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Do you know of Owasco Lake ???

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 SoutheastKoenig's Point
Aurelius Station 
AureliusLake Como
 Little Sodus
Bolts Corners 
BranchvilleMyers
Brutus 
 Nine Corners
Clear View 
 Port Byron Station
Dougal's 
 Scipio
EllsworthSeneca River
 South Venice
Farleys PointSpringport
 The Square
Goodyear'sSterling Center
 Sterling Station
Ira Station 
Ithaca JunctionThroopville
  
JacksonVenice
  
King's Ferry StationWest Niles
Kings FerryWoods
Kinsler'sWyckoffs 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/









 

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