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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 Shore Acres (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 Shore Acres. 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 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.

Shore Acres is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.

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

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Shore Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Acres, with the one closest to Shore Acres listed first.
    • North Hamlin
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • North Hamlin is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hamlin
    • Hamlin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hilton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Otis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Otis is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
    • North Greece
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • North Greece is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greece
    • Clarkson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Redman Corners
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Redman Corners is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Corners
    • Hinkleyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Hinkleyville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkleyville
    • Parma Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Parma Corners is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma Corners
    • Adams Basin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • West Greece
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • West Greece is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greece
    • Brockport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Spencerport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Acres, with the one closest to Shore Acres listed first.
    • Bergen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jericon Corners
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
    • Fort Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • South Byron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • South Byron is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
    • Limerock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Elba
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Elba is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <1>
    • Le Roy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Morganville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Morganville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • Stafford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Batavia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wheatville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wheatville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Acres, with the one closest to Shore Acres listed first.
    • Caledonia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Avon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
  • Niagara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Acres, with the one closest to Shore Acres listed first.
    • County Line
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • County Line is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
    • Millers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Millers is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Acres, with the one closest to Shore Acres listed first.
    • Kendall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Murray
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Murray is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Holley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hulberton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hulberton is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
    • Brockville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Brockville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
    • Kent
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Clarendon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Manning
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Manning is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
    • Albion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Gaines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Gaines is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines
    • South Barre
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • South Barre is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
    • Kuckville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Kuckville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuckville
    • Eagle Harbor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Acres, with the one closest to Shore Acres listed first.
    • Lakeside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Lakeside is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Fruitland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Fruitland is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Lincoln
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Ontario
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Orchard Grove Village Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Shore Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shore Acres.

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 Shore Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Wright Family Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Blossom Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Smith Family Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Atchinson Family Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hilton Village Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Morton Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Castle Family Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Parma Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • West Clarkson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Garland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (209 more) ...
    • Hatch Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Parma Corners Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • High Street Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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>

While we didn't find Shore Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shore Acres.

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

  • North Hamlin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • North Hamlin is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hamlin
  • Hamlin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Otis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Otis is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
  • Parma Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Parma Center is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma Center
  • Kendall Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kendall Mills is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Mills
  • Clarkson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Garland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Garland is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
  • North Greece
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • North Greece is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greece
  • Kendall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Brockport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Adams Basin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • West Greece
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • West Greece is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greece
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Murray
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Murray is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Spencerport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Read
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Read is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Read

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

Newspapers Published in Shore Acres ...

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 285 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shore Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shore Acres, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shore Acres.

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 Shore Acres:

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 Shore Acres, 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 from Point A (ie- Shore Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.