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 Suttons 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 Suttons 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 Suttons 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 Suttons Corner: Suttons Cor. (or less commonly used: Suttons Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Suttons Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Suttons Corner may originally have been Sutton's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Suttons Corner might be written as Sutton Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Suttons Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Suttons 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 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.
Suttons Corner 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 Suttons Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Suttons Corner:
- Oswego County (The home county of Suttons Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Corner, with the one closest to Suttons Corner listed first.
- Pennellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ingalls Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- Drakes Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drakes Corner is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Corner
- Mungers Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mungers Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungers Corners
- Caughdenoy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
- Sand Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- North Volney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Volney is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Volney
- Vermilion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vermilion is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Phoenix
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hinmansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Corner, with the one closest to Suttons Corner listed first.
- Ira
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ira is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Meridian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cato
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Sterling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
- Sterling Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
- North Victory
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
- Victory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Fair Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Weedsport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sennett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Port Byron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- Throop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Corner, with the one closest to Suttons Corner listed first.
- Ellisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mannsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Lewis County
- Osceola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Osceola is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Corner, with the one closest to Suttons Corner listed first.
- Bridgeport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Chittenango
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Whitelaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitelaw is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
- Oneida Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
- Sulphur Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
- Chittenango Springs
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Corner, with the one closest to Suttons Corner listed first.
- Elpis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elpis is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
- Jewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Camden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Bay is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Sylvan Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McConnellsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
- Vienna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vienna is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Corner, with the one closest to Suttons Corner listed first.
- Wrights Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Brewerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Utica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
- Euclid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Euclid is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Jacksonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lysander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lysander is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
- Village Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Village Green is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
- Plainville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Knolls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
- Van Buren
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Corner, with the one closest to Suttons Corner listed first.
- Red Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- South Butler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Furnace Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Wolcott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- North Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Suttons Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Suttons Corner.
Cemeteries Near Suttons Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Suttons 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 Suttons Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Suttons Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Suttons Corner, with the one closest to Suttons Corner listed first.
- Gilberts Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Southwest Palermo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pennellville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pennellville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Pennellville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65611 <3>
- Roosevelt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Palermo Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Upsons Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Volney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sixteenth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hinmansville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Caughdenoy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- Coit Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sayles Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Adnah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Suttons Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Suttons Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Suttons Corner, with the one closest to Suttons Corner listed first.
- Palermo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Palermo is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Ingalls Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- East Palermo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Palermo is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palermo
- Clifford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Volney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Volney is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
- Caughdenoy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
- Hinmansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- Phoenix
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Volney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Volney is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Volney
- Hastings Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hastings Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings Center
- Vermilion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vermilion is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Granby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Central Square
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Suttons Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Suttons Corner.
Newspapers Published in Suttons 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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Suttons Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Suttons Corner, 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 Suttons Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Suttons Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Oswego County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Jefferson County
- Lewis County
- Madison County
- Oneida County
- Onondaga County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | 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> | 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- Suttons Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Suttons Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |