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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 Paradise Hill (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 Paradise Hill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Paradise Hill is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Paradise Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Hill, with the one closest to Paradise Hill listed first.
    • Agnes Corners
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Agnes Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes Corners
    • Cagwin Corners
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Cagwin Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagwin Corners
    • Blackmans Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Blackmans Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Corners
    • Verona Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Verona Mills is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Mills
    • Sylvan Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenway Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Greenway Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Corners
    • Greenway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Greenway is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
    • Vienna
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Vienna is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Oneida Castle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • Sconondoa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sconondoa is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sconondoa
    • Humaston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Humaston is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
    • North Bay
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • North Bay is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Hill, with the one closest to Paradise Hill listed first.
    • Norwich Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Russia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Corrado Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
    • Poland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • West Winfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cold Brook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Frankfort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Grant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Hill, with the one closest to Paradise Hill listed first.
    • Leisher Mill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • West Leyden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Osceola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Mohawk Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • Constableville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Michigan Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Hill, with the one closest to Paradise Hill listed first.
    • Oneida Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Oneida
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Kenwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Wampsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitelaw
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Canastota
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Clockville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottons
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cottons is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
    • Siloam
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Siloam is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Munns
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Munns is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munns
    • Munnsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Hill, with the one closest to Paradise Hill listed first.
    • Tall Pines Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
    • Kirkville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mycenae
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
    • Eagle Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Minoa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <1>
    • Fayetteville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Manlius
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyndon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyndon is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
    • Watervale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Watervale is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
    • East Syracuse
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
    • Pompey Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
    • De Witt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • De Witt is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Hill, with the one closest to Paradise Hill listed first.
    • Cleveland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Nicholsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
    • Constantia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gayville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gayville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
    • West Amboy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • West Amboy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
    • West Monroe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • West Monroe is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
    • Kasoag
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kasoag is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
    • Redfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Mallory
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Central Square
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Albion Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Altmar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Paradise Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paradise Hill.

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 Paradise Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • West Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Happy Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Doxtater Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Verona Protestant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Joslyn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Cook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hazard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Greenway Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bradock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (389 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • Higginsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Higginsville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
  • State Bridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • State Bridge is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Bridge
  • Durhamville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Verona Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Verona Station is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Station
  • New London
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • New London is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
  • Oneida Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
  • Verona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Verona Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Verona Mills is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Mills
  • Sylvan Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Verona Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Oneida
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Oneida Castle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Greenway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Greenway is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
    • Vienna
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Vienna is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • South Bay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • South Bay is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bay

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

Newspapers Published in Paradise Hill ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paradise Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paradise Hill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paradise Hill.

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 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 Paradise Hill:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 Paradise Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paradise Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.