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 Morgan Corners (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 Morgan Corners. 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 Morgan Corners ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Morgan Corners: Morgan Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Morgan Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Morgan Corners.
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 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.
Morgan Corners is located in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County: Cattaraugus, Erie, Erie (PA) & Warren (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Morgan Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morgan Corners:
- Chautauqua County (The home county of Morgan Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Corners, with the one closest to Morgan Corners listed first.
- French Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- French Creek is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
- North Clymer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Clymer is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clymer
- Slab City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Slab City is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Findley Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Panama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stebbins Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stebbins Corners is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stebbins Corners
- Niobe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stedman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stedman is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stedman
- Ashville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ripley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Quigley Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quigley Park is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley Park
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Corners, with the one closest to Morgan Corners listed first.
- Spartansburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Canadohta Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
- Riceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Lincolnville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Vrooman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brown Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Hill is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Hill
- Rootville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rootville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
- Tryonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Cambridge Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hydetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Townville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Townville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Erie County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Corners, with the one closest to Morgan Corners listed first.
- Wattsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Corry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Arbuckle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arbuckle is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Hornby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Phillipsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Phillipsville is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- North East
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freeport is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Waterford Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waterford Station is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Station
- LeBoeuf Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
- Warren County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Corners, with the one closest to Morgan Corners listed first.
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colza
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Colza is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Bear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lottsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lottsville is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
- West Spring Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Sugar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Branch is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Garland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Sanford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sanford is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Pittsfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Youngsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Irvine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morgan Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Morgan Corners.
Cemeteries Near Morgan Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morgan Corners.
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 Morgan Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morgan Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morgan Corners, with the one closest to Morgan Corners listed first.
- Cutting Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Clymer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clymer Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marks Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- French Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Taft Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Matthias Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clymer Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wheelock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Sherman.
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sherman Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- Slab City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1118552 <2>
- West Mina Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (167 more) ...
- Mina Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Findley Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Town Line Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Morgan Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morgan Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morgan Corners, with the one closest to Morgan Corners listed first.
- Cutting
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cutting is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutting
- Clymer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- French Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- French Creek is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
- Marvin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marvin is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- North Clymer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Clymer is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clymer
- Mina
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mina is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
- Wheelock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wheelock is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Findley Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Panama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Ripley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Ripley is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ripley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morgan Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morgan Corners.
Newspapers Published in Morgan Corners ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morgan Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morgan Corners, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morgan Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Morgan Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chautauqua County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Warren 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morgan Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Morgan Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |