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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 Oaks (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 Oaks. 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 Oaks 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 Shore Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shore Oaks:

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Shore Oaks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Oaks, with the one closest to Shore Oaks listed first.
    • Arthur
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Texas
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Scriba
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Scriba is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
      • Scriba has also been known as:
      • Scriba Corners
    • North Volney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • North Volney is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Volney
    • Mexico
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Daysville Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Daysville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Vermilion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Vermilion is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
    • Oswego
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Drakes Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Drakes Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Corner
    • Mount Pleasant
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mungers Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mungers Corners is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungers Corners
    • Prattham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Prattham is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Oaks, with the one closest to Shore Oaks listed first.
    • North Sterling
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
    • Sterling Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
    • Fair Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ira
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • North Victory
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
    • Meridian
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Cato
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Victory
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Oaks, with the one closest to Shore Oaks listed first.
    • Ellisburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Jefferson Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Mannsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Belleville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Henderson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Adams
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Lorraine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyon Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Adams Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Worth Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Boultons Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
    • Worth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Oaks, with the one closest to Shore Oaks listed first.
    • Wrights Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • Jacksonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Little Utica
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
    • Lysander
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Lysander is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
    • Brewerton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Baldwinsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Euclid
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Clay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Village Green
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Village Green is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
    • Seneca Knolls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
    • Van Buren
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Van Buren is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
    • North Syracuse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shore Oaks, with the one closest to Shore Oaks listed first.
    • Red Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Furnace Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
    • Wolcott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Shore Oaks ...

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

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 Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Worden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Haven Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Blossom Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Butterfly Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Arthur Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Parker - Ramsey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mattison Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Peck Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (197 more) ...
    • South Road Rural Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • North Volney Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Vermilion Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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>

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

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

  • Lycoming
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • New Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • New Haven is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
  • South New Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • South New Haven is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Haven
  • Scriba
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Scriba is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
    • Scriba has also been known as:
    • Scriba Corners
  • Arthur
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Arthur is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Texas
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Texas is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
  • Lansing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lansing is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • South Scriba
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • South Scriba is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Scriba
  • North Volney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • North Volney is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Volney
  • Mexico
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oswego
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Vermilion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Vermilion is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Daysville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Seneca Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Seneca Hill is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Hill
    • Mount Pleasant
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant

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

Newspapers Published in Shore Oaks ...

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 Shore Oaks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shore Oaks, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shore Oaks.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Oaks:

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 Shore Oaks, 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- Shore Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.