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 Melrose Park (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 Melrose Park. 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.
Melrose Park 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 Melrose Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Melrose Park:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Melrose Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- Auburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Throop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Sennett
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Austin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Cross Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Niles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Union Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weedsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Port Byron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Scipioville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Cayuga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Cummings Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Preble
(23 miles [37 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- 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
- Munsons Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- Mottville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Skaneateles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Rose Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Elbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Halfway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Marcellus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Marcellus Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Camillus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Geneva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Thompson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Junius
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Billsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Melvin Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Flint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clifton Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- South Granby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Bowens Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Hinmansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- Phoenix
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Hannibal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sand Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Granby Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Ingalls Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- Pennellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caughdenoy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- Searsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- Canoga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Tyre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- East Varick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Waterloo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Border City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Interlaken
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- Willard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Groton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Groton City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Myers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Peruville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Taughannock Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- South Butler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Clyde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolcott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Wayne Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- South Sodus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- York
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Mud Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- Angus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bellona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Seneca Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Himrod
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Melrose Park, see our County-by-County Page for Melrose Park.
Cemeteries Near Melrose Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Melrose Park.
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 Melrose Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Melrose Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lake View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sand Beach Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Melrose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Melrose Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Auburn.
- The Melrose Cemetery has also been known as:
- Melrose Road Cemetery
- Porter Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2266624 <2>
- Galpin Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Farmer Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parsell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Petty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Peter's Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold - Comstock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- Van Etten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cold Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Soule Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Melrose Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Melrose Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Melrose Park, with the one closest to Melrose Park listed first.
- Degroff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Degroff is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degroff
- Auburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fleming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fleming is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Throop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Oakwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Mapleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Owasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Throopsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Throopsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throopsville
- Sennett
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Skaneateles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Mottville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Long Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Cross Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Austin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Melrose Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Melrose Park.
Newspapers Published in Melrose Park ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Melrose Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Melrose Park, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Melrose Park.
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 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 Melrose Park:
- 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> | 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 Melrose Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Melrose Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |