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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 Morse Mill (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 Morse Mill. 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 Morse Mill ...

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 Morse Mill: Morse Ml. (or less commonly used: Morse Mll.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Morse Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Morse Mill.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Morse Mill 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 Morse Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morse Mill:

  • Cayuga County     (The home county of Morse Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Mill, with the one closest to Morse Mill listed first.
    • Sempronius
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • Dresserville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
    • Montville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Montville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • Moravia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Kelloggsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • New Hope
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Omro
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
    • Locke
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Summer Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • Cascade
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
    • Niles
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
    • Austin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Austin is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • East Genoa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
  • Broome County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Mill, with the one closest to Morse Mill listed first.
    • Killawog
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Manningville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Manningville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
    • Upper Lisle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Mill, with the one closest to Morse Mill listed first.
    • Pitcher
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • South Otselic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Mill, with the one closest to Morse Mill listed first.
    • Scott
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • East Scott
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • East Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
    • Little York
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
    • Pratt Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
    • Preble
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Homer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
    • Slab City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Slab City is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
    • Cummings Crossing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
    • Cortland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Munsons Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
    • East Homer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • East River
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • McGraw
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Mill, with the one closest to Morse Mill listed first.
    • DeRuyter
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Puckerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Puckerville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
    • Union
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Union is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • New Woodstock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • New Woodstock is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
    • Rippleton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rippleton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
    • Cazenovia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Mill, with the one closest to Morse Mill listed first.
    • Spafford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
    • Mandana
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
    • Otisco Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
    • Amber
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Amber is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
    • Thorn Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
    • Otisco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
    • Assembly Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
    • Rose Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Tully
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Skaneateles
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Cardiff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • Apulia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Indian Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Mill, with the one closest to Morse Mill listed first.
    • Perry City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Searsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Mecklenburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cayutaville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
    • Logan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Hector
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Mill, with the one closest to Morse Mill listed first.
    • Kidders
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Interlaken
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Canoga
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • East Varick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Kuneytown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Ovid
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Lodi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Romulus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Seneca Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Willard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Tyre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Waterloo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Mill, with the one closest to Morse Mill listed first.
    • Groton City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • Groton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • West Groton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • North Lansing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • McLean
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Peruville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
    • East Lansing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • Freeville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Lake Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Myers
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • Dryden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lansing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Willow Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
  • Yates County
    • Dresden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Morse Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morse Mill.

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 Morse Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morse Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Old Quaker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Indian Mound Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sempronius Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Dry Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lickville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Eaton Road Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • James Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Kelloggsville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Monaghan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Searles Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (472 more) ...
    • Wilcox Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Baker Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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>

While we didn't find Morse Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morse Mill.

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

  • Dresserville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
  • Sempronius
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
  • Moravia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Glen Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • New Hope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • Kelloggsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
  • Locke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Scott
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Scott is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
  • Omro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Omro is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
  • Summer Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
    • Summer Hill has also been known as:
    • Plato
  • Cascade
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • East Venice
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • East Venice is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Venice
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Spafford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
    • Niles
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
    • Groton City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City

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

Newspapers Published in Morse Mill ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morse Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morse Mill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morse Mill.

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 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 Morse Mill:

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 Morse Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Morse Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.