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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 Hunts 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 Hunts 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 Hunts 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Hunts Corners: Hunts Cors.
- While the name of this community is Hunts Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hunts Corners may originally have been Hunt's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hunts Corners might be written as Hunt Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hunts Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hunts Corners.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hunts Corners is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near Hunts Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hunts Corners:
- Cortland County (The home county of Hunts Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Lapeer
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Marathon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Messengerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Harford Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McGraw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cortland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Solon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Munsons Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- East River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Homer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Homer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Little York
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Killawog
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Manningville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Upper Lisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Maine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Castle Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- West Chenango
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- New Ireland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Glen Castle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Kattellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Summer Hill
(18 miles [29 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Locke
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- East Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Montville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Cascade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Omro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Chemung County
- Van Etten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Smithville Flats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pitcher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greene
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- South Otselic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Otselic Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Beaver Meadow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Haynes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Otselic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Union Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Plymouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- DeRuyter
(25 miles [40.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Assembly Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Apulia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Spafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Otisco Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Fabius
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Berwyn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Otisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Cayutaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Perry City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Ketchumville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Candor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Hullsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Hamar Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Gaskill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- West Candor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Campville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Owego
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Apalachin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Dryden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- McLean
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slaterville Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Freeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Peruville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Besemer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- White Church
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Varna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Groton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Ithaca
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Forest Home
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- Little Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hunts Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Hunts Corners.
Cemeteries Near Hunts Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunts 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 Hunts Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hunts Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Hunts Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Quail Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Parker Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bemis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holcombville Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ortonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Howland Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Killawog Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marathon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center Lisle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Killawog Hill Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killawog Hill Road Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Killawog Hill Road Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Killawog.
- Continue List (466 more) ...
- Route 11 Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hunts Corners had a population of 168 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hunts Corners, with the one closest to Hunts Corners listed first.
- Harford Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Killawog
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marathon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Messengerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- East Virgil
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Virgil is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Virgil
- Center Lisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Lisle
- Richford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Freetown Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Virgil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Texas Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
- Berkshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wilson Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hunts Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hunts Corners.
Newspapers Published in Hunts 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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunts Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunts Corners, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hunts 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 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 Hunts Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Susquehanna 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 Hunts Corners, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hunts Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |