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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 Jones 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 Jones 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 Jones 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 Jones Corners: Jones Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Jones Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Corners may originally have been Jone's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Corners might be written as Jone Corners.

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

Jones Corners is located in Oswego 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 Oswego County: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida & Onondaga.

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

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Jones Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Corners, with the one closest to Jones Corners listed first.
    • Scriba
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Scriba is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
      • Scriba has also been known as:
      • Scriba Corners
    • Mount Pleasant
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • North Volney
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • North Volney is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Volney
    • Drakes Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Drakes Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Corner
    • Vermilion
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Vermilion is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
    • Minetto
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oswego
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Arthur
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Mexico
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Texas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Mungers Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mungers Corners is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungers Corners
    • Furniss
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Furniss is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Corners, with the one closest to Jones Corners listed first.
    • North Sterling
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
    • Sterling Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
    • Fair Haven
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Ira
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • North Victory
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
    • Meridian
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Cato
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Victory
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Weedsport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Corners, with the one closest to Jones Corners listed first.
    • Ellisburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Mannsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Belleville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Henderson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Adams
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <2>
    • Lorraine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Madison County
  • Oneida County
    • Elpis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Elpis is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Corners, with the one closest to Jones Corners listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Little Utica
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
    • Wrights Corners
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • Lysander
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Lysander is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
    • Brewerton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Baldwinsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Plainville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Euclid
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Clay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Village Green
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Village Green is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
    • Seneca Knolls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
    • Jacks Reef
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Corners, with the one closest to Jones Corners listed first.
    • Red Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Furnace Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
    • Wolcott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • North Huron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • North Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
    • Huron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • South Butler
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Butler is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler

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

Cemeteries Near Jones Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Peck Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Worden Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Blossom Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Whittemore Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Haven Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mattison Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Kingdom Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • North Volney Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • South Road Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (231 more) ...
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Oswego.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65813 <4>
    • Vermilion Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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

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

  • South New Haven
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • South New Haven is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Haven
  • South Scriba
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • South Scriba is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Scriba
  • Lycoming
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Scriba
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Scriba is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
    • Scriba has also been known as:
    • Scriba Corners
  • Lansing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lansing is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • New Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • New Haven is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • North Volney
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Volney is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Volney
  • Seneca Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Seneca Hill is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Hill
  • Minetto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Vermilion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Vermilion is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
  • Oswego
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Clifford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Clifford is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
    • Mexico
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Arthur
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur

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

Newspapers Published in Jones 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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Corners, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Corners.

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 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 Jones Corners:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Jones Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Jones Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.