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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 Lyons (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 Lyons. 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 hospitals and 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.

Lyons is located in Wayne County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wayne County: Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario & Seneca.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Lyons ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyons.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Rural Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • South Lyons Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Creager Bridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Creager Bridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Creager Bridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lock Berlin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lock Berlin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lock Berlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lyons Rural Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyons Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyons Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Houser Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Houser Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Houser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Newark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Newark State School Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Purchase Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Purchase Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Purchase Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Marbletown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marbletown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marbletown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Old Clyde Village Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Clyde Village Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Clyde Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Glerum Farm Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glerum Farm Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glerum Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lyons had a population of 4,475 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2015, Lyons had a population of 3,494 people.

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

  • Lock Berlin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lock Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Berlin
    • Lock Berlin is located in Wayne County
  • Marengo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
    • Marengo is located in Wayne County
  • Newark
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Fairville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Zurich
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
    • Zurich is located in Wayne County
  • Clyde
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wayne Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • South Sodus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Sodus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to South Sodus
    • From Lyons to South Sodus
  • West Junius
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Junius. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • West Junius is located in Ontario County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to West Junius
    • From Lyons to West Junius
  • Port Gibson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Phelps Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phelps Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps Junction
    • Phelps Junction is located in Ontario County
  • Phelps
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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    • Rose
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
      • Rose is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rose <1>
    • East Palmyra
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sodus Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sodus Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodus Center
      • Sodus Center is located in Wayne County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lyons ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyons.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lyons. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lyons and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lyons.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<6> of Lyons.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Lyons:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lyons. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wayne County: www.co.wayne.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Lyons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lyons) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lyons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0655, Longitude: -76.9892    









 

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