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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 Ford Corner (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 Ford Corner. 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 Ford Corner ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Ford Corner: Ford Cor. (or less commonly used: Ford Crn.)

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.

Ford Corner is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Ford Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ford Corner.

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 Ford Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.<5>

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

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

  • Mendon
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mendon Center
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendon Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Center
    • Mendon Center is located in Monroe County
  • Honeoye Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • North Bloomfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fishers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers
    • Fishers is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fishers <1>
  • West Bloomfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Victor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
    • Victor is located in Ontario County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victor <1>
  • Lima
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bushnell Basin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushnell Basin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell Basin
    • Bushnell Basin is located in Monroe County
  • Rush
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • East Bloomfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
  • Pittsford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Henrietta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mertensia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mertensia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertensia
      • Mertensia is located in Ontario County
    • Egypt
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
      • Egypt is located in Monroe County

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

Newspapers Published in Ford Corner ...

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 279 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ford Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ford Corner, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ford Corner.

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 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 Ford Corner:

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

The official website for Monroe County: www.monroecounty.gov/

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

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>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.
<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>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.
<5>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 Ford Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Ford Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ford Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9755, Longitude: -77.5273    









 

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This page was last modified/updated: 29 Apr 2025