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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 Mungers 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 Mungers 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 Mungers 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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Mungers Corners: Mungers Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Mungers Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mungers Corners may originally have been Munger's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mungers Corners might be written as Munger 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 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.

Mungers Corners is located in Oswego 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 Oswego County: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida & Onondaga.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Mungers Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mungers 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.

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 Mungers Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Clifford Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clifford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clifford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wellwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wellwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wellwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sayles Corners Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sayles Corners Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sayles Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palermo Center Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palermo Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palermo Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Upsons Corners Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upsons Corners Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upsons Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Vermilion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vermilion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vermilion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Volney Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Volney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Volney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Butterfly Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butterfly Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butterfly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Southwest Palermo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southwest Palermo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southwest Palermo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Annes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Annes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mexico Village Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mexico Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mexico Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Coit Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coit Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hastings Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hastings Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hastings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • French Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the French Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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.<5>

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

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

  • Clifford
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
    • Clifford is located in Oswego County
  • Vermilion
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Palermo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palermo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
    • Palermo is located in Oswego County
  • East Palermo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Palermo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palermo
    • East Palermo is located in Oswego County
  • North Volney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mexico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hastings
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Colosse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colosse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colosse
    • Colosse is located in Oswego County
  • Prattham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Volney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volney have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
    • Volney is located in Oswego County
  • Morse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
    • Morse is located in Oswego County
  • Parish
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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    • New Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
      • New Haven is located in Oswego County
    • Arthur
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arthur. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Arthur
      • From Mungers Corners to Arthur
    • South New Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South New Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Haven
      • South New Haven is located in Oswego County

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

Newspapers Published in Mungers 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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mungers Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mungers Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mungers Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Mungers Corners:

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

The official website for Oswego County: www.co.oswego.ny.us/

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

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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Mungers Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Mungers Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mungers Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3970, Longitude: -76.2567    









 

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