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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 Tylers 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 Tylers 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 Tylers 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 Tylers Corner: Tylers Cor. (or less commonly used: Tylers Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Tylers Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Tylers Corner may originally have been Tyler's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Tylers Corner might be written as Tyler Corner.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Tylers Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tylers 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.

Tylers 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 Tylers Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tylers Corner:

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Tylers Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tylers Corner, with the one closest to Tylers Corner listed first.
    • Daysville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Daysville Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Pulaski
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Graftons Square
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Graftons Square is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graftons Square
    • Prattham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Prattham is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
    • Arthur
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Texas
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Dugway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dugway is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
    • Mexico
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Albion Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Richland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Altmar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tylers Corner, with the one closest to Tylers Corner listed first.
    • North Sterling
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
    • Sterling Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
    • Ira
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • North Victory
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
    • Fair Haven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Meridian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tylers Corner, with the one closest to Tylers Corner listed first.
    • Mannsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ellisburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Woodville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Belleville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Lorraine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <2>
    • Worth Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Henderson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Lyon Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Worth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Adams Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tylers Corner, with the one closest to Tylers Corner listed first.
    • Osceola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Leisher Mill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Barnes Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Parkers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Michigan Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • Rector
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
  • Madison County
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tylers Corner, with the one closest to Tylers Corner listed first.
    • Elpis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Elpis is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
    • Camden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jewell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jewell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • McConnellsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
    • North Bay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • North Bay is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
    • Vienna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Vienna is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Blossvale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sylvan Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Taberg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tylers Corner, with the one closest to Tylers Corner listed first.
    • Brewerton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Clay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Euclid
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Wrights Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • Little Utica
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
    • Jacksonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Baldwinsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Lysander
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lysander is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
    • North Syracuse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
    • Seneca Knolls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
    • Village Green
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Village Green is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
    • Lakeside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lakeside is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside

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

Cemeteries Near Tylers Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tylers 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 Tylers Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • South Richland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • McClelland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Daysville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brown's Landing Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mexico Primitive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pulaski Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Parker - Ramsey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Arthur Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mexico Village Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Maple Lawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (215 more) ...
    • North Street Road Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Butterfly Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Quaker Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<4>

While we didn't find Tylers Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tylers Corner.

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

  • Daysville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Daysville is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
  • Port Ontario
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Port Ontario is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ontario
  • Arthur
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Arthur is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Prattham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Prattham is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
  • Pulaski
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Texas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Texas is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
  • Mexico
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dugway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dugway is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
  • Colosse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Colosse is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colosse
  • Richland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New Haven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • New Haven is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
  • Parish
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Vermilion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Vermilion is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
    • Hastings
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Orwell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Tylers 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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tylers Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tylers Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tylers Corner.

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 Tylers Corner:

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>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 Tylers Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tylers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.