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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 Perkins Crossing (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 Perkins Crossing. 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 Perkins Crossing ...
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 Perkins Crossing: Perkins Xing.
- While the name of this community is Perkins Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Perkins Crossing may originally have been Perkin's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Perkins Crossing might be written as Perkin Crossing.
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 doctors 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.
Perkins Crossing is located in Otsego 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 Otsego County: Chenango, Delaware, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near Perkins Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Perkins Crossing:
- Otsego County (The home county of Perkins Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Hartwick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Phoenix Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Phoenix Mills is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix Mills
- Cattown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cattown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattown
- Cattown has also been known as:
- Cat Town
- Fly Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oaksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oaksville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaksville
- Hartwick Seminary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartwick Seminary is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick Seminary
- Bowerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bowerstown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Cooperstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snowdon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Snowdon is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowdon
- Patent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patent is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
- Lena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Milford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Button City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Button City is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
- New Berlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Lathams Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lathams Corners is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathams Corners
- Sherburne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Upton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Norwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Norwich is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
- Norwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Smyrna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Guilford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Guilford is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
- Guilford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Davenport Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Simpsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Simpsonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- North Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Franklin is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Franklin
- Shackport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shackport is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackport
- North Kortright
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Kortright is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kortright
- Harpersfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bloomville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delhi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hobart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Kortright
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stamford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton County
- Crum Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Cullen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cullen is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- South Columbia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- South Columbia is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Columbia
- Chepachet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chepachet is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet
- Millers Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Millers Mills is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Mills
- West Winfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Deck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Edicks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- Paines Hollow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Starkville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Newville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Ilion
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Brookfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Hamilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
- East Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
- Hamilton Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
- Earlville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Randallsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- Solsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Sprout Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Brookman Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brookman Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookman Corners
- Ames
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hallsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hallsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Mindenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mindenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindenville
- Nelliston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canajoharie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Palatine Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lykers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Flat Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Saint Johnsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Bridgewater
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Bridgewater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Bridgewater is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bridgewater
- Pine Village Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Village Estates is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village Estates
- Cassville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stockwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stockwell is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Clayville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sangerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sauquoit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paris is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Oriskany Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hartford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Hartford is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Seward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Leesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Janesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Sharon Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richmondville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beards Hollow
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Beards Hollow is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beards Hollow
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawyersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Warnerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Argusville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Cobleskill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Perkins Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Perkins Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Perkins Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perkins Crossing.
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 Perkins Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Perkins Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Pierce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maple Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Steere Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Winsor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Field Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hartwick Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hartwick Seminary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Toddsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Creek Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (472 more) ...
- Butterfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Perkins Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Perkins Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Perkins Crossing, with the one closest to Perkins Crossing listed first.
- Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chase is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Hartwick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Toddsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Toddsville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddsville
- Hartwick Seminary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartwick Seminary is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick Seminary
- Phoenix Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Phoenix Mills is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix Mills
- Fly Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oaksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oaksville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaksville
- South Hartwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Hartwick is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hartwick
- Cooperstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snowdon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Snowdon is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowdon
- Lena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Milford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Burlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welcome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Welcome is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Mount Vision
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Perkins Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perkins Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Perkins Crossing ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perkins Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perkins Crossing, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perkins Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Perkins Crossing:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Otsego County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chenango County
- Delaware County
- Fulton County
- Herkimer County
- Madison County
- Montgomery County
- Oneida County
- Schoharie County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Perkins Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Perkins Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |