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 Kennedy 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 Kennedy 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 Kennedy 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Kennedy Corner: Kennedy Cor. (or less commonly used: Kennedy Crn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kennedy Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kennedy 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 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.
Kennedy Corner is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Kennedy Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kennedy Corner:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Kennedy Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Ithaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Ithaca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- South Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Forest Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Willow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Lansing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Newfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Varna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Myers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Taughannock Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Manningville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Killawog
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Atwaters
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- East Genoa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Locke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Black Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Summer Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Moravia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willets
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Poplar Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Montville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Cascade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Dresserville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Van Etten
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Erin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Millport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pine Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Horseheads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Post Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Elmira Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Elmira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Harford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Munsons Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Messengerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Scott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Scott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- McGraw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Spafford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Mandana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Perry City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cayutaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Odessa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Catharine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Burdett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Montour Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hector
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Interlaken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Kidders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Lodi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Hornby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Keuka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- South Bradford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Catawba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- North Spencer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Candor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- West Newark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Weltonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Lockwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newark Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Barton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hullsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Glenora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Himrod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dresden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Seneca Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Angus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Keuka Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Penn Yan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kennedy Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Kennedy Corner.
Cemeteries Near Kennedy Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kennedy 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 Kennedy Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kennedy Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- West Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Budd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rolfe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Inlet Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Christian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rumsey Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ithaca City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ithaca City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Kennedy Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kennedy Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kennedy Corner, with the one closest to Kennedy Corner listed first.
- Ithaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McKinneys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKinneys is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinneys
- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Trumbull Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull Corners
- Newfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forest Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Willow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Taughannock Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Varna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Asbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Myers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Waterburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waterburg is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterburg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Perry City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cayutaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Stratton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stratton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kennedy Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kennedy Corner.
Newspapers Published in Kennedy 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 171 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kennedy Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kennedy Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kennedy Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Kennedy Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Yates County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 Kennedy Corner, 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 from Point A (ie- Kennedy Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |