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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 German Four 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 German Four 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 German Four 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 German Four Corners: German Four 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

German Four Corners is located in Chenango 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 Chenango County: Broome, Cortland, Delaware, Madison & Otsego.

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

  • Chenango County     (The home county of German Four Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • Pitcher
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Smithville Flats
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Adams Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
    • South Otselic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Greene
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oxford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Kirk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Kirk is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
    • Beaver Meadow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
    • Otselic Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
    • Plymouth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Haynes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Haynes is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
    • Norwich
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Otselic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
  • Broome County
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • Upper Lisle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
    • Triangle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Triangle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
    • Killawog
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lisle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitney Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Manningville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Manningville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
    • Quinneville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Quinneville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
    • Glen Aubrey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Castle Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Castle Creek is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
    • North Colesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • North Colesville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
    • Kattellville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Kattellville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
    • West Chenango
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • West Chenango is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
    • Glen Castle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Glen Castle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • Summer Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • Dresserville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
    • Sempronius
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • Marathon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Solon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Solon is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
    • Messengerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Messengerville is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
    • Lapeer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Lapeer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
    • McGraw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Crains Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
    • Cortland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • East Homer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • East River
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Truxton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Harford Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
    • Munsons Corners
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
    • Harford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • Sidney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Masonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • DeRuyter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Puckerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Puckerville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
    • Earlville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • New Woodstock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • New Woodstock is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
    • Randallsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Randallsville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
    • Union
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Union is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • West Eaton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • West Eaton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
    • Hamilton Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
    • Hamilton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • South Hamilton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • South Hamilton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
    • Rippleton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Rippleton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
    • East Hamilton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • East Hamilton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
    • Pecksport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecksport is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • Assembly Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
    • Fabius
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Apulia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Tully
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Delphi Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Berwyn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
    • Pompey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Otisco Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
    • Spafford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
    • Log City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Log City is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
    • Pompey Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
    • LaFayette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
      • LaFayette has also been known as:
      • LaFayette Square
      • Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • Copes Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner
    • Gilbertsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Unadilla
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • South Edmeston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Edmeston is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edmeston
  • Tioga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • Ketchumville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
    • Newark Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • West Newark
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • West Newark is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
    • Hullsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hullsville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
    • Weltonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Weltonville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
    • Gaskill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gaskill is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
    • Candor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamar Estates
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from German Four Corners, with the one closest to German Four Corners listed first.
    • Dryden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • McLean
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Groton City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • Freeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Caroline Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
    • Slaterville Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Groton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Peruville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
    • Besemer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Besemer is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
    • White Church
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • White Church is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
    • Varna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Varna is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
    • West Groton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton

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

Cemeteries Near German Four Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Westview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Ashcraft Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Willet Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Beardsley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lower Cincinnatus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cincinnatus Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brakel Valley Churchyard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Taylor Rural Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Texas Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (457 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 German Four Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of German Four Corners.

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

  • Willet
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cincinnatus
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • McDonough
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Penelope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Penelope is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
  • Taylor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Taylor is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Texas Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
  • Pitcher
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Smithville Flats
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pharsalia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pharsalia is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharsalia
  • Pitcher Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
  • East Freetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • East Freetown is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
  • Upper Lisle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • East McDonough
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • East McDonough is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East McDonough
    • East Pharsalia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Taylor Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Taylor Valley is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Valley

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

Newspapers Published in German Four 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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around German Four Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of German Four Corners, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for German Four Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 German Four 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 German Four 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' (or 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- German Four Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.