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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 Seneca Hill (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 Seneca Hill. 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.

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 and hospitals 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.

Seneca Hill is located in Oswego 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 Oswego County: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida & Onondaga.

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

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Seneca Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Seneca Hill, with the one closest to Seneca Hill listed first.
    • Minetto
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Furniss
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Furniss is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
    • Oswego Center
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
    • Mount Pleasant
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Scriba
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Scriba is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
      • Scriba has also been known as:
      • Scriba Corners
    • Oswego
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Granby Center
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Granby Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
    • Southwest Oswego
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
    • Drakes Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Drakes Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Corner
    • Fulton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairdale is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
    • Hannibal
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Seneca Hill, with the one closest to Seneca Hill listed first.
    • North Sterling
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
    • Sterling Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
    • Ira
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • Fair Haven
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • North Victory
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
    • Cato
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Meridian
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Victory
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Weedsport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Port Byron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
      • Former name for Port Byron:
      • Bucksville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
    • Sennett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Throop
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Throop is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Seneca Hill, with the one closest to Seneca Hill listed first.
    • Ellisburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Woodville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Mannsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Madison County
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Seneca Hill, with the one closest to Seneca Hill listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Little Utica
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
    • Lysander
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Lysander is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
    • Wrights Corners
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • Plainville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Baldwinsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Euclid
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Jacks Reef
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
    • Brewerton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Village Green
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Village Green is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
    • Clay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Seneca Knolls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Seneca Hill, with the one closest to Seneca Hill listed first.
    • Red Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Furnace Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
    • Wolcott
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Huron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • North Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
    • Huron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • South Butler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • South Butler is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
    • York
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • York is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Sodus Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Clyde
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • South Sodus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • Wayne Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center

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

Cemeteries Near Seneca Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seneca Hill.

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 Seneca Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Riverside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Oswego.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65813 <3>
  • Minetto Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Kingdom Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Irish Settlement Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Whittemore Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Van Buren Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • South Road Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ft. Ontario Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Peck Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (268 more) ...
    • Clark Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mattison Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Seneca Hill had a population of 110 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Minetto
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lansing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lansing is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • Oswego Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
  • Furniss
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Furniss is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
  • North Hannibal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Hannibal is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hannibal
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Oswego
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • South Scriba
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • South Scriba is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Scriba
  • Scriba
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Scriba is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
    • Scriba has also been known as:
    • Scriba Corners
  • Dexterville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dexterville is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexterville
  • Granby Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Granby Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
  • Fruit Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fruit Valley is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Valley
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Southwest Oswego
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
    • Fairdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairdale is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
    • Fulton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Seneca Hill ...

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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seneca Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seneca Hill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Seneca Hill.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Seneca Hill:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seneca Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Seneca Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.