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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 Walker (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 Walker. 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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

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

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Walker)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • Scriba
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Scriba is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
      • Scriba has also been known as:
      • Scriba Corners
    • Oswego
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Minetto
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Oswego Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
    • Mount Pleasant
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • North Volney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Volney is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Volney
    • Furniss
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Furniss is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
    • Southwest Oswego
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
    • Drakes Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Drakes Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Corner
    • Vermilion
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Vermilion is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
    • Arthur
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Texas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Fulton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • North Sterling
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
    • Sterling Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
    • Fair Haven
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Victory
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • North Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
    • Ira
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Ira is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • Cato
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Meridian
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Victory
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Victory is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Weedsport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • Ellisburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Woodville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Mannsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Belleville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Henderson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <1>
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Little Utica
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
    • Lysander
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Lysander is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
    • Wrights Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • Plainville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Baldwinsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Brewerton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Euclid
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Clay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Village Green
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Village Green is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
    • Jacks Reef
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
    • Seneca Knolls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
    • Van Buren
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Van Buren is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • Red Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Furnace Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
    • North Huron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • North Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
    • Wolcott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Huron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Huron is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • South Butler
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Butler is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
    • Sodus Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Walker ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walker.

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

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

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

  • Mattison Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Blossom Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • South Road Rural Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Worden Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Ft. Ontario Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Oswego.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65813 <2>
  • Peck Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (209 more) ...
    • Kingdom Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Whittemore Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rice Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rice Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Oswego.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65787 <2>

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

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

  • Scriba
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Scriba is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
    • Scriba has also been known as:
    • Scriba Corners
  • Oswego
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lansing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lansing is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • Lycoming
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • South Scriba
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • South Scriba is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Scriba
  • South New Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • South New Haven is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Haven
  • Fruit Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fruit Valley is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Valley
  • Oswego Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
  • Minetto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Seneca Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Seneca Hill is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Hill
  • New Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • New Haven is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
  • Furniss
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Furniss is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Mount Pleasant
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • North Volney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Volney is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Volney
    • Southwest Oswego
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego

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

Newspapers Published in Walker ...

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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walker.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walker, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walker.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Walker:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walker) 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 Walker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.