Our Genealogy Helper
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 Powers 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 Powers 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 Powers 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Powers Corner: Powers Cor. (or less commonly used: Powers Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Powers Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Powers Corner may originally have been Power's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Powers Corner might be written as Power Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Powers Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Powers Corner.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Powers Corner is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Powers Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powers Corner:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Powers Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Oakwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cross Roads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Union Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cayuga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scipioville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Poplar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Throop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Scott
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Preble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Little York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Cummings Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Slab City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Mandana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Mottville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Skaneateles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Elbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Jordan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amber
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Marcellus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Jacks Reef
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Billsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Thompson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Seneca Castle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Flint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Clifton Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- South Granby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Bowens Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Searsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mecklenburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Canoga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Seneca Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tyre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Romulus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ovid
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Border City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Interlaken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Willard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Trumansburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Myers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Taughannock Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- East Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Willow Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Jacksonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Peruville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Clyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Lyons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Mud Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Newark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolcott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Sodus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- Furnace Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Red Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fairville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Huron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Angus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Dresden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Benton Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Seneca Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Himrod
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Yan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Dundee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powers Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Powers Corner.
Cemeteries Near Powers Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powers 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 Powers Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powers Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lamb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Michaels RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Richardson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fleming Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Manchester Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold - Comstock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (504 more) ...
- St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Powers Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Powers Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powers Corner, with the one closest to Powers Corner listed first.
- Union Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cross Roads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cayuga Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
- Mapleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Fleming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fleming is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Canoga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Levanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Levanna is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levanna
- Scipioville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Cayuga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Merrifield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merrifield is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
- Fosterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fosterville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powers Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powers Corner.
Newspapers Published in Powers 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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powers Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powers Corner, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powers Corner.
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 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 Powers Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne County
- Yates 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> | 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 Powers Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Powers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |