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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 Lenox Basin (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 Lenox Basin. 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.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Lenox Basin is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Chenango, Cortland, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Madison County     (The home county of Lenox Basin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Basin, with the one closest to Lenox Basin listed first.
    • Wampsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Canastota
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Oneida
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Clockville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oneida Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Whitelaw
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Cottons
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cottons is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
    • Kenwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Valley Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Sullivan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Sullivan is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Peterboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Chittenango
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Basin, with the one closest to Lenox Basin listed first.
    • Otselic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
    • Otselic Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
    • Smyrna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Beaver Meadow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
    • Sherburne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • South Otselic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Basin, with the one closest to Lenox Basin listed first.
    • Crains Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
    • Cummings Crossing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
    • Truxton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Basin, with the one closest to Lenox Basin listed first.
    • Norwich Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • West Winfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Basin, with the one closest to Lenox Basin listed first.
    • Leisher Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Osceola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • West Leyden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Basin, with the one closest to Lenox Basin listed first.
    • Oneida Castle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • Sconondoa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sconondoa is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sconondoa
    • Sherrill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sylvan Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Agnes Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Agnes Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes Corners
    • Cagwin Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cagwin Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagwin Corners
    • Vernon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • North Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • North Bay is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
    • Blackmans Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Blackmans Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Corners
    • Greenway Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenway Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Corners
    • Greenway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenway is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
    • Jewell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jewell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Basin, with the one closest to Lenox Basin listed first.
    • Tall Pines Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
    • Mycenae
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
    • Eagle Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Kirkville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Manlius
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fayetteville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Minoa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <1>
    • Pompey Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
    • Watervale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Watervale is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
    • Lyndon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Lyndon is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
    • Delphi Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • De Witt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • De Witt is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenox Basin, with the one closest to Lenox Basin listed first.
    • Cleveland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Nicholsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
    • Constantia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Gayville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gayville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
    • West Monroe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • West Monroe is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
    • West Amboy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • West Amboy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
    • Central Square
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mallory
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Caughdenoy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
    • Kasoag
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Kasoag is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
    • Sand Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Hastings
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Lenox Basin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lenox Basin.

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 Lenox Basin - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Agatha Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agatha Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Agatha Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Canastota.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65908 <2>
  • Lenox Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clockville Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Verona Protestant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Walker Corners Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunny Side Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • West Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (413 more) ...
    • Allis Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cranson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Helena's Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Helena's Cemetery
      • The St. Helena's Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Helena's / Valley View Cemetery
      • Valley View Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66586 <2>

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

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

  • Wampsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Canastota
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Durhamville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Clockville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oneida Castle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
  • Oneida
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Cottons
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottons is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
  • South Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • South Bay is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bay
  • State Bridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • State Bridge is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Bridge
  • Whitelaw
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
  • Oneida Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
  • Merrillsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Merrillsville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Kenwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Sherrill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • East Boston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • East Boston is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston

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

Newspapers Published in Lenox Basin ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lenox Basin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lenox Basin, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lenox Basin.

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 helpful 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 Lenox Basin:

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 Lenox Basin, 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 from Point A (ie- Lenox Basin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.