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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 Cedars (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 Cedars. 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 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.

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

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

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Cedars)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedars, with the one closest to Cedars listed first.
    • Pope Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Pope Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Mills
    • Brier Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hammond
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
    • North Hammond
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • North Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hammond
    • Morristown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Schermerhorn Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Schermerhorn Landing is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schermerhorn Landing
    • Galilee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Galilee is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee
    • Elmdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Elmdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
    • Lost Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lost Village is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Village
    • Wegatchie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Wegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegatchie
    • Gouverneur
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Richville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedars, with the one closest to Cedars listed first.
    • Oxbow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Redwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Alexandria Bay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Browns Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Browns Corners is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corners
    • Antwerp
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Theresa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Theresa is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
    • Philadelphia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Omar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Omar is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
    • Thousand Island Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Murray Isle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Orleans Four Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Orleans Four Corners is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Four Corners
    • La Fargeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedars, with the one closest to Cedars listed first.
    • Lake Bonaparte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Bonaparte is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bonaparte
    • Harrisville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Cedars ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedars.

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

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

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

  • Black Lake Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Fineview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hammond Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodworth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oldsville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Lake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Brockville (ON).
    • The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Oakland Anglican and Protestant Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1791202 <2>
  • Old Protestant Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Old St. Peters Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (145 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.<3>

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

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

  • Pope Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pope Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Mills
  • Brier Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Edwardsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Edwardsville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Hammond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
  • North Hammond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • North Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hammond
  • Chippewa Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Brasie Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Brasie Corners is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasie Corners
  • Morristown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • South Hammond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • South Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hammond
  • Rossie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rossie is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
  • Elmdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
  • De Peyster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Natural Dam
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Natural Dam is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natural Dam
    • Wegatchie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Wegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegatchie
    • Gouverneur
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cedars ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedars.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedars, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedars.

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 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 Cedars:

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 Cedars, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedars) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.