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 Taylor Center (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 Taylor Center. 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 Taylor Center ...
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 Taylor Center: Taylor Ctr. (or less commonly used: Taylor Cen., Taylor Cent. or Taylor Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Taylor Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Taylor Center.
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.
Taylor Center is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near Taylor Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taylor Center:
- Cortland County (The home county of Taylor Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Crains Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Truxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McGraw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Messengerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Slab City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Little York
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Marathon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Homer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pratt Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- Killawog
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Lisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Manningville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Triangle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Whitney Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glen Aubrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Quinneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- North Colesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Colesville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
- Kattellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- West Chenango
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Glen Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- Summer Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Kelloggsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Locke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Montville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Omro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Niles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Cascade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- East Genoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Austin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- Pitcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Otselic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Beaver Meadow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Otselic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Kirk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Plymouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Smithville Flats
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Smyrna
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Norwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Norwich is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greene
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- DeRuyter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Rippleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Earlville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Cazenovia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Randallsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- Bingley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bingley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
- Hamilton Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
- Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- Fabius
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Apulia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Assembly Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berwyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Delphi Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pompey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Log City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Log City is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
- Pompey Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
- LaFayette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Otisco Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Spafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Cardiff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- Ketchumville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- Groton City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- McLean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dryden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Groton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Slaterville Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Groton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Caroline Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- East Lansing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Besemer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Varna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Forest Home
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taylor Center, see our County-by-County Page for Taylor Center.
Cemeteries Near Taylor Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylor Center.
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 Taylor Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taylor Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- Hawley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Taylor Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pitcher Congregational Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pink Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Loope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holmes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cincinnatus Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hinman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Cheningo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lower Cincinnatus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Taylor Center had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taylor Center, with the one closest to Taylor Center listed first.
- Taylor Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Valley
- Taylor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Pitcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Lincklaen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lincklaen is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincklaen
- Cheningo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cheningo is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheningo
- East Freetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Freetown is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Cincinnatus
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pitcher Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
- North Pitcher
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Pitcher is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pitcher
- Pharsalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pharsalia is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharsalia
- South Otselic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Crains Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Lincklaen Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincklaen Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincklaen Center
- Freetown Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taylor Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taylor Center.
Newspapers Published in Taylor Center ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylor Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taylor Center, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Taylor Center.
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 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 Taylor Center:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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> | 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 Taylor Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Taylor Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |