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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lewis Corners: Lewis Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lewis Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lewis 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Lewis 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 Lewis Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lewis Corners:
- Oswego County (The home county of Lewis Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Corners, with the one closest to Lewis Corners listed first.
- Minetto
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Granby Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Furniss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Furniss is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Oswego Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
- Fulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Drakes Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Drakes Corner is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Corner
- Oswego
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Southwest Oswego
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
- Bowens Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Hannibal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ingalls Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Corners, with the one closest to Lewis Corners listed first.
- North Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
- Sterling Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
- Ira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ira is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- North Victory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
- Fair Haven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cato
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Meridian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Victory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Weedsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Port Byron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
- Sennett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Throop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Auburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Corners, with the one closest to Lewis Corners listed first.
- Ellisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Madison County
- Bridgeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Corners, with the one closest to Lewis Corners listed first.
- Jacksonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Little Utica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
- Lysander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lysander is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
- Wrights Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Plainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Baldwinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Euclid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Euclid is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Village Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Village Green is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
- Jacks Reef
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Brewerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Knolls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
- Seneca County
- Tyre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Corners, with the one closest to Lewis Corners listed first.
- Red Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Wolcott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Butler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- North Huron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
- Huron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- York
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Sodus Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clyde
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- South Sodus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lewis Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Lewis Corners.
Cemeteries Near Lewis Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lewis 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 Lewis Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lewis Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lewis Corners, with the one closest to Lewis Corners listed first.
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Minetto Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Granby Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Van Buren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whittemore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingdom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Irish Settlement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdale Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Adnah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Road Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Lewis Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lewis Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lewis Corners, with the one closest to Lewis Corners listed first.
- Granby Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Seneca Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Seneca Hill is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Hill
- Minetto
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dexterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dexterville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexterville
- Furniss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Furniss is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
- North Hannibal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Hannibal is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hannibal
- Fairdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Fulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Oswego Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
- Volney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Volney is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
- Lansing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lansing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hannibal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hannibal Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hannibal Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal Center
- Oswego
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lewis Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lewis Corners.
Newspapers Published in Lewis 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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lewis Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lewis Corners, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lewis Corners.
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 Lewis Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Oswego County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Seneca County
- Wayne 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> | 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- Lewis Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lewis Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |