Our Genealogy Helper
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 Halls 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 Halls 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 Halls 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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Halls Corner: Halls Cor. (or less commonly used: Halls Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Halls Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Halls Corner may originally have been Hall's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Halls Corner might be written as Hall Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Halls Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Halls Corner.
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 and hospitals 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.
Halls Corner 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 Halls Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halls Corner:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Halls Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Summer Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Locke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Montville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- East Genoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Cascade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Omro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Austin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Niles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Killawog
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Upper Lisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Pitcher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Otselic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Smithville Flats
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Meadow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Scott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Pratt Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- East Scott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- East River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- McGraw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Preble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Cummings Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- DeRuyter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- New Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Rippleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Spafford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Assembly Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Tully
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Mandana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Amber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Apulia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Cardiff
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Rose Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Berwyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- LaFayette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <2>
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Perry City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Mecklenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Bennettsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Kidders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <2>
- East Varick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Canoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Romulus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Willard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Ketchumville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- West Newark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Candor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newark Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- West Candor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Weltonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Groton City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Groton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McLean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peruville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- West Groton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Freeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dryden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Lansing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- North Lansing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Myers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Cayuga Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Varna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halls Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Halls Corner.
Cemeteries Near Halls Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halls 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.
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 Halls Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halls Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Hinman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summerhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eaton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Groton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eaton Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Atwater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lickville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Searles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Homer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64658 <3>
- Sempronius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- Groton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McLean 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.<4>
While we didn't find Halls Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Halls Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Groton City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Summer Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Groton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dresserville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- McLean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Scott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Peruville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Little York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East Scott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Locke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Groton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halls Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halls Corner.
Newspapers Published in Halls 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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halls Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halls Corner, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halls 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 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 Halls Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Halls Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Halls Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |