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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 Spencer Settlement (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 Spencer Settlement. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Spencer Settlement is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Spencer Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Settlement, with the one closest to Spencer Settlement listed first.
    • Dix
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Dix is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix
    • Camelot Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Camelot Village is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Stanwix
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Stanwix is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwix
    • Lowell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lowell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Greenway Corners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Greenway Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Corners
    • Greenway
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Greenway is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
    • Rome
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rome is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,145 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
    • Bartlett
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bartlett is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
    • Blackmans Corners
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Blackmans Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Corners
    • Air City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Air City is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air City
    • Verona Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Verona Mills is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Mills
    • Cagwin Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Cagwin Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagwin Corners
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Settlement, with the one closest to Spencer Settlement listed first.
    • Norwich Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Poland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Russia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Cold Brook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Corrado Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
    • Frankfort
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Newport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Grant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Northwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Cedarville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Ilion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ilion is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,616 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilion <1>
    • West Winfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Settlement, with the one closest to Spencer Settlement listed first.
    • West Leyden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Leisher Mill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Mohawk Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • Osceola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Constableville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Port Leyden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Collinsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Michigan Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Settlement, with the one closest to Spencer Settlement listed first.
    • Oneida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Kenwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Valley Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Oneida Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Munns
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Munns is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munns
    • Wampsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Munnsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Canastota
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Clockville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Siloam
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Siloam is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Whitelaw
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Cottons
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cottons is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Settlement, with the one closest to Spencer Settlement listed first.
    • Tall Pines Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
    • Kirkville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Mycenae
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
    • Eagle Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Manlius
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fayetteville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Minoa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <1>
    • Delphi Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pompey Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
    • Watervale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Watervale is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
    • Lyndon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Lyndon is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
    • De Witt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • De Witt is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Settlement, with the one closest to Spencer Settlement listed first.
    • Cleveland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Nicholsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
    • Constantia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Gayville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Gayville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
    • Kasoag
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Kasoag is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
    • West Amboy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • West Amboy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
    • Redfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • West Monroe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • West Monroe is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Settlement, with the one closest to Spencer Settlement listed first.
    • Plainfield Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Plainfield Center is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Center
    • Brighton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Brighton is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton

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

Cemeteries Near Spencer Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spencer Settlement.

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 Spencer Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hamil Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hoagg Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lowell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Dix Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenway Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hazard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Joslyn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oneida County Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rome Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (375 more) ...
    • Dean Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Link Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Westmoreland Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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 Spencer Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spencer Settlement.

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

  • Dix
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dix is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix
  • Lowell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lowell is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
  • Stanwix
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Stanwix is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwix
  • Greenway
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Greenway is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Bartlett
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bartlett is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
  • Rome
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rome is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
  • Verona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Verona Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Verona Mills is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Mills
  • Verona Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Verona Station is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Station
  • Hecla
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hecla is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla
  • Coonrod
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Coonrod is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonrod
  • Westmoreland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ridge Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ridge Mills is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Mills
    • New London
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • New London is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
    • Vernon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Spencer Settlement ...

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 173 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spencer Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spencer Settlement, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spencer Settlement.

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 Spencer Settlement:

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