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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 Clark Point (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 Clark Point. 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 Clark Point ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Clark Point: Clark Pt.

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 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.

Clark Point is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Lewis, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Clark Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Point, with the one closest to Clark Point listed first.
    • Henderson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jefferson Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Belleville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Woodville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Lyon Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Ellisburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Boultons Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
    • Sackets Harbor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Point Peninsula
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Point Peninsula is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peninsula
    • Pillar Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
    • Mannsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Adams Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Point, with the one closest to Clark Point listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Rector
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Copenhagen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Parkers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Point, with the one closest to Clark Point listed first.
    • Sandy Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lacona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Daysville Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Pulaski
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Smartville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Daysville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Richland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Texas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Arthur
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Orwell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chateaugay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Albion Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Altmar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Clark Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clark Point.

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 Clark Point - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Stowles Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Carpenter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • North Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallea Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bishop Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mixer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bigelow Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Grow Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Saxe Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (149 more) ...
    • Giddingsville Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Rices Corners Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Henderson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Henderson Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rural Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
  • Woodville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Belleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ellisburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Smithville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Sackets Harbor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mannsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pierrepont Manor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Adams
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Adams is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
  • Pillar Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Point Peninsula
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Point Peninsula is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peninsula
    • Adams Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Alverson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson

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

Newspapers Published in Clark Point ...

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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clark Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clark Point, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clark Point.

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 Clark Point:

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>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- Clark Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Clark Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.