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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 Baggs 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 Baggs 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 Baggs 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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Baggs Corner: Baggs Cor. (or less commonly used: Baggs Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Baggs Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Baggs Corner may originally have been Bagg's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Baggs Corner might be written as Bagg 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 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.

Baggs Corner is located in Jefferson County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson County: Lewis, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Baggs Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baggs Corner, with the one closest to Baggs Corner listed first.
    • Alverson
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
      • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
    • Dexter
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pillar Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
      • Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
    • Sackets Harbor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sackets Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sackets Harbor
      • Sackets Harbor is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sackets Harbor <2>
    • Paddy Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddy Hill
      • Paddy Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Boultons Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
    • Limerick
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limerick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
      • Limerick is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limerick <2>
    • Brownville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
      • Glen Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
    • Adams Cove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cove
      • Adams Cove is located in Jefferson County
    • Adams Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lyon Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baggs Corner, with the one closest to Baggs Corner listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
    • New Boston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
    • Copenhagen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copenhagen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
      • Copenhagen is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copenhagen <2>
    • Rector
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
    • Parkers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
    • Briggs Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
    • Castorland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castorland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castorland
      • Castorland is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castorland <2>
    • Forest City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Lewis County
    • Lowville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
      • Lowville is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowville <2>
    • West Martinsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Martinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baggs Corner, with the one closest to Baggs Corner listed first.
    • Lacona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Chateaugay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chateaugay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
    • Orwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pulaski
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Daysville Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
    • Altmar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altmar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altmar
      • Altmar is located in Oswego County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altmar <2>
    • Daysville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County

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

Newspapers Published in Baggs 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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baggs Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baggs Corner, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baggs Corner.

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 helpful 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 Baggs Corner:

Cemeteries Near Baggs Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baggs 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Military Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Military Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Military Cemetery
  • Muskalonge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Muskalonge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Muskalonge Cemetery
  • Fields Settlement Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fields Settlement Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fields Settlement Cemetery
  • Ferry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ferry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferry Cemetery
  • Stone Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Cemetery
  • North Adams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Adams Cemetery
  • Brownville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Dexter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Luther Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luther Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luther Hill Cemetery
  • Graves Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graves Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graves Hill Cemetery
  • Ingerson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ingerson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ingerson Cemetery
  • Grow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grow Cemetery
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • Arsenal Street Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arsenal Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arsenal Street Cemetery
    • Pettit Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pettit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pettit Cemetery
    • Sherwin Bay Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherwin Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherwin Bay Cemetery

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.<6>

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

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

  • Alverson
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
    • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
  • Sackets Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sackets Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sackets Harbor
    • Sackets Harbor is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sackets Harbor <2>
  • East Hounsfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Hounsfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hounsfield
    • East Hounsfield is located in Jefferson County
  • Dexter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pillar Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
    • Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
  • Smithville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
    • Smithville is located in Jefferson County
  • Rices
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rices have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices
    • Rices is located in Jefferson County
  • Brownville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Limerick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limerick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
    • Limerick is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limerick <2>
  • Adams Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Watertown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Chaumont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chaumont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaumont
    • Chaumont is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chaumont <2>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Point Peninsula
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Peninsula have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peninsula
      • Point Peninsula is located in Jefferson County
    • Henderson Harbor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henderson Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Harbor
      • Henderson Harbor is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson Harbor <2>
    • Henderson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Baggs Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baggs Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baggs Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9570, Longitude: -76.0577       In this case, the coordinates for Baggs Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Baggs Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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