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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 Fintches 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 Fintches 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 Fintches 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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

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

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.

Fintches Corners is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.

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

  • Cayuga County     (The home county of Fintches Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fintches Corners, with the one closest to Fintches Corners listed first.
    • North Victory
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
    • Fair Haven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sterling Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
    • Victory
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Ira
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • North Sterling
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
    • Cato
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Meridian
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Byron
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
      • Former name for Port Byron:
      • Bucksville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
    • Weedsport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Sennett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Throop
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Throop is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
    • Auburn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fintches Corners, with the one closest to Fintches Corners listed first.
    • Lysander
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lysander is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
    • Jacksonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Little Utica
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
    • Plainville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wrights Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • Jacks Reef
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
    • Baldwinsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jordan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elbridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Memphis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Village Green
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Village Green is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
    • Van Buren
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Van Buren is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
    • Warners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Warners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warners
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fintches Corners, with the one closest to Fintches Corners listed first.
    • Thompson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Thompson is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • West Junius
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • West Junius is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • Dobbins Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Phelps
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Gibson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fintches Corners, with the one closest to Fintches Corners listed first.
    • Hannibal
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairdale is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
    • Bowens Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
    • Granby Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Granby Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
    • Southwest Oswego
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
    • Furniss
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Furniss is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
    • Oswego Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
    • Fulton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Minetto
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • South Granby
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • South Granby is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
    • Hinmansville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
    • Ingalls Crossing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
    • Oswego
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fintches Corners, with the one closest to Fintches Corners listed first.
    • Tyre
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Seneca Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Waterloo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Canoga
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fintches Corners, with the one closest to Fintches Corners listed first.
    • Red Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolcott
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Furnace Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
    • South Butler
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Butler is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
    • Huron
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • North Huron
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • North Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
    • York
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • York is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Clyde
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sodus Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Wayne Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
    • South Sodus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • Sodus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Lyons
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Fintches Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Martville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Forscutt Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Springbrook Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Overacre Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fairmont Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Southside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cummings Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hannibal Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hannibal Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Phillips Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Ford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (330 more) ...
    • New Westbury Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Westbury Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • French Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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 Fintches Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fintches Corners.

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

  • Martville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • North Victory
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
  • Sterling
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bethel Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethel Corners is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Corners
  • Fair Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hannibal Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hannibal Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal Center
  • Hannibal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sterling Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
  • North Fair Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • North Fair Haven is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fair Haven
  • Westbury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Westbury is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbury
  • Victory
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Victory is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Ira
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • South Hannibal
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • South Hannibal is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hannibal
    • Fairdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairdale is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale

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

Newspapers Published in Fintches 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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fintches Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fintches Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fintches Corners.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Fintches 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 Fintches Corners, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fintches Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.