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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 Wrights Corner (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 Wrights Corner. 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 Wrights Corner ...
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 Wrights Corner: Wrights Cor. (or less commonly used: Wrights Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Wrights Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wrights Corner may originally have been Wright's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wrights Corner might be written as Wright Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Wrights Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wrights Corner.
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 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.
Wrights Corner is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee & Livingston.
Below are the counties that are near Wrights Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wrights Corner:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Wrights Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Covington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Warsaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Attica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Perry Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Perry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Varysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Johnsonburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- Wiscoy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Hume
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fillmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Swain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Houghton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Garwoods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Cattaraugus County
- Yorkshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- Alden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crittenden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Williston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alden Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alden Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
- Akron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Akron Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Akron Junction is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Junction
- Porterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Looneyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Looneyville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Town Line
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Billington Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Billington Heights is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billington Heights
- East Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- Linden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Pavilion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pavilion Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- West Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Brookville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- East Alexander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Stafford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alexander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Le Roy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morganville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Batavia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bushville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bushville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- Craigs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- York
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Pine Tavern
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Inverness
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Leicester
(12 miles [19.3 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 <2>
- Cuylerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Caledonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Morris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Geneseo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Avon
(18 miles [29 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
- Lewis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- East Groveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- Mumford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belcoda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belcoda is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
- Riga
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Riga is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Garbutt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Churchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scottsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Rush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- North Rush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Severance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Severance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Sweden Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sweden Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Center
- North Chili
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Chili is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chili
- Niagara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- Dysinger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dysinger is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysinger
- Middleport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- North Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Richmond Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- West Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Canadice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- South Barre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- West Barre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
- Clarendon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Manning
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Manning is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Holley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Albion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brockville is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
- Hulberton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hulberton is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
- Eagle Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Murray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Murray is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Lakewood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Medina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wrights Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Wrights Corner.
Cemeteries Near Wrights Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wrights Corner.
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 Wrights Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wrights Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- Wyoming Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Transit Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlebury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dale Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carlton Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Covington Center Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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.
- Oakta Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vernal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (413 more) ...
- Lagrange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pavilion Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Wrights Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wrights Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wrights Corner, with the one closest to Wrights Corner listed first.
- Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Linden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Pavilion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saltvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saltvale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltvale
- Pavilion Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- East Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- La Grange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Grange is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Junction is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- East Alexander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Peoria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Warsaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Linwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Linwood is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wrights Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wrights Corner.
Newspapers Published in Wrights Corner ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wrights Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wrights Corner, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wrights Corner.
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 Wrights Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Niagara County
- Ontario County
- Orleans 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 Wrights Corner, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wrights Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |