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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 Mottville (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 Mottville. 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 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.

Mottville is located in Onondaga County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Onondaga County: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison & Oswego.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Mottville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mottville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Mottville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mottville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mottville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gardner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gardner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gardner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shepard Settlement Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shepard Settlement Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shepard Settlement Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Soule Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soule Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soule Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Petty Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Petty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Petty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Highland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elbridge Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elbridge Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elbridge Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Bowen Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sennett Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sennett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sennett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sennett Rural Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sennett Rural Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sennett Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mottville had a population of 551 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Willow Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
    • Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
  • Long Bridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
    • Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
  • Skaneateles Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skaneateles Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaneateles Junction
    • Skaneateles Junction is located in Onondaga County
  • Skaneateles
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skaneateles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaneateles
    • Skaneateles is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skaneateles <2>
  • Elbridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
    • Elbridge is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elbridge <2>
  • Halfway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halfway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Halfway
    • From Mottville to Halfway
  • Sennett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Marcellus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Marcellus Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Auburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jordan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Degroff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Degroff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degroff
    • Degroff is located in Cayuga County
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    • Shamrock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
      • Shamrock is located in Onondaga County
    • Rose Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rose Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rose Hill
      • From Mottville to Rose Hill
    • Throop
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mottville ...

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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mottville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mottville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mottville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mottville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5> of Mottville.

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 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 Mottville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mottville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Onondaga County: www.ongov.net/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Mottville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Mottville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mottville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9736, Longitude: -76.4423    









 

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