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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 Mosher 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 Mosher 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 Mosher 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 Mosher Corners: Mosher Cors.

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.

Mosher Corners is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.

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

  • Tompkins County     (The home county of Mosher Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • Groton
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • West Groton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • Peruville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
    • East Lansing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • North Lansing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • Groton City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • Freeville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • McLean
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Myers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • Dryden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lansing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cayuga Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
  • Broome County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • Killawog
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Manningville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Manningville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
    • Lisle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Upper Lisle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
    • Whitney Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen Aubrey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • Locke
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Summer Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • East Genoa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
    • Montville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Montville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • Moravia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Dresserville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
    • Sempronius
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • Cascade
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
    • Atwaters
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
    • Kelloggsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • Omro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
    • Ledyard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
  • Chemung County
    • Van Etten
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Chenango County
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • Munsons Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
    • Cortland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Homer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Scott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • East Scott
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • East Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
    • Pratt Corners
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
    • East River
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Little York
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
    • Harford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • McGraw
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • East Homer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • Harford Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • DeRuyter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Puckerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Puckerville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • Spafford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
    • Mandana
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
    • Assembly Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
    • Otisco Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
    • Otisco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
    • Tully
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Amber
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Amber is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
    • Thorn Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
    • Rose Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Apulia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Skaneateles
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Cardiff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • Perry City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Searsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Mecklenburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Cayutaville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
    • Logan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Bennettsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
    • Hector
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Alpine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Burdett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Odessa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Catharine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Catharine is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
    • Montour Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • Kidders
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Interlaken
      (16 miles [25.7 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>
    • Lodi
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • East Varick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Ovid
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Romulus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Willard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Canoga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Kuneytown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Seneca Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tioga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • North Spencer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • North Spencer is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
    • Candor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • West Candor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • West Candor is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
    • West Newark
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • West Newark is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
    • Spencer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Ketchumville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
    • Newark Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamar Estates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
    • Weltonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Weltonville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosher Corners, with the one closest to Mosher Corners listed first.
    • Glenora
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Glenora is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
    • Dresden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Himrod
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Dundee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Angus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus

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

Cemeteries Near Mosher Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mosher 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 Mosher Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Kelley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cobb Street Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Anthonys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Groton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Stearns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lanterman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • East Lansing Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Peruville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Edsall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Edsall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • East Groton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (444 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • Groton
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • West Groton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
  • East Lansing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
  • Peruville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
  • Midway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Midway is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Locke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • West Dryden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • West Dryden is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dryden
  • Summer Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
    • Summer Hill has also been known as:
    • Plato
  • North Lansing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
  • South Lansing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • South Lansing is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lansing
  • Asbury
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Asbury is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
  • Freeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • McLean
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Groton City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • East Genoa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa

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

Newspapers Published in Mosher 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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mosher Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mosher Corners, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mosher Corners.

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 Mosher Corners:

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>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 Mosher Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mosher Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.