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 Mapleton (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 Mapleton. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Mapleton 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 Mapleton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mapleton:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Mapleton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Oakwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cross Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Scipioville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Union Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Melrose Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Sherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cayuga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Scott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Cummings Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Preble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Little York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Slab City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Mandana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Mottville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Skaneateles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Amber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Elbridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Halfway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Marcellus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Marcellus Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Billsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Thompson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Flint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clifton Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- South Granby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Bowens Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Hinmansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- Phoenix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Searsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mecklenburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hector
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Bennettsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Canoga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- East Varick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Seneca Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Romulus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tyre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Kidders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Ovid
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Border City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Myers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Taughannock Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Groton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Jacksonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Peruville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Clyde
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Red Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wolcott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- South Sodus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- Fairville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Angus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Dresden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Himrod
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Penn Yan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Barrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mapleton, see our County-by-County Page for Mapleton.
Cemeteries Near Mapleton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mapleton.
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 Mapleton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mapleton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Fleming Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Arnold - Comstock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eddy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Devine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gifford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barber Corners Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Corners Quaker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barber Corners Quaker Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the north of Ledyard.
- The Barber Corners Quaker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Quaker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2457530 <3>
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (500 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scipio Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Bernard's Old Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Mapleton had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
- Fleming
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fleming is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Oakwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Scipioville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Merrifield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Merrifield is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
- Cross Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Union Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ensenore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ensenore is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenore
- Degroff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Degroff is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degroff
- Cayuga Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Owasco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Owasco is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Levanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Levanna is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levanna
- Poplar Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Venice Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Venice Center is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mapleton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mapleton.
Newspapers Published in Mapleton ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mapleton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mapleton, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mapleton.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Mapleton:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mapleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Mapleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |