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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 Eaton 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 Eaton 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 Eaton 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Eaton Corners: Eaton Cors.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Eaton Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eaton 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 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.

Eaton Corners is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Chenango, Cortland, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Madison County     (The home county of Eaton Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Corners, with the one closest to Eaton Corners listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bolivar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Whitelaw
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Chittenango
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sullivan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Oneida Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Sulphur Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
      • Chittenango Springs
    • Canastota
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottons
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Cottons is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
    • Clockville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wampsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chittenango Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
    • Bingley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Bingley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
  • Chenango County
    • Otselic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Corners, with the one closest to Eaton Corners listed first.
    • Cummings Crossing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
    • Crains Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
    • Truxton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Preble
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Corners, with the one closest to Eaton Corners listed first.
    • Osceola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Leisher Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Corners, with the one closest to Eaton Corners listed first.
    • Jewell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jewell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • North Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • North Bay is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
    • Sylvan Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Elpis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Elpis is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
    • Vienna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Vienna is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Oneida Castle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • McConnellsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
    • Agnes Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Agnes Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes Corners
    • Sconondoa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Sconondoa is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sconondoa
    • Sherrill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Camden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cagwin Corners
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Cagwin Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagwin Corners
    • Blossvale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Corners, with the one closest to Eaton Corners listed first.
    • Tall Pines Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
    • Kirkville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mycenae
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
    • Minoa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Eagle Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Fayetteville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyndon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyndon is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
    • De Witt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • De Witt is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
    • East Syracuse
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
    • Manlius
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Eastwood is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • North Syracuse
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
    • Lyncourt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Lyncourt is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyncourt
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Corners, with the one closest to Eaton Corners listed first.
    • Cleveland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Nicholsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
    • Constantia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gayville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Gayville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
    • West Monroe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • West Monroe is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
    • Central Square
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mallory
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Amboy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • West Amboy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
    • Caughdenoy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
    • Sand Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Hastings
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Parish
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pennellville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Eaton Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Smith's Ridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Pine Plains Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fyler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Deyo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bridgeport Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Kirkville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Anguish Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sullivan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitelaw Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oneida Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (402 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 Eaton Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eaton Corners.

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

  • Lakeport
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lakeport is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
  • Bridgeport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • North Manlius
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Manlius is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Manlius
  • Kirkville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • East Boston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Boston is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston
  • Whitelaw
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
  • Mycenae
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
  • Chittenango
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bernhards Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • South Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • South Bay is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bay
  • Cleveland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cicero Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cicero Center is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero Center
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Collamer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Collamer is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
    • Fayetteville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottons
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Cottons is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons

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

Newspapers Published in Eaton 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 190 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eaton Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eaton Corners, 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 Eaton Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Eaton Corners:

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 Eaton Corners, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eaton Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.