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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 Porter Corner (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 Porter Corner. 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 Porter Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Porter Corner: Porter Cor. (or less commonly used: Porter Crn.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Porter Corner is located in Yates 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 Yates County: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca & Steuben.
Below are the counties that are near Porter Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Porter Corner:
- Yates County (The home county of Porter Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Barrington
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Dundee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Himrod
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keuka Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Penn Yan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Seneca Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Benton Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Angus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Potter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Italy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Atwaters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Aurora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Poplar Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Union Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Cross Roads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cayuga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Post Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Millport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Sullivanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Big Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Horseheads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Livingston County
- Springwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Billsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Naples
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Flint
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Cottage City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Geneva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Seneca Castle
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gulick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Dobbins Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Hopewell Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Bristol Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Wayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Hector
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Reading Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Logan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Burdett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Bennettsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Watkins Glen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Searsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Montour Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wedgewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Mecklenburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Lodi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ovid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Interlaken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Romulus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- East Varick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Border City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Kuneytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Seneca Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Keuka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Bradford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hammondsport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Pleasant Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hermitage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Mitchellsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Sonora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Cold Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Trumansburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lake Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Taughannock Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Willow Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Newfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Cayuga Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Ithaca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Porter Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Porter Corner.
Cemeteries Near Porter Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Porter Corner.
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 Porter Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Porter Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Barrington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Mt. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Second Milo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gobel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakemont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Starkey Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keuka Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McDowell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Raplee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (457 more) ...
- Glenview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Porter Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Porter Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Porter Corner, with the one closest to Porter Corner listed first.
- Barrington
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Dundee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crosby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crosby is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
- Crystal Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Second Milo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Second Milo is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
- Himrod
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keuka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Starkey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Starkey is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
- Bluff Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pulteney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Catawba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Altay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Altay is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altay
- North Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Porter Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Porter Corner.
Newspapers Published in Porter Corner ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Porter Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Porter Corner, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Porter Corner.
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 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 Porter Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Yates County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tompkins County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 Porter Corner, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Porter Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |