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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 Wilson 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 Wilson 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 Wilson 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 Wilson Corners: Wilson Cors.

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

Wilson Corners is located in Cayuga 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 Wilson Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilson Corners:

  • Cayuga County     (The home county of Wilson Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Corners, with the one closest to Wilson Corners listed first.
    • Montville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Montville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • Moravia
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sempronius
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • Kelloggsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • Omro
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
    • Dresserville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
    • New Hope
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Cascade
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
    • Locke
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Austin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Austin is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Niles
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
    • Summer Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • East Genoa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
  • Broome County
  • Chenango County
  • Cortland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Corners, with the one closest to Wilson Corners listed first.
    • Scott
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • East Scott
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • East Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
    • Little York
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
    • Pratt Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
    • Preble
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Homer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
    • Slab City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Slab City is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
    • Cummings Crossing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
    • Cortland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • East River
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • East River is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Munsons Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
    • East Homer
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • McGraw
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Corners, with the one closest to Wilson Corners listed first.
    • DeRuyter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Puckerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Puckerville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
    • Union
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Union is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • New Woodstock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • New Woodstock is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
    • Rippleton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rippleton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
    • Cazenovia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Corners, with the one closest to Wilson Corners listed first.
    • Spafford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
    • Mandana
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
    • Otisco Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
    • Thorn Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
    • Amber
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Amber is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
    • Rose Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Otisco
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
    • Assembly Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
    • Skaneateles
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Tully
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mottville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cardiff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • Marcellus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Ontario County
    • Billsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Billsboro is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Corners, with the one closest to Wilson Corners listed first.
    • Perry City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Searsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
    • Mecklenburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Logan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Logan is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Cayutaville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
    • Hector
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bennettsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Corners, with the one closest to Wilson Corners listed first.
    • Kidders
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • Interlaken
      (18 miles [29 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 <1>
    • Canoga
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
    • East Varick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • East Varick is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
    • Kuneytown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
    • Ovid
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Romulus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Seneca Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lodi
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Willard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Waterloo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyre
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Border City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
  • Tompkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Corners, with the one closest to Wilson Corners listed first.
    • West Groton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
    • Groton City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
    • Groton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • North Lansing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
    • East Lansing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
    • Peruville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
    • McLean
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
    • Freeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Myers
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Myers is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
    • Willow Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Dryden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Lansing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Corners, with the one closest to Wilson Corners listed first.
    • Dresden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Angus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Himrod
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Wilson Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Old Quaker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Indian Mound Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Dry Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • James Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kelloggsville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lickville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sempronius Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hewitt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (472 more) ...
    • Twelve Corners Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Old Settlers Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Monaghan Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<2>

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

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

  • Moravia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Dresserville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
  • Sempronius
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
  • Omro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Omro is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
  • Kelloggsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
  • New Hope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • Cascade
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Locke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • East Venice
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Venice is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Venice
  • Glen Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Austin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Austin is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Ensenore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ensenore is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenore
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Summer Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • Scott
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Scott is located in Cortland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • Niles
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles

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

Newspapers Published in Wilson 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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilson Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilson Corners, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilson 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 Wilson 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 Wilson 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilson Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.