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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 Boreas River (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 Boreas River. 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 Boreas River ...

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 Boreas River: Boreas Riv.
  • While the name of this community is Boreas River, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Boreas River may originally have been Borea's River.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Boreas River might be written as Borea River.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Boreas River is located in Essex 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 Essex County: Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Warren, Washington, Addison (VT) & Chittenden (VT).

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

  • Essex County     (The home county of Boreas River)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boreas River, with the one closest to Boreas River listed first.
    • Loch Muller
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Muller
      • Loch Muller is located in Essex County
    • Blue Ridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
      • Blue Ridge is located in Essex County
    • Tahawus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tahawus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahawus
      • Tahawus is located in Essex County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tahawus <3>
    • Newcomb
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Minerva
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Severance
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Schroon Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Huberts
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Huberts
      • Saint Huberts is located in Essex County
    • North Elba
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Elba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elba
      • North Elba is located in Essex County
    • Ironville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
      • Ironville is located in Essex County
    • Moriah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Lake Placid
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Witherbee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witherbee
      • Witherbee is located in Essex County
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boreas River, with the one closest to Boreas River listed first.
    • Indian Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sabael
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue Mountain Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mountain Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain Lake
      • Blue Mountain Lake is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Mountain Lake <3>
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boreas River, with the one closest to Boreas River listed first.
    • Adirondack
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pottersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Holcombville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holcombville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcombville
      • Holcombville is located in Warren County
    • Riparius
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Wevertown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Brant Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brant Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake
      • Brant Lake is located in Warren County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brant Lake <3>
    • Johnsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hague
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverbank
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
      • Riverbank is located in Warren County
    • North Bolton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bolton
      • North Bolton is located in Warren County
    • Silver Bay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sabbath Day Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabbath Day Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabbath Day Point
      • Sabbath Day Point is located in Warren County
    • Bolton Landing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington County
  • Addison County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boreas River, with the one closest to Boreas River listed first.
    • Chimney Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chimney Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
      • Chimney Point is located in Addison County (VT)
    • Palmer Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Corner
      • Palmer Corner is located in Addison County (VT)

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

Newspapers Published in Boreas River ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boreas River.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boreas River, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boreas River.

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 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 Boreas River:

Cemeteries Near Boreas River ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boreas River.

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

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

  • Newcomb Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newcomb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newcomb Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Federal Flat Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Federal Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Federal Flat Cemetery
  • Schroon River Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schroon River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schroon River Cemetery
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Ridge Cemetery
  • North Hudson Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Hudson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Hudson Cemetery
  • Baroudi Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baroudi Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baroudi Family Cemetery
  • Tyrel Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyrel Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyrel Family Cemetery
  • Igerna Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Igerna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Igerna Cemetery
  • St. James Catholic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Catholic Cemetery
  • St. James Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fish Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fish Cemetery
  • Continue List   (63 more) ...
    • New Pottersville Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Pottersville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Pottersville Cemetery
    • Pottersville Cemetery (New)
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pottersville Cemetery (Old)
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Boreas River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boreas River.

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

  • Loch Muller
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Muller
    • Loch Muller is located in Essex County
  • Blue Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
    • Blue Ridge is located in Essex County
  • Tahawus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tahawus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahawus
    • Tahawus is located in Essex County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tahawus <3>
  • Newcomb
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Minerva
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Olmstedville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olmstedville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstedville
    • Olmstedville is located in Essex County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olmstedville <3>
  • Schroon Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • South Schroon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Schroon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Schroon
    • South Schroon is located in Essex County
  • North River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
    • North River is located in Warren County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North River <3>
  • Igerna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Igerna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igerna
    • Igerna is located in Warren County
  • Pottersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Adirondack
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • North Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
      • North Creek is located in Warren County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Creek <3>
    • Paradox
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradox have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradox
      • Paradox is located in Essex County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradox <3>
    • Indian Lake
      (18 miles [29 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 Boreas River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boreas River.

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

The official website for Essex County: www.co.essex.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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Boreas River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boreas River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9415, Longitude: -73.9632       In this case, the coordinates for Boreas River 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 Boreas River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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