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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 Franklin Springs (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 Franklin Springs. 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 Franklin Springs ...

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 Franklin Springs: Franklin Spgs. (or less commonly used: Franklin Spngs. or Franklin Sprngs.)

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

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Franklin Springs is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Franklin Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Springs, with the one closest to Franklin Springs listed first.
    • Clinton
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kirkland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Kirkland is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
    • Clark Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Paris
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Paris is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Westmoreland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • New Hartford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • New Hartford is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
    • New York Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Augusta
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Augusta is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
    • Sauquoit
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bartlett
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Bartlett is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
    • Waterville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Oriskany Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Vernon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Springs, with the one closest to Franklin Springs listed first.
    • Button City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Button City is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
    • Columbus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Columbus is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Sherburne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Smyrna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Otselic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
    • New Berlin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • North Norwich
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • North Norwich is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
    • Beaver Meadow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
    • Otselic Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
    • Plymouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Springs, with the one closest to Franklin Springs listed first.
    • Norwich Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • West Winfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Corrado Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
    • Cedarville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Frankfort
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Chepachet
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Chepachet is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet
    • Ilion
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Ilion is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,616 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilion <1>
    • Millers Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Millers Mills is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Mills
    • Mohawk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Herkimer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Kast Bridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Kast Bridge is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kast Bridge
    • East Herkimer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • East Herkimer is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Herkimer
    • Newport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Springs, with the one closest to Franklin Springs listed first.
    • Munns
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Munns is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munns
    • Munnsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Solsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Madison
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kenwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Bouckville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pratts
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pratts is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
    • Pratts Hollow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pratts Hollow is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Hollow
    • Oneida
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Siloam
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Siloam is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Morrisville Station
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Morrisville Station is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Station
    • Pecksport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecksport is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Springs, with the one closest to Franklin Springs listed first.
    • Eagle Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Mycenae
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
    • Tall Pines Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
    • Delphi Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kirkville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Manlius
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Pompey Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
    • Fayetteville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Watervale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Watervale is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
  • Oswego County
    • Cleveland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Springs, with the one closest to Franklin Springs listed first.
    • Plainfield Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Plainfield Center is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Center
    • Brighton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brighton is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Burlington Flats
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Edmeston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • South Edmeston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • South Edmeston is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edmeston
    • Richfield Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • West Burlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Snowdon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Snowdon is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowdon
    • Pittsfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Pittsfield is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
    • Cattown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cattown is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattown
      • Cattown has also been known as:
      • Cat Town
    • Patent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Patent is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
    • Garrattsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oaksville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Oaksville is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaksville

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

Cemeteries Near Franklin Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Franklin Springs.

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 Franklin Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Sunset Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Chuckery Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Kirkland Prospect Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Deansboro Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Crown Hill Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Kirkland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Blackmen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hiller Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (432 more) ...
    • St. Paul's Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Westmoreland Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Clinton
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Kirkland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Kirkland is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Lairdsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lairdsville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
  • Paris
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Paris is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • New Hartford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • New Hartford is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
  • Walesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Walesville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesville
  • Hecla
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hecla is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla
  • Westmoreland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Vernon Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Augusta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Augusta is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
  • Marshall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marshall is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Paris Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Paris Station is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Station
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Franklin Springs ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Franklin Springs, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Franklin Springs.

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 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 Franklin Springs:

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 Franklin Springs, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Franklin Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.