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 Merrifield (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 Merrifield. 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.
Merrifield 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 Merrifield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Merrifield:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Merrifield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Sherwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Poplar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Union Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Black Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Omro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Oakwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Willets
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Cross Roads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Scott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Preble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Homer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Slab City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Munsons Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- McGraw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Mandana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Skaneateles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Mottville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Spafford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Amber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Otisco Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Elbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Marcellus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Halfway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Marcellus Falls
(19 miles [30.6 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 Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Billsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Dobbins Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Geneva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Thompson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill
(25 miles [40.2 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 northwest)
- Flint
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clifton Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Searsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mecklenburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Logan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Canoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- East Varick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Kidders
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Romulus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Seneca Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Interlaken
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tyre
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Border City
(20 miles [32.2 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 Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Myers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Taughannock Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Groton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Groton City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Peruville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Lansing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- South Butler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Clyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Angus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Dresden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bellona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Himrod
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Benton Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Glenora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Penn Yan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Merrifield, see our County-by-County Page for Merrifield.
Cemeteries Near Merrifield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merrifield.
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 Merrifield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Merrifield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Gould - Akin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bolts Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scipio Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Bernard's Old Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fordyce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eddy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cornwall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Manchester Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Babcock Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rathbun & Chase Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Merrifield had a population of 69 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Merrifield, with the one closest to Merrifield listed first.
- Scipioville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Poplar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Venice Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Venice Center is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice Center
- Mapleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mapleton is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Ensenore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ensenore is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenore
- Cascade
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Fleming
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fleming is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ledyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Union Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Levanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Levanna is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levanna
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Willets
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- East Venice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Venice is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Venice
- Oakwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Merrifield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Merrifield.
Newspapers Published in Merrifield ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Merrifield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merrifield, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Merrifield.
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 helpful 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 Merrifield:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario 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> | 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 Merrifield, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Merrifield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |