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 Mead Corner (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 Mead Corner. 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 Mead Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mead Corner: Mead Cor. (or less commonly used: Mead Crn.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Mead Corner is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Mead Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mead Corner:
- Ontario County (The home county of Mead Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Flint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Gorham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Seneca Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Melvin Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Canandaigua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Billsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clifton Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Phelps
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Cayuga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Union Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Willets
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Oakwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Black Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Scipioville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Poplar Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Ledyard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Atwaters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Lima
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- Springwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Livonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Websters Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Sleggs Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Maple Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Ford Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Mendon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Honeoye Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
- Pittsford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Penfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Brighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Wayne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hector
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Searsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Reading Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Border City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Romulus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Willard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kuneytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Seneca Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Varick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Ovid
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Canoga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Tyre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Lodi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Prattsburgh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Catawba
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Keuka
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- South Pulteney
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Atlanta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hammondsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cohocton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Newark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Palmyra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- East Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marquart Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Fairville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Macedon Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Huddle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Benton Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Angus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Vine Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Penn Yan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Keuka Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Italy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mead Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Mead Corner.
Cemeteries Near Mead Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mead Corner.
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 Mead Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mead Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pickett's Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gorham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reed's Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buchan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Washburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (467 more) ...
- Shuman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuman Cemetery
- The Shuman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jacob Shuman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66296 <2>
- New #9 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Number 9 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Mead Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mead Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mead Corner, with the one closest to Mead Corner listed first.
- Gorham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stanley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Flint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Ennerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ennerdale is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennerdale
- Reed Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
- Hopewell Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Seneca Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Voak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Voak is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voak
- Canandaigua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bellona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Billsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mead Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mead Corner.
Newspapers Published in Mead Corner ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mead Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mead Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mead Corner.
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 Mead Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben 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> | 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 Mead Corner, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mead Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |