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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 Castorland (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 Castorland. 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 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.

Castorland is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Herkimer, Jefferson, Oneida, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Lewis County     (The home county of Castorland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Castorland, with the one closest to Castorland listed first.
    • Naumburg
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
    • Briggs Corner
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
    • Denmark
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Forest City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest City is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Harrisburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Croghan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lowville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Copenhagen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • West Martinsburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
    • Watson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Watson is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
    • Belfort
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Belfort is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
    • Indian River
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian River is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
    • Petries Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Castorland, with the one closest to Castorland listed first.
    • Thendara
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
    • Beaver River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Castorland, with the one closest to Castorland listed first.
    • West Carthage
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
    • Carthage
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Herrings
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Herrings is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
      • Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
    • Natural Bridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Deferiet
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Great Bend
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Black River
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East Rodman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
    • Sterlingville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
    • Calcium
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Worth Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Worth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Evans Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Castorland, with the one closest to Castorland listed first.
    • Boonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Redmond Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Castorland, with the one closest to Castorland listed first.
    • Smartville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Redfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Chateaugay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Castorland, with the one closest to Castorland listed first.
    • Jayville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jayville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayville
    • Somerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Somerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
    • Wegatchie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Wegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegatchie
    • Coffins Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Coffins Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffins Mills
    • Lower Oswegatchie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lower Oswegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Oswegatchie
    • Oswegatchie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • South Edwards
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edwards
    • Star Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Castorland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Castorland.

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

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

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

  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Swinburne Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gallup Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rural Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ebblie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Basselin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Stephens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (122 more) ...
    • Bent Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Plank Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Castorland had a population of 225 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Castorland had a population of 341 people.

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

  • Naumburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
  • Denmark
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Denmark is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
  • Beaver Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Deer River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrisburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • New Bremen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • New Bremen is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bremen
  • Lowville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Croghan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Windecker
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Windecker is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windecker
  • Copenhagen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • West Martinsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
  • Watson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Watson is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Kirschnerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Kirschnerville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirschnerville
    • Carthage
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bushes Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bushes Landing is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushes Landing

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

Newspapers Published in Castorland ...

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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Castorland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Castorland, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Castorland.

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 Castorland:

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>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.
<3>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 Castorland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Castorland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.