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 Shumaker 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 Shumaker 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 Shumaker 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 Shumaker Crossing: Shumaker Xing.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Shumaker Crossing is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Shumaker Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shumaker Crossing:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Shumaker Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Melrose Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Auburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Throop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Cross Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Sennett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Austin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Union Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scipioville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Niles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Cayuga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sherwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Cascade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Scott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Cummings Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Little York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Preble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Munsons Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Truxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Skaneateles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Mottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Elbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Halfway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Amber
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Marcellus Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Marcellus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Reef
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Camillus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- West Junius
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Billsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Thompson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Melvin Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Seneca Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Flint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Clifton Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- South Granby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Bowens Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Hinmansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- Phoenix
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Hannibal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Granby Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Ingalls Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- Pennellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Searsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Canoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Seneca Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tyre
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- East Varick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Waterloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Border City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Interlaken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Willard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Groton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Myers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Trumansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Groton City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Taughannock Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Willow Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Peruville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Jacksonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- McLean
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- South Butler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Clyde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Red Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wolcott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Furnace Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Mud Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- South Sodus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- York
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fairville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Angus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bellona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Seneca Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Himrod
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Yan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shumaker Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Shumaker Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Shumaker Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shumaker 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 Shumaker Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shumaker Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Galpin Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Farmer Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Arnold - Comstock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lake View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sand Beach Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Peter's Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Melrose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Melrose Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Auburn.
- The Melrose Cemetery has also been known as:
- Melrose Road Cemetery
- Porter Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2266624 <2>
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fleming Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parsell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Petty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (488 more) ...
- North Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cowan - Farnham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Shumaker Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shumaker Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shumaker Crossing, with the one closest to Shumaker Crossing listed first.
- Fleming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Auburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mapleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Degroff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Degroff is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degroff
- Oakwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cross Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Throopsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Throopsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throopsville
- Owasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Throop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Fosterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fosterville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Cayuga Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
- Union Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Merrifield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Merrifield is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
- Ensenore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ensenore is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenore
- Austin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shumaker Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shumaker Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Shumaker 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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shumaker Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shumaker Crossing, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shumaker Crossing.
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 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 Shumaker Crossing:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins 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> | 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 Shumaker 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' (or 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- Shumaker Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |