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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 Chipman (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 Chipman. 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 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.

Chipman 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 Chipman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chipman:

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Chipman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chipman, with the one closest to Chipman listed first.
    • Madrid Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Springs
      • Madrid Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Drews Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drews Corner
      • Drews Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Waddington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lisbon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Slab City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
      • Slab City is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Norfolk
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norfolk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Norwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • 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 <2>
    • Raymondville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • North Stockholm
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
      • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Canton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Canton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <2>
    • Potsdam
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
      • Potsdam is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,796 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Potsdam <2>
    • Rensselaer Falls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer Falls
      • Rensselaer Falls is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer Falls <2>
    • Ogdensburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Ogdensburg is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,388 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogdensburg <2>
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chipman, with the one closest to Chipman listed first.
    • Hogansburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hogansburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogansburg
      • Hogansburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hogansburg <2>
    • Alburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County

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

Newspapers Published in Chipman ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chipman.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chipman, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chipman.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Chipman:

Cemeteries Near Chipman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chipman.

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

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

  • Madrid Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Scotch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Doran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doran Cemetery
  • St. James Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
  • Haskell Ridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haskell Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haskell Ridge Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookside Cemetery
  • Martin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
  • Chamberlain Corners Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chamberlain Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chamberlain Corners Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
  • Iroquois United Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (155 more) ...
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Morrisburg (ON).
      • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mariatown Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2333685 <4>
    • Fulton Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fulton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fulton Cemetery
    • Lisbon Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lisbon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lisbon Cemetery

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>

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

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

  • Madrid Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Springs
    • Madrid Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Madrid
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
    • Madrid is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madrid <2>
  • Bucks Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucks Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Bridge
    • Bucks Bridge is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Waddington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lisbon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Chase Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
    • Chase Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chase Mills <2>
  • Morley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
    • Morley is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • West Potsdam
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Potsdam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Potsdam
    • West Potsdam is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Norwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • 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 <2>
  • Norfolk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norfolk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Flackville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flackville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flackville
    • Flackville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Sisson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sisson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisson
    • Sisson is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Raymondville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Louisville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
      • Louisville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Canton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Canton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <2>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chipman. 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>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chipman) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chipman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7812, Longitude: -75.1960       In this case, the coordinates for Chipman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Chipman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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