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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 Atwell (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 Atwell. 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 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.

Atwell is located in Herkimer 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 Herkimer County: Fulton, Hamilton, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego & Saint Lawrence.

Below are the counties that are near Atwell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Atwell:

  • Herkimer County     (The home county of Atwell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atwell, with the one closest to Atwell listed first.
    • Thendara
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
    • Northwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Grant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Gray
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Russia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Cold Brook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Norway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Norway is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Poland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Newport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Old City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Old City is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • Beaver River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Middleville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Fulton County
    • Emmonsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Emmonsburg is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmonsburg
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atwell, with the one closest to Atwell listed first.
    • Morehouseville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
    • Inlet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Piseco
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Raquette Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Speculator
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Arietta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Arietta is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atwell, with the one closest to Atwell listed first.
    • Lyonsdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Port Leyden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Collinsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Lyons Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Greig
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Constableville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Turin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Number Four
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Number Four is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
    • Mohawk Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • West Leyden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Glendale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Dale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atwell, with the one closest to Atwell listed first.
    • Woodgate
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Prospect
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Remsen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Boonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Trenton Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
    • Barneveld
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Gage
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • North Gage is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gage
    • Trenton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Trenton is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Redmond Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
    • East Floyd
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
    • Frenchville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
    • Holland Patent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Atwell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Atwell.

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

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

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

  • Wheelertown Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodgate Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • McIntosh Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Beechwood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Enlli Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ohio Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Spruce Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Alder Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Brondstatter Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (106 more) ...
    • Pen Y Graig Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairchild Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Smith Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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 Atwell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Atwell.

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

  • Minnehaha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Minnehaha is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
  • Morehouseville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
  • Old Forge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Northwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
  • Forestport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ohio
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Ohio is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
  • Alder Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Grant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Grant is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
  • Hawkinsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Hawkinsville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
  • East Steuben
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Steuben is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
  • Gray
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Gray is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
  • Remsen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Prospect
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Russia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Lyonsdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale

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

Newspapers Published in Atwell ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Atwell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Atwell, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Atwell.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Atwell:

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 Atwell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Atwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.