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 King Ferry Station (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 King Ferry Station. 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 King Ferry Station ...
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 King Ferry Station: King Fry. Sta. (or less commonly used: King Frry. Sta.)
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 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.
King Ferry Station 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 King Ferry Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to King Ferry Station:
- Cayuga County (The home county of King Ferry Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Atwaters
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Willets
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Poplar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- East Genoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Scipioville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Locke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cascade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Moravia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chemung County
- Millport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Scott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Munsons Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Scott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Little York
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Preble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Slab City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Harford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Mandana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Spafford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Rose Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Skaneateles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Amber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Mottville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Otisco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Marcellus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Elbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Billsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Gorham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flint
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Melvin Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Seneca Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Searsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mecklenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Logan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Cayutaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Burdett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reading Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Watkins Glen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Montour Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Kidders
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Lodi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Varick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Border City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Keuka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga County
- North Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Taughannock Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Jacksonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Myers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- West Groton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Groton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Himrod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Angus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Glenora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Seneca Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dundee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Penn Yan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Benton Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Barrington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yatesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to King Ferry Station, see our County-by-County Page for King Ferry Station.
Cemeteries Near King Ferry Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of King Ferry Station.
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 King Ferry Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for King Ferry Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- West Genoa Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sheldrake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodyears Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belltown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ledyard Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mosher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McNeal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (445 more) ...
- Covert Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 King Ferry Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of King Ferry Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from King Ferry Station, with the one closest to King Ferry Station listed first.
- Atwaters
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Sheldrake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sheldrake is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldrake
- Ledyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Lake Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Five Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Willets
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Covert
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Covert is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Poplar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lansingville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingville
- Genoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Venice Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Venice Center is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice Center
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lodi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Townsendville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
- Trumansburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around King Ferry Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around King Ferry Station.
Newspapers Published in King Ferry Station ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around King Ferry Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of King Ferry Station, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for King Ferry Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 King Ferry Station:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 King Ferry Station, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- King Ferry Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |