
      • Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • Oriskany Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriskany Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriskany Falls
      • Oriskany Falls is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 683 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriskany Falls <2>
    • Sherrill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sconondoa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sconondoa
      • Sconondoa is located in Oneida County
    • Stockwell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
      • Stockwell is located in Oneida County
    • Vernon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vernon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
      • Vernon is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,138 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <2>
    • Sangerfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Waterville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Jewell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
      • Jewell is located in Oneida County
    • Sylvan Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cowles Settlement, with the one closest to Cowles Settlement listed first.
    • Fabius
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Delphi Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Apulia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Apulia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
    • Berwyn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
      • Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
    • Log City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
      • Log City is located in Onondaga County
    • Tully
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tully have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
      • Tully is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tully <2>
    • Assembly Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
    • Watervale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
      • Watervale is located in Onondaga County
    • LaFayette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
      • LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
      • LaFayette has also been known as:
      • LaFayette Square
      • Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <2>
    • Cardiff
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
    • Manlius
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manlius. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manlius
      • Manlius is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manlius <2>
    • Sentinel Heights
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel Heights
      • Sentinel Heights is located in Onondaga County
    • Eagle Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cowles Settlement, with the one closest to Cowles Settlement listed first.
    • Groton City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groton City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
    • McLean
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Groton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dryden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dryden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
      • Dryden is located in Tompkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryden <2>
    • Peruville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peruville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
    • Freeville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeville
      • Freeville is located in Tompkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeville <2>
    • West Groton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County

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

Cemeteries Near Cowles Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cowles Settlement.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Merchant Smith Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merchant Smith Cemetery
    • The Merchant Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Merchant Cemetery
    • Smith Cemetery
  • Lee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Albro Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Albro Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Albro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burdick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burdick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burdick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Keeney Settlement Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keeney Settlement Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keeney Settlement Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cuyler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cuyler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cuyler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stockham Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stockham Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stockham Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beach Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beach Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Fabius Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Fabius Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Fabius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cuyler Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cuyler Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cuyler Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sheds Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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    • New Woodstock Baptist Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Woodstock Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Woodstock Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Union Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Delphi Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delphi Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Delphi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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

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

  • Keeney
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keeney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeney
    • Keeney is located in Cortland County
  • DeRuyter
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
    • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
  • Cuyler
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuyler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyler
    • Cuyler is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuyler <2>
  • Fabius
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Woodstock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
    • New Woodstock is located in Madison County
  • Crains Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
    • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
  • Lincklaen Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincklaen Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincklaen Center
    • Lincklaen Center is located in Chenango County
  • Apulia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Apulia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
  • Truxton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Apulia Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apulia Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia Station
    • Apulia Station is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apulia Station <2>
  • Lincklaen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincklaen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincklaen
    • Lincklaen is located in Chenango County
  • Mariposa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mariposa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariposa
    • Mariposa is located in Chenango County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Pompey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pompey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey
      • Pompey is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pompey <2>
    • Cheningo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheningo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheningo
      • Cheningo is located in Cortland County
    • Georgetown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Georgetown is located in Madison County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Cowles Settlement ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cowles Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cowles Settlement, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cowles Settlement.

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 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 Cowles Settlement:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cowles Settlement. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cortland County: www.cortland-co.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Cowles Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cowles Settlement) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cowles Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7881, Longitude: -75.9258       In this case, the coordinates for Cowles Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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