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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 Beekmantown (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 Beekmantown. 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 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.

Beekmantown is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Essex, Franklin, Chittenden (VT) & Grand Isle (VT).

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

  • Clinton County     (The home county of Beekmantown)
  • Essex County
  • Franklin County
  • Chittenden County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beekmantown, with the one closest to Beekmantown listed first.
    • Miltonboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Miltonboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonboro
      • Miltonboro is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Miltonboro
      • From Beekmantown to Miltonboro
    • Milton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Milton is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,907 people
    • Checkerberry Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Checkerberry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerberry Village
      • Checkerberry Village is located in Chittenden County (VT)
    • Colchester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colchester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colchester
      • Colchester is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,102 people
    • Malletts Bay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Milton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Colchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Burlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Winooski
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winooski have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winooski
      • Winooski is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winooski <2>
    • Essex Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essex Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Junction
      • Essex Junction is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,793 people
    • Pages Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Queen City Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City Park
      • Queen City Park is located in Chittenden County (VT)
    • Westford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
      • Westford is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,123 people
  • Franklin County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beekmantown, with the one closest to Beekmantown listed first.
    • Georgia Plains
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Saint Albans
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Albans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
      • Saint Albans is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,540 people
    • West Georgia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Georgia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
      • Georgia is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,806 people
    • Maquam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Saint Albans
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Swanton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swanton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
      • Swanton is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
    • Swanton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • North Fairfax
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Greens Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Fairfax
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfax have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
      • Fairfax is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
    • Highgate
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highgate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
      • Highgate is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,664 people
  • Grand Isle County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beekmantown, with the one closest to Beekmantown listed first.
    • Adams Landing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pearl
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand Isle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
      • Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
    • North Hero
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Isle La Motte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle La Motte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle La Motte
      • Isle La Motte is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
    • Isle la Motte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Keeler Bay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keeler Bay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler Bay
      • Keeler Bay is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Keeler Bay
      • From Beekmantown to Keeler Bay
    • North Hero
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hero have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hero
      • North Hero is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
    • South Hero
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Hero have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hero
      • South Hero is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
    • Alburg Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Alburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Alburg is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Estimated population in 2011: 1,986 people
    • Alburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Alburg is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Estimated population in 2012: 499 people
    • Alburgh
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Beekmantown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beekmantown.

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 Beekmantown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Stafford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stafford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stafford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Chazy Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Chazy Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Chazy Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Douglass Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Douglass Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Douglass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Alexanders Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Alexanders Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Alexanders Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pt. An Roche Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pt. An Roche Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pt. An Roche Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pt. Comfort Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pt. Comfort Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pt. Comfort Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Doane Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doane Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Robinson District Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson District Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson District Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (235 more) ...

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Beekmantown had a population of 164 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • East Beekmantown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Beekmantown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Beekmantown
    • East Beekmantown is located in Clinton County
  • West Chazy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Chazy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chazy
    • West Chazy is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chazy <2>
  • Ingraham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ingraham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingraham
    • Ingraham is located in Clinton County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Ingraham
    • From Beekmantown to Ingraham
  • West Beekmantown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Point Au Roche
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • West Plattsburgh
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Plattsburgh
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Morrisonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cadyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cadyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadyville
    • Cadyville is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cadyville <2>
  • Chazy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sciola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • South Plattsburgh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Plattsburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Plattsburgh
    • South Plattsburgh is located in Clinton County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Salmon River
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salmon River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River
      • Salmon River is located in Clinton County
    • Pearl
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Schuyler Falls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schuyler Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuyler Falls
      • Schuyler Falls is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schuyler Falls <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Beekmantown ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beekmantown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beekmantown, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beekmantown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Beekmantown:

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

The official website for Clinton County: www.co.clinton.ny.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>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.
<5>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 Beekmantown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beekmantown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beekmantown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7710, Longitude: -73.4922    









 

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