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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 Tully Lake Park (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 Tully Lake Park. 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 Tully Lake Park ...

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 Tully Lake Park: Tully Lk. Park

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.

Tully Lake Park is located in Onondaga 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 Onondaga County: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison & Oswego.

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

  • Onondaga County     (The home county of Tully Lake Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tully Lake Park, with the one closest to Tully Lake Park listed first.
    • Assembly Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
    • Tully
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Apulia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
    • Otisco Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
    • Otisco
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
    • Spafford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
    • Cardiff
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • LaFayette
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Berwyn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
    • Fabius
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pompey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Log City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Log City is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
    • Amber
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Amber is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
  • Broome County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tully Lake Park, with the one closest to Tully Lake Park listed first.
    • Killawog
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Upper Lisle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
    • Manningville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Manningville is located in Broome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
    • Lisle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tully Lake Park, with the one closest to Tully Lake Park listed first.
    • Sempronius
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • New Hope
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Dresserville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
    • Kelloggsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • Summer Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • Montville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Montville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • Niles
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
    • Omro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
    • Moravia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Locke
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Austin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Austin is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Cascade
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
    • East Genoa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tully Lake Park, with the one closest to Tully Lake Park listed first.
    • Pitcher
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Otselic Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
    • South Otselic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Otselic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
    • Beaver Meadow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
    • Kirk
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kirk is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
    • Plymouth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Smyrna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tully Lake Park, with the one closest to Tully Lake Park listed first.
    • Cummings Crossing
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
    • Preble
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Slab City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Slab City is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
    • East Scott
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
    • Little York
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
    • Pratt Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
    • Scott
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • Truxton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • East Homer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • Crains Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
    • East River
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Homer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
    • Cortland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tully Lake Park, with the one closest to Tully Lake Park listed first.
    • DeRuyter
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Puckerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Puckerville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
    • Union
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Union is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • New Woodstock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • New Woodstock is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
    • Rippleton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rippleton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
    • Cazenovia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bingley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bingley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
    • Chittenango Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
    • Sulphur Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
      • Chittenango Springs
    • Chittenango
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bolivar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Sullivan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • West Eaton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • West Eaton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
  • Seneca County
    • Kidders
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tully Lake Park, with the one closest to Tully Lake Park listed first.
    • Groton City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • Groton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • McLean
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Peruville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
    • West Groton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • Dryden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Freeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Lansing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • East Lansing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • Lansing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Myers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • Lake Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Varna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Varna is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna

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

Cemeteries Near Tully Lake Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tully Lake Park.

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 Tully Lake Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tully Lake Park, with the one closest to Tully Lake Park listed first.

  • Farr Burying Ground
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Leo Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Tully Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully Cemetery
    • The Tully Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tully United Community Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #534136 <2>
  • Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Bromley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Miles - Mighells Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Vesper Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Meeker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Otisco Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Spafford Hollow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (473 more) ...
    • Cold Brook Valley Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Christian Hollow Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Gillett Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Tully Lake Park had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Tully Lake Park, with the one closest to Tully Lake Park listed first.

  • Tully
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Preble
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Apulia Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • South Spafford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • South Spafford is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spafford
  • East Scott
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Scott is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
  • Apulia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
  • Otisco Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
  • Scott
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Scott is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
  • Little York
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Little York is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
  • Collingwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Collingwood is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collingwood
  • Otisco
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
  • Spafford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Glen Haven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
    • Truxton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cardiff
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff

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

Newspapers Published in Tully Lake Park ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tully Lake Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tully Lake Park, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tully Lake Park.

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 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 Tully Lake Park:

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