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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Owasco Lake. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Owasco Lake.<1>

Our sources for Owasco Lake (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Owasco Lake other than they indicate that Owasco Lake would be found somewhere in Cayuga County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1919.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Owasco Lake ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Owasco Lake:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Owasco Lake - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Cayuga County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cayuga County.

Auburn SoutheastLake Como
Aurelius StationLittle Sodus
Aurelius 
 Myers
Bolts Corners 
BranchvilleNine Corners
BrutusNorth Scipio
  
Clear ViewOwasco Valley
  
Dougal'sPort Byron Station
  
EllsworthScipio
 Seneca River
Farleys PointSouth Venice
 Springport
Goodyear'sThe Square
 Sterling Center
Ira StationSterling Station
Ithaca Junction 
 Throopville
Jackson 
 Venice
King's Ferry Station 
Kings FerryWest Niles
Kinsler'sWoods
Koenig's PointWyckoffs Station
  

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/