Our Genealogy Helper
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 Wicks 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 Wicks 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 Wicks 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Wicks Corners: Wicks Cors.
- While the name of this community is Wicks Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wicks Corners may originally have been Wick's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wicks Corners might be written as Wick 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.
Wicks Corners is primarily located in Cayuga County. A portion of Wicks Corners extends into 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Wicks Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wicks Corners:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Wicks Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- Sennett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Throop
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Weedsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Niles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Port Byron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <2>
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Oakwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Kelloggsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Omro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- New Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Cross Roads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- Scott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Cummings Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- East Scott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Preble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little York
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Slab City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Truxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crains Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bolivar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Cazenovia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chittenango
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rippleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Sulphur Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
- Chittenango Springs
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- Mottville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Skaneateles
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Elbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Marcellus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marcellus Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Rose Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mandana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Thorn Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Jacks Reef
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Camillus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Thompson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Junius
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Billsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Melvin Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- Hinmansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- South Granby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Phoenix
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bowens Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Sand Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Ingalls Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- Pennellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fairdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Granby Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Hannibal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Caughdenoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caughdenoy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caughdenoy
- Central Square
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- Canoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tyre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Kuneytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- East Varick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Waterloo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Border City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Ovid
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <2>
- Willard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- North Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Groton City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Lake Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- East Lansing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Groton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Peruville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- McLean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Myers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Taughannock Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- South Butler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Clyde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wolcott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Lyons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Wayne Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- North Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
- South Sodus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- Yates County
- Angus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wicks Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Wicks Corners.
Cemeteries Near Wicks Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wicks 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 Wicks Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wicks Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- Lakeview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mottville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gardner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Soule Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Petty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Melrose Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Auburn.
- The Melrose Cemetery has also been known as:
- Melrose Road Cemetery
- Porter Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2266624 <3>
- Van Etten Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Benson Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shepard Settlement Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sennett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- Sennett Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- County House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Wicks Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wicks Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wicks Corners, with the one closest to Wicks Corners listed first.
- Skaneateles
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willow Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Mottville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Long Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Skaneateles Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Skaneateles Junction is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaneateles Junction
- Sennett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Degroff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Degroff is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degroff
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Elbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Throop
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Shamrock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Rose Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Marcellus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marcellus Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wicks Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wicks Corners.
Newspapers Published in Wicks 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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wicks Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wicks Corners, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wicks Corners.
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 Wicks Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne County
- Yates County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 Wicks Corners, 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- Wicks Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |