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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 Perry Center (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 Perry Center. 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 Perry Center ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Perry Center: Perry Ctr. (or less commonly used: Perry Cen., Perry Cent. or Perry Cntr.)

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 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.

Perry Center is located in Wyoming County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wyoming County: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee & Livingston.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Perry Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perry Center.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Prospect Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prospect Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prospect Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Perry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Perry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Perry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lagrange Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lagrange Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lagrange Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Leicester Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leicester Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leicester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Taunton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taunton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taunton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Nash Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Nash Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Nash Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Warsaw Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (387 more) ...
    • Bush Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bush Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. Morris Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Morris Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Morris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Perry Center had a population of 161 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Perry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Perry is located in Wyoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <2>
  • La Grange
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Grange have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
    • La Grange is located in Wyoming County
  • Oatka
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oatka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatka
    • Oatka is located in Wyoming County
  • Leicester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Saltvale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltvale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltvale
    • Saltvale is located in Wyoming County
  • Silver Lake Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake Junction
    • Silver Lake Junction is located in Wyoming County
  • Chace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chace
    • Chace is located in Wyoming County
  • Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Ridge is located in Livingston County
  • Mount Morris
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Peoria
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peoria. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Peoria
    • From Perry Center to Peoria
  • Wyoming
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Warsaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Perry Center ...

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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perry Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perry Center, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perry Center.

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 helpful 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 Perry Center:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Perry Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<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 Perry Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Perry Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Perry Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7487, Longitude: -78.0057    









 

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