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 Reed Corners (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 Reed Corners. 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 Reed Corners ...
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.
Another variation: Read Corners.
- A typical abbreviation for Reed Corners: Reed Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Reed Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reed Corners.
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 hospitals and 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.
Reed Corners is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Reed Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reed Corners:
- Ontario County (The home county of Reed Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Cottage City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Hopewell Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Canandaigua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Gorham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flint
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shortsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clifton Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Cayuga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Union Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Willets
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Black Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Poplar Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Scipioville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Sherwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Lima
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- Springwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Livonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Websters Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Sleggs Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Maple Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Avon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- East Groveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Dansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Geneseo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Ford Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Mendon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Honeoye Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- East Rochester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
- Pittsford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Penfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Wayne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hector
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Border City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Romulus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Willard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kuneytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Seneca Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ovid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Canoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- East Varick
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Tyre
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Lodi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Prattsburgh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Catawba
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Atlanta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cohocton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hammondsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Pleasant Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Newark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Macedon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Marquart Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Mud Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Macedon Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Huddle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Lyons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Vine Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Yatesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bellona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Angus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Penn Yan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Italy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keuka Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reed Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Reed Corners.
Cemeteries Near Reed Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reed Corners.
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 Reed Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reed Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Reed's Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Washburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pickett's Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hawley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gorham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Benhan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Remington 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Reed Corners had a population of 129 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reed Corners, with the one closest to Reed Corners listed first.
- Ennerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ennerdale is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennerdale
- Gorham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Canandaigua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Cheshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cheshire is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
- Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flint
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Seneca Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Centerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Voak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Voak is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voak
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Padelford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Padelford is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padelford
- Shortsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reed Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reed Corners.
Newspapers Published in Reed Corners ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reed Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reed Corners, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reed Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Reed Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Yates 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> | 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 Reed Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Reed Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |