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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 Tryons Corners (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 Tryons Corners. 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 Tryons Corners ...

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 Tryons Corners: Tryons Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Tryons Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Tryons Corners may originally have been Tryon's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Tryons Corners might be written as Tryon Corners.

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

Tryons Corners is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Allegany, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Steuben & Wyoming.

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

  • Livingston County     (The home county of Tryons Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tryons Corners, with the one closest to Tryons Corners listed first.
    • Craigs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Craigs is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
    • Leicester
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Leicester is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
      • Former names for Leicester:
      • Leister
      • Moscow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <2>
    • York
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • York is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Pine Tavern
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
    • Cuylerville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
    • Geneseo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Inverness
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Inverness is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
    • Mount Morris
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • East Groveland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
    • Sleggs Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Caledonia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Avon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Maple Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
  • Allegany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tryons Corners, with the one closest to Tryons Corners listed first.
    • Wiscoy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
    • Swain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Swain is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
      • Swain has also been known as:
      • Swains Station
      • Swainsville
      • Swin
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <2>
    • Canaseraga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Fillmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Garwoods
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Garwoods is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
    • Hume
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Houghton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • West Allen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • West Allen is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tryons Corners, with the one closest to Tryons Corners listed first.
    • Alden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Crittenden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Williston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Dutchtown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dutchtown is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
    • Alden Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Alden Center is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tryons Corners, with the one closest to Tryons Corners listed first.
    • Pavilion
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pavilion Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
    • Le Roy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Limerock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Linden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Linden is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • Fort Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Stafford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • East Alexander
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • East Alexander is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
    • Morganville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Morganville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • West Bethany
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • West Bethany is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
    • Brookville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Brookville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
    • Alexander
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Batavia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tryons Corners, with the one closest to Tryons Corners listed first.
    • Mumford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Belcoda
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Belcoda is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
    • Garbutt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
    • Scottsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • West Rush
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • West Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
    • Clifton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Clifton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Riga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Riga is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
    • North Rush
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • North Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
    • Manns Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
    • Moran Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
    • Rush
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Severance
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Severance is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
    • Churchville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tryons Corners, with the one closest to Tryons Corners listed first.
    • Richmond Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • West Canadice Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • North Bloomfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Canadice
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
    • West Bloomfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Bristol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • East Bloomfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Gulick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
    • Bristol Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • Holcomb
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Centerfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
    • Victor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tryons Corners, with the one closest to Tryons Corners listed first.
    • South Barre
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • South Barre is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
    • Clarendon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Manning
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Manning is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
    • Holley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • West Barre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • West Barre is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
    • Hulberton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hulberton is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tryons Corners, with the one closest to Tryons Corners listed first.
    • Wayland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Atlanta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tryons Corners, with the one closest to Tryons Corners listed first.
    • Peoria
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Covington
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Covington is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Perry Center
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
    • Perry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Wyoming
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Warsaw
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Newburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Newburg is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Castile
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gainesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Attica
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Hardys
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Hardys is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys

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

Cemeteries Near Tryons Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tryons Corners.

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 Tryons Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Taunton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mt. Nash Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Greigsville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lagrange Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Olivet Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Leicester Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • York Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Covington Center Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Prospect Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Job Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oakta Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (410 more) ...
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Pavilion.
    • Maple Lawn Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Tryons Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tryons Corners.

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

  • Peoria
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
  • Wadsworth
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Wadsworth is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
  • Greigsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Greigsville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greigsville
  • La Grange
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • La Grange is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
  • Leicester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Leicester is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Former names for Leicester:
    • Leister
    • Moscow
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <2>
  • Retsof
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Craigs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Craigs is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
  • Cuylerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
  • Piffard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • York
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • York is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • Covington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Covington is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Perry Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pavilion
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Linwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Linwood is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
    • Geneseo
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Tryons Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tryons Corners.

Newspapers Published in Tryons Corners ...

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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tryons Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tryons Corners, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tryons Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Tryons Corners:

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 Tryons Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Tryons Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.