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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 Millers 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 Millers 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 Millers 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Millers Corner: Millers Cor. (or less commonly used: Millers Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Millers Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Millers Corner may originally have been Miller's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Millers Corner might be written as Miller Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Millers Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Millers Corner.
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 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 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.
Millers Corner is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee & Livingston.
Below are the counties that are near Millers Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millers Corner:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Millers Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Warsaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Covington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Perry Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Peoria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Attica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Perry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Johnsonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Varysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gainesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Wiscoy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Hume
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fillmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Houghton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Swain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <2>
- Garwoods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Caneadea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rushford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Allen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Canaseraga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Yorkshire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Delevan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Alden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Williston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crittenden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alden Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alden Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
- Porterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Dutchtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Akron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Protection
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Town Line
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Akron Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Akron Junction is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Junction
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Looneyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Looneyville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Billington Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Billington Heights is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billington Heights
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Linden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Pavilion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Pavilion Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Alexander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- East Alexander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Stafford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Griswold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Griswold is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Batavia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Morganville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Le Roy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sawens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sawens is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawens
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Craigs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Pine Tavern
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Leicester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <2>
- York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Cuylerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Inverness
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Mount Morris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Geneseo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Caledonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Nunda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Groveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Avon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Mumford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belcoda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belcoda is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
- Garbutt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Riga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riga is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Clifton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Churchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Scottsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Rush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- West Rush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Severance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Severance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Sweden Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sweden Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Center
- Manns Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- North Chili
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Chili is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chili
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Richmond Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- North Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- West Canadice Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Canadice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- South Barre
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- West Barre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
- Clarendon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Manning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Manning is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Holley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Albion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brockville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brockville is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
- Eagle Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Hulberton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hulberton is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
- Lakewood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Medina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Millers Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Millers Corner.
Cemeteries Near Millers Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millers 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 Millers Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millers Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Carlton Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wyoming Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dale Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Middlebury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hatch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vernal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Warsaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lagrange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Transit Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (404 more) ...
- Attica Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- German Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Covington Center Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Millers Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Millers Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millers Corner, with the one closest to Millers Corner listed first.
- Saltvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Saltvale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltvale
- Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Linden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Warsaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- La Grange
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- La Grange is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Covington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Pavilion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oatka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oatka is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatka
- Perry Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- West Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Rock Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Glen is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- East Alexander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Peoria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Pavilion Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millers Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millers Corner.
Newspapers Published in Millers 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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millers Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millers Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millers Corner.
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 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 Millers Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Orleans County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Millers Corner, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |