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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 Speakers Corner (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 Speakers Corner. 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 Speakers Corner ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Speakers Corner: Speakers Cor. (or less commonly used: Speakers Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Speakers Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Speakers Corner may originally have been Speaker's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Speakers Corner might be written as Speaker Corner.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Speakers Corner is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.

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

  • Ontario County     (The home county of Speakers Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speakers Corner, with the one closest to Speakers Corner listed first.
    • East Bloomfield
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Holcomb
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bristol
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Centerfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
    • West Bloomfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Bristol Center
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • Richmond Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • Victor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Canandaigua
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
      • Canandaigua has also been known as:
      • Canadaigua
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <2>
    • North Bloomfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Canadice
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speakers Corner, with the one closest to Speakers Corner listed first.
    • Limerock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Fort Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Le Roy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bergen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pavilion Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
    • Pavilion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jericon Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speakers Corner, with the one closest to Speakers Corner listed first.
    • Lima
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <2>
    • Livonia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Foots Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
    • Sleggs Landing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Avon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Maple Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • Websters Crossing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Springwater
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Groveland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
    • Geneseo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Groveland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Caledonia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speakers Corner, with the one closest to Speakers Corner listed first.
    • Ford Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • Mendon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Honeoye Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Moran Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
    • Rush
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Manns Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
    • West Rush
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • West Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
    • Fairport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Pittsford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Henrietta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • North Rush
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • North Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
    • West Henrietta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speakers Corner, with the one closest to Speakers Corner listed first.
    • Border City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Waterloo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speakers Corner, with the one closest to Speakers Corner listed first.
    • Atlanta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Wayland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Cohocton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Prattsburgh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • South Pulteney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
    • Catawba
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Catawba is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • Keuka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Keuka is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speakers Corner, with the one closest to Speakers Corner listed first.
    • Macedon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Macedon Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Yellow Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • Palmyra
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Marquart Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Huddle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • East Palmyra
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • Walworth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Newark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Marion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mud Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speakers Corner, with the one closest to Speakers Corner listed first.
    • Peoria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Covington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Covington is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Perry Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
    • Perry
      (30 miles [48.3 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 <2>
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speakers Corner, with the one closest to Speakers Corner listed first.
    • Vine Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Rushville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Potter
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Italy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Yatesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Benton Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Bellona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Penn Yan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Angus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Keuka Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Seneca Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
    • Dresden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Speakers Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Speakers Corner.

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 Speakers Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Parker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • East Bloomfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Baptist Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Andrews Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Case Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Codding Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • South Bloomfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wheeler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Gunn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Allens Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bristol Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Millers Corners Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (440 more) ...
    • Rice Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dibble Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hunn Memorial Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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 Speakers Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Speakers Corner.

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

  • East Bloomfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
  • Bristol
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bristol is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
  • Allens Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Allens Hill is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Hill
  • Vincent
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Vincent is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
  • South Bloomfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • South Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
  • Centerfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
  • Bristol Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
  • West Bloomfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
  • Richmond Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
  • Honeoye
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cheshire
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cheshire is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
  • Mertensia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mertensia is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertensia
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Victor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Canandaigua
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
      • Canandaigua has also been known as:
      • Canadaigua
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <2>
    • Padelford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Padelford is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padelford

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

Newspapers Published in Speakers Corner ...

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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Speakers Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Speakers Corner, 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 Speakers Corner.

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 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 Speakers Corner:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Speakers Corner, 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 from Point A (ie- Speakers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.