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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 Shaker Crossing (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 Shaker Crossing. 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 Shaker Crossing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Shaker Crossing: Shaker Xing.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shaker Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shaker Crossing.

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 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.

Shaker Crossing is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Allegany, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Steuben & Wyoming.

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

  • Livingston County     (The home county of Shaker Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shaker Crossing listed first.
    • Mount Morris
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cuylerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
    • Leicester
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Leicester is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
      • Former names for Leicester:
      • Leister
      • Moscow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
    • East Groveland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
    • Geneseo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pine Tavern
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
    • Maple Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • Groveland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kysorville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kysorville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
    • Foots Corners
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
    • Sleggs Landing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • West Sparta
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • West Sparta is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
  • Allegany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shaker Crossing listed first.
    • Swain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Swain is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
      • Swain has also been known as:
      • Swains Station
      • Swainsville
      • Swin
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <1>
    • Canaseraga
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Garwoods
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Garwoods is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
    • Wiscoy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
    • Fillmore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hume
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Bishopville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Bishopville is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
    • West Allen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • West Allen is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
    • Houghton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Aristotle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Aristotle is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
    • Caneadea
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Almond
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shaker Crossing listed first.
    • Pavilion
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pavilion Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
    • Limerock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Le Roy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Linden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Linden is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • Fort Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Stafford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • East Alexander
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Alexander is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
    • Morganville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Morganville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • West Bethany
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Bethany is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
    • Brookville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Brookville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
    • Alexander
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shaker Crossing listed first.
    • Mumford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • West Rush
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • West Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
    • Garbutt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
    • North Rush
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • North Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
    • Honeoye Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Moran Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
    • Belcoda
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Belcoda is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
    • Scottsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Manns Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
    • Rush
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Clifton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Clifton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Severance
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Severance is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shaker Crossing listed first.
    • Canadice
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
    • West Canadice Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Richmond Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • North Bloomfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • West Bloomfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Gulick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
    • Bristol
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Bristol Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • East Bloomfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Naples
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Holcomb
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shaker Crossing listed first.
    • Wayland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Atlanta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Arkport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Cohocton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Haskinville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Haskinville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
    • Stephens Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
    • Jobs Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
    • North Hornell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • North Hornell is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
    • Hornell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Howard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Howard is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shaker Crossing listed first.
    • Perry Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
    • Perry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Perry is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
    • Peoria
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Covington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Covington is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Castile
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wyoming
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Newburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Newburg is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Warsaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Gainesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • East Koy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • East Koy is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shaker Crossing listed first.
    • Vine Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Italy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy

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

Cemeteries Near Shaker Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shaker Crossing.

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 Shaker Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Old Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Cemetery is located in Mount Morris.
    • The Old Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319862 <2>
  • St. Patrick's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Williamsburg Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mt. Morris Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Craig State School Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Temple Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Leicester Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dutch Street Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (407 more) ...
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Taunton Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kysorville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Shaker Crossing had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Mount Morris
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sonyea
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cuylerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
  • Leicester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Leicester is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Former names for Leicester:
    • Leister
    • Moscow
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
  • East Groveland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
  • Geneseo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridge is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
  • Piffard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Groveland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wadsworth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wadsworth is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
  • Retsof
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Tuscarora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Tuscarora is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Greigsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Greigsville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greigsville
    • Brooks Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Brooks Grove is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Grove
    • West Sparta
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • West Sparta is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta

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

Newspapers Published in Shaker Crossing ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shaker Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shaker Crossing, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shaker Crossing.

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 Shaker Crossing:

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 Shaker Crossing, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shaker Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.