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 Skaneateles (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 Skaneateles. 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.
Skaneateles is located in Onondaga 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 Onondaga County: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison & Oswego.
Below are the counties that are near Skaneateles. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Skaneateles:
- Onondaga County (The home county of Skaneateles)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Mottville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Marcellus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Thorn Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Elbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marcellus Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Amber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Camillus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cards Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cards Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cards Corners
- Memphis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Sennett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Niles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Throop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Weedsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Austin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Port Byron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Kelloggsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- New Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Omro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Oakwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cascade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Scott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Cummings Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- East Scott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Preble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Slab City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Pratt Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Truxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crains Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Bridgeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bolivar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Rippleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chittenango Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
- Chittenango
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Woodstock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Sulphur Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
- Chittenango Springs
- Bingley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bingley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
- Puckerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Sullivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sullivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- DeRuyter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Thompson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Junius
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Billsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Phoenix
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hinmansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- South Granby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Bowens Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Sand Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Pennellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ingalls Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- Caughdenoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
- Fairdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Granby Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Hannibal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Central Square
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Canoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Tyre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- East Varick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kidders
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Romulus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Ovid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Border City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Willard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Groton City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- North Lansing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- East Lansing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Peruville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- McLean
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Myers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Freeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- South Butler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Clyde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Red Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolcott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Lyons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Wayne Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Skaneateles, see our County-by-County Page for Skaneateles.
Cemeteries Near Skaneateles ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skaneateles.
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 Skaneateles - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Skaneateles covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Lakeview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mottville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gardner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shepard Settlement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Petty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Van Etten Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benson Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCauley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCauley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McCauley Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Marcellus.
- The McCauley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Feather Tree Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2625136 <3>
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (493 more) ...
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Soule Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Melrose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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 <3>
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 Skaneateles had a population of 366 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Skaneateles had a population of 2,465 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Skaneateles, with the one closest to Skaneateles listed first.
- Willow Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Long Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Mottville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Skaneateles Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Skaneateles Junction is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaneateles Junction
- Shamrock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Degroff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Degroff is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degroff
- Mandana
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Thorn Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Marietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marcellus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Owasco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Owasco is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Marcellus Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Sennett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Skaneateles. See our List of 1890's Communities around Skaneateles.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Skaneateles ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skaneateles.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Skaneateles. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Skaneateles and those printed in the larger area surrounding Skaneateles.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> of Skaneateles.
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 websites either 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 Skaneateles:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Onondaga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne 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> | 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- Skaneateles) 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 Skaneateles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |