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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 Union 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 Union 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 Union 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Union Corners: Union Cors.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Union Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Union 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Union Corners is located in Genesee 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 Genesee County: Erie, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans & Wyoming.

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

  • Genesee County     (The home county of Union Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Corners, with the one closest to Union Corners listed first.
    • Pavilion Center
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
    • Pavilion
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Le Roy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Limerock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Stafford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Morganville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Morganville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • Linden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Linden is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • West Bethany
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • West Bethany is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
    • South Byron
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Byron is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
    • Brookville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Brookville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
    • East Alexander
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • East Alexander is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
    • Batavia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Allegany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Corners, with the one closest to Union Corners listed first.
    • Wiscoy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
    • Swain
      (29 miles [46.7 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 <1>
    • Fillmore
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Hume
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Corners, with the one closest to Union Corners listed first.
    • Alden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Crittenden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Akron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Alden Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Alden Center is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
    • Williston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Akron Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Akron Junction is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Junction
    • Porterville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Porterville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
    • Looneyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Looneyville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
    • Town Line
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Corners, with the one closest to Union Corners listed first.
    • Craigs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Craigs is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
    • Inverness
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Inverness is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
    • York
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • York is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Caledonia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cuylerville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
    • Leicester
      (9 miles [14.5 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 <1>
    • Pine Tavern
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
    • Geneseo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Avon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Mount Morris
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sleggs Landing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • East Groveland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
    • Livonia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Corners, with the one closest to Union Corners listed first.
    • Mumford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Belcoda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Belcoda is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
    • Riga
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Riga is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
    • Garbutt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
    • Clifton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Clifton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Scottsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • West Rush
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • West Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
    • Churchville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • North Rush
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • North Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
    • Severance
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Severance is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
    • Manns Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
    • North Chili
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • North Chili is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chili
    • Brookdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookdale is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Corners, with the one closest to Union Corners listed first.
    • North Bloomfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Richmond Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • West Bloomfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Canadice
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
    • West Canadice Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • East Bloomfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Bristol
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Holcomb
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Victor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Bristol Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • Gulick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulick is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Corners, with the one closest to Union Corners listed first.
    • South Barre
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • South Barre is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
    • Clarendon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Manning
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Manning is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
    • Holley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • West Barre
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • West Barre is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
    • Brockville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Brockville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
    • Hulberton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Hulberton is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
    • Murray
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Murray is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Albion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Eagle Harbor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
    • Kendall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Gaines
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gaines is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines
    • Kent
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Steuben County
    • Wayland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Corners, with the one closest to Union Corners listed first.
    • Covington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Covington is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Peoria
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Wyoming
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Perry Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
    • Dale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Perry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • 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 <1>
    • Warsaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Newburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Newburg is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Attica
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Silver Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Castile
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Gainesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnsonburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Johnsonburg is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg

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

Cemeteries Near Union Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Maple Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Oakta Valley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • 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.
  • Olivet Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pavilion Center Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Covington Center Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Job Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Van Allen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • York Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jug City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Transit Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Nash Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (434 more) ...

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>

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

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

  • Linwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Linwood is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
  • Pavilion
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pavilion Center
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
  • Covington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Covington is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Craigs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Craigs is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
  • Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Junction is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
  • Peoria
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
  • York
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • York is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • Le Roy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • La Grange
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • La Grange is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
  • Wadsworth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wadsworth is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
  • Greigsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greigsville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greigsville
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Retsof
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fowlerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Fowlerville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
    • Limerock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock

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

Newspapers Published in Union 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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Union Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Union Corners, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Union Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Union Corners:

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 Union Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Union Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.