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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 Memphis (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 Memphis. 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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

Memphis is located in Onondaga County.

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 Onondaga County: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison & Oswego.

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

  • Onondaga County     (The home county of Memphis)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Memphis, with the one closest to Memphis listed first.
    • Warners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jacks Reef
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Van Buren
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Buren have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
      • Van Buren is located in Onondaga County
    • Village Green
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
      • Village Green is located in Onondaga County
    • Halfway
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halfway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Halfway
      • From Memphis to Halfway
    • Camillus
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camillus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camillus
      • Camillus is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camillus <3>
    • Elbridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
      • Elbridge is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elbridge <3>
    • Baldwinsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Seneca Knolls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
      • Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
    • Marcellus Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Orchard Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Village
      • Orchard Village is located in Onondaga County
    • Jordan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Memphis, with the one closest to Memphis listed first.
    • Meridian
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in Cayuga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <3>
    • Sennett
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Weedsport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weedsport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedsport
      • Weedsport is located in Cayuga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,683 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weedsport <3>
    • Cato
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cato have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
      • Cato is located in Cayuga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cato <3>
    • Throop
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Byron
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Ira
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Auburn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
      • Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
    • Victory
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
      • Victory is located in Cayuga County
    • North Victory
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Niles
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Cortland County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Memphis, with the one closest to Memphis listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Bridgeport is located in Madison County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <3>
    • Bolivar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolivar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
    • Chittenango
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chittenango have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango
      • Chittenango is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,823 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chittenango <3>
    • Sullivan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sulphur Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Bingley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Cazenovia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cazenovia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Cazenovia is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,843 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cazenovia <3>
    • Chittenango Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Rippleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Union
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Madison County
    • Whitelaw
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whitelaw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Whitelaw
      • From Memphis to Whitelaw
    • Cottons
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Oneida County
  • Ontario County
    • Thompson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
      • Thompson is located in Ontario County
  • Oswego County
  • Seneca County
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Memphis, with the one closest to Memphis listed first.
    • South Butler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Red Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Creek
      • Red Creek is located in Wayne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Creek <3>
    • Wolcott
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Furnace Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
      • Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
    • Clyde
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Huron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • North Huron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Huron. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
      • North Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to North Huron
      • From Memphis to North Huron
    • Wayne Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • York
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Lyons
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Memphis ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Memphis.

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 Memphis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Redman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oswego Bitter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oswego Bitter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oswego Bitter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ionia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ionia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ionia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Warners Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warners Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Warners Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warners Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sears Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sears Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sears Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elbridge Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elbridge Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elbridge Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kingdom Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingdom Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kingdom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whiting Road Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whiting Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whiting Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sherwood Robbins Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherwood Robbins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherwood Robbins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (476 more) ...
    • Maplewood Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wheeler Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rouse Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rouse Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rouse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Memphis had a population of 190 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Warners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Jacks Reef
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Elbridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
    • Elbridge is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elbridge <3>
  • Halfway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halfway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Halfway
    • From Memphis to Halfway
  • Camillus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camillus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camillus
    • Camillus is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camillus <3>
  • Van Buren
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Buren have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
    • Van Buren is located in Onondaga County
  • Jordan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Marcellus Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Amboy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amboy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
    • Amboy is located in Onondaga County
  • Stiles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stiles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
    • Stiles is located in Onondaga County
  • Baldwinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Skaneateles Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skaneateles Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaneateles Junction
    • Skaneateles Junction is located in Onondaga County
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Howlett Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howlett Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howlett Hill
      • Howlett Hill is located in Onondaga County
    • Lakeland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lakeland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
      • Lakeland is located in Onondaga County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lakeland
      • From Memphis to Lakeland
    • Lakeside
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Onondaga County

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

Newspapers Published in Memphis ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Memphis.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Memphis, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Memphis.

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 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 Memphis:

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

The official website for Onondaga County: www.ongov.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Memphis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Memphis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Memphis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0841, Longitude: -76.3774    









 

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