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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 Brasher Falls (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 Brasher Falls. 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 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 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.

Brasher Falls is located in Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence County: Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson & Lewis.

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

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Brasher Falls)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brasher Falls, with the one closest to Brasher Falls listed first.
    • Winthrop
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brasher Iron Works. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Helena
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hopkinton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Sandfordville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville
      • Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • West Stockholm
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • North Stockholm
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
      • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Massena Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Massena Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Nicholville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Massena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena
      • Massena is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massena <1>
    • Norfolk
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norfolk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
      • Norfolk is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norfolk <1>
    • Raymondville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Norwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Norwood is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,550 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brasher Falls, with the one closest to Brasher Falls listed first.
    • Alburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
    • Moira
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Brushton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hogansburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hogansburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogansburg
      • Hogansburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hogansburg <1>
    • East Dickinson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • Bombay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Regis Falls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • West Bangor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
    • Bangor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Fort Covington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Skerry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Skerry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
    • Westville Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westville Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
    • Malone
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Brasher Falls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brasher Falls.

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

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

  • Winthrop Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Richardson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richardson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richardson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Part Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Part Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Part Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Willis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holmes Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holmes Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holmes Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • 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.
  • Hailville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hailville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hailville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Flint Chaffee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flint Chaffee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flint Chaffee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...
    • Kyle Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kyle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kyle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Chesterfield Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chesterfield Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chesterfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hill Crest Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Crest Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Crest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Brasher Falls had a population of 570 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Winthrop
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Stockholm Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockholm Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm Center
    • Stockholm Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Buckton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckton
    • Buckton is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • North Lawrence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lawrence
    • North Lawrence is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Brookdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Lawrenceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrenceville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
    • Lawrenceville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrenceville <1>
  • Brasher Iron Works
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brasher Iron Works. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Fort Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jackson
    • Fort Jackson is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • North Stockholm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
    • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • West Stockholm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hopkinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Helena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Nicholville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
    • Massena Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Massena Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County

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

Newspapers Published in Brasher Falls ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brasher Falls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brasher Falls, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brasher Falls.

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 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 Brasher Falls:

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

The official website for Saint Lawrence County: www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/

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

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>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.
<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 Brasher Falls, 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- Brasher Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brasher Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8076, Longitude: -74.7738       In this case, the coordinates for Brasher Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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