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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 Marysville (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 Marysville. 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 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.

Marysville is located in Onondaga 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 Onondaga County: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison & Oswego.

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

  • Onondaga County     (The home county of Marysville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marysville, with the one closest to Marysville listed first.
    • Mottville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Skaneateles
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Elbridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Halfway
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Marcellus Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
    • Marcellus
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jordan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Memphis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rose Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Jacks Reef
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
    • Camillus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mandana
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
    • Thorn Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marysville, with the one closest to Marysville listed first.
    • Sennett
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Auburn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
    • Throop
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Throop is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
    • Weedsport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Byron
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Niles
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
    • Austin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Austin is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Oakwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Meridian
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • New Hope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Omro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
    • Cross Roads
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marysville, with the one closest to Marysville listed first.
    • Scott
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • Cummings Crossing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
    • East Scott
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • East Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
    • Preble
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Slab City is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
    • Homer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
    • 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
    • East River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Truxton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cortland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Crains Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marysville, with the one closest to Marysville listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bolivar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Chittenango
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Rippleton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Rippleton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
    • Union
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Union is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Cazenovia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Chittenango Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
    • Sullivan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sullivan is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Sulphur Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
      • Chittenango Springs
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marysville, with the one closest to Marysville listed first.
    • Dobbins Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Thompson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Thompson is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • West Junius
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • West Junius is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • Geneva
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Billsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Phelps
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marysville, with the one closest to Marysville listed first.
    • Hinmansville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
    • South Granby
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • South Granby is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
    • Phoenix
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bowens Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
    • Sand Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Ingalls Crossing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
    • Pennellville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Fairdale is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
    • Fulton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Granby Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Granby Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
    • Caughdenoy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
    • Hannibal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Central Square
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marysville, with the one closest to Marysville listed first.
    • Canoga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Tyre
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Seneca Falls
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Kuneytown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • East Varick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Waterloo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Romulus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kidders
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Border City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Interlaken
      (28 miles [45.1 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>
    • Ovid
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Willard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marysville, with the one closest to Marysville listed first.
    • North Lansing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • Groton City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • West Groton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • Groton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Lake Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • East Lansing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • McLean
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Peruville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marysville, with the one closest to Marysville listed first.
    • South Butler
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • South Butler is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
    • Red Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clyde
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Wolcott
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Furnace Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
    • Huron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Lyons
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Wayne Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
    • North Huron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • North Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
    • 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
    • York
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • York is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York

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

Cemeteries Near Marysville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marysville.

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 Marysville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gardner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mottville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Shepard Settlement Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Soule Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Elbridge Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bowen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (491 more) ...
    • Sennett Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sennett Rural Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jordan 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.<2>

While we didn't find Marysville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Marysville.

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

  • Mottville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Long Bridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
  • Skaneateles Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Skaneateles Junction is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaneateles Junction
  • Willow Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
  • Skaneateles
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Elbridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Halfway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Sennett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jordan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Marcellus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Marcellus Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
  • Auburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Throop
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Throop is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
    • Degroff
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Degroff is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degroff
    • Shamrock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Shamrock is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock

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

Newspapers Published in Marysville ...

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 Marysville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marysville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marysville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Marysville:

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>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 Marysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Marysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.