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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 Doris 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 Doris 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.

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

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Doris Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doris Park, with the one closest to Doris Park listed first.
    • Constantia
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Nicholsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
    • West Monroe
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Monroe is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
    • Gayville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Gayville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
    • Central Square
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cleveland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mallory
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • West Amboy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • West Amboy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
    • Caughdenoy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
    • Sand Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Hastings
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Parish
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doris Park, with the one closest to Doris Park listed first.
    • Ira
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • Meridian
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Cato
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Sennett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Weedsport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doris Park, with the one closest to Doris Park listed first.
    • Osceola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Leisher Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Doris Park, with the one closest to Doris Park listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bolivar
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Whitelaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Chittenango
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sullivan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Oneida Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Canastota
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sulphur Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
      • Chittenango Springs
    • Cottons
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Cottons is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
    • Clockville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wampsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chittenango Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doris Park, with the one closest to Doris Park listed first.
    • Elpis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Elpis is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
    • Jewell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jewell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • North Bay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • North Bay is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
    • Sylvan Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Camden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • McConnellsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
    • Vienna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Vienna is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Blossvale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Taberg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Agnes Corners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Agnes Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes Corners
    • Humaston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Humaston is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
    • Leisure Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doris Park, with the one closest to Doris Park listed first.
    • Brewerton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Clay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • North Syracuse
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
    • Euclid
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Minoa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <1>
    • Tall Pines Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
    • Mattydale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Syracuse
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
    • Kirkville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Galeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Galeville is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galeville
    • Lyncourt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyncourt is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyncourt
    • Eastwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Eastwood is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood

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

Cemeteries Near Doris Park ...

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

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

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

  • Trinity Episcopal Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Ingersoll Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • McAllister Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Toad Harbor Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Terpenning Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lakeside Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • West Monroe Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Shepards Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cicero Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Constantia Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Union Settlement Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (392 more) ...
    • Cicero Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Deyo Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridgeport Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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 Doris Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Doris Park.

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

  • Constantia
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • West Monroe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Monroe is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
  • Cicero Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cicero Center is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero Center
  • Bernhards Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gayville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Gayville is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
  • Constantia Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Constantia Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantia Center
  • Brewerton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cicero
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bridgeport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • North Constantia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • North Constantia is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Constantia
  • Central Square
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cleveland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Mallory
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Little France
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Little France is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little France

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

Newspapers Published in Doris 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 198 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doris Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doris Park, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doris Park.

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 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 Doris 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 Doris Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doris Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.