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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 Oaks 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 Oaks 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 Oaks 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.

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

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Oaks Corners might be written as Oak 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 hospitals 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.

Oaks Corners is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.

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

  • Ontario County     (The home county of Oaks Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks Corners, with the one closest to Oaks Corners listed first.
    • West Junius
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • West Junius is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • Phelps
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Melvin Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
    • Dobbins Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Geneva
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Thompson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Thompson is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Seneca Castle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Clifton Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Flint
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Hopewell Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
    • Billsboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
    • Hall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks Corners, with the one closest to Oaks Corners listed first.
    • Cayuga
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Cross Roads
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Union Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Oakwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Aurora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Byron
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
      • Former name for Port Byron:
      • Bucksville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <2>
    • Willets
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Willets is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
    • Auburn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Throop
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Throop is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
    • Scipioville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
    • Melrose Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
    • Black Rock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
  • Livingston County
    • Lima
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <2>
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks Corners, with the one closest to Oaks Corners listed first.
    • Fairport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mendon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • East Rochester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Rochester is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
    • Ford Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • Penfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pittsford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Webster
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Honeoye Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Brighton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Brighton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Moran Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks Corners, with the one closest to Oaks Corners listed first.
    • Jordan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Mottville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Elbridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Skaneateles
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Schuyler County
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks Corners, with the one closest to Oaks Corners listed first.
    • Border City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Waterloo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Seneca Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Tyre
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Kuneytown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Canoga
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • Romulus
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Varick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Willard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Ovid
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lodi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kidders
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
  • Steuben County
    • Keuka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
  • Tompkins County
    • Lake Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks Corners, with the one closest to Oaks Corners listed first.
    • Newark
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyons
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mud Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
    • Clyde
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • East Palmyra
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • Fairville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Fairville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • Palmyra
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wayne Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
    • Yellow Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • South Sodus
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • Marquart Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Macedon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks Corners, with the one closest to Oaks Corners listed first.
    • Bellona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Angus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Benton Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Rushville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dresden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Penn Yan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Seneca Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Potter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Yatesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Vine Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Keuka Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Himrod
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Oaks Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Joslyn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Armstrong Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Oak Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Humphrey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Vandemark Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Burnett Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Westfall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Melvin Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Pinewood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Butcher Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (470 more) ...
    • Dobbin Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoffman Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)

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 Oaks Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oaks Corners.

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

  • West Junius
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • West Junius is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
  • Phelps
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Geneva
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Phelps Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Phelps Junction is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps Junction
  • Orleans
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Orleans is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Seneca Castle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clifton Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Flint
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Flint is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Waterloo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hopewell Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
  • Stanley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Newark
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Marengo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Marengo is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
    • Manchester Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Manchester Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
    • Ennerdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ennerdale is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennerdale

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

Newspapers Published in Oaks 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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oaks Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oaks Corners, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oaks 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 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 Oaks Corners:

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Oaks Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oaks Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.