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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 Settlement (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 Settlement. 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.

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.

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

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Union Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Settlement, with the one closest to Union Settlement listed first.
    • Gayville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Gayville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
    • West Monroe
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • West Monroe is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
    • Mallory
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • West Amboy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Amboy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
    • Constantia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nicholsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
    • Central Square
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hastings
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Parish
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Caughdenoy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
    • Dugway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Dugway is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
    • Cleveland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Settlement, with the one closest to Union Settlement listed first.
    • Ira
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • Meridian
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cato
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • North Sterling
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
    • Sterling Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
    • North Victory
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Settlement, with the one closest to Union Settlement listed first.
    • Mannsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ellisburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Woodville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Worth Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Settlement, with the one closest to Union Settlement listed first.
    • Osceola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Leisher Mill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Michigan Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • West Leyden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Settlement, with the one closest to Union Settlement listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bolivar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Whitelaw
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Oneida Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Sullivan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Chittenango
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Canastota
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottons
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Cottons is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
    • Sulphur Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
      • Chittenango Springs
    • Wampsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Clockville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chittenango Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Settlement, with the one closest to Union Settlement listed first.
    • Elpis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Elpis is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
    • Jewell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jewell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • Camden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • North Bay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • North Bay is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
    • McConnellsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
    • Sylvan Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Vienna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Vienna is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Blossvale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Leisure Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • Taberg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Humaston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Humaston is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
    • Brookfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Brookfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Settlement, with the one closest to Union Settlement listed first.
    • Brewerton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Clay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Euclid
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • North Syracuse
      (13 miles [20.9 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
    • Mattydale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Tall Pines Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
    • East Syracuse
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
    • Eastwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Eastwood is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Galeville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Galeville is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galeville
    • Kirkville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Lyncourt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Lyncourt is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyncourt
    • Liverpool
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Union Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union Settlement.

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 Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Union Settlement Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • West Monroe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Little France Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Mallory.
    • The Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mallory Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192896 <2>
  • Ingersoll Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Old Dutch Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Toad Harbor Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • McAllister Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Trinity Episcopal Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • West Amboy Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (337 more) ...
    • Carleys Mills Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wright Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Constantia Center Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Union Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Union Settlement.

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

  • Gayville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Gayville is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
  • West Monroe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • West Monroe is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
  • North Constantia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • North Constantia is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Constantia
  • Little France
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Little France is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little France
  • Mallory
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Central Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Constantia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Amboy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • West Amboy is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
  • Morse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Morse is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Hastings Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hastings Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings Center
  • Constantia Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Constantia Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantia Center
  • Amboy Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Amboy Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy Center
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Union Settlement ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Union Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Union Settlement, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Union Settlement.

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 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 Union Settlement:

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>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 Settlement, 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- Union Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.