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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 Cliff Haven (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 Cliff Haven. 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 Cliff Haven ...

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 Cliff Haven: Cliff Hvn. (or less commonly used: Cliff Havn.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cliff Haven. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cliff Haven.

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 doctors and 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.

Cliff Haven is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Essex, Franklin, Chittenden (VT) & Grand Isle (VT).

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

  • Clinton County     (The home county of Cliff Haven)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliff Haven, with the one closest to Cliff Haven listed first.
    • Parc
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Parc is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parc
    • Plattsburgh
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cumberland Head
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cumberland Head is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Head
    • Laphams Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Laphams Mills is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laphams Mills
    • Morrisonville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Peru
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West Plattsburgh
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • West Plattsburgh is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plattsburgh
    • Beekmantown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Beekmantown is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekmantown
    • Point Au Roche
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Point Au Roche is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Au Roche
    • West Beekmantown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • West Beekmantown is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Beekmantown
    • Ausable Chasm
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Ausable Chasm is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ausable Chasm
    • Cadyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliff Haven, with the one closest to Cliff Haven listed first.
    • Port Kent
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Keeseville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Port Douglass
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Port Douglass is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Douglass
    • Willsboro Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Willsboro Point is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willsboro Point
    • Willsboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • North Jay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • North Jay is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
    • Reber
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Reber is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reber
    • Jay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Craterclub
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Craterclub is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craterclub
    • Wilmington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lewis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lewis is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Upper Jay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliff Haven, with the one closest to Cliff Haven listed first.
    • Alder Brook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Alder Brook is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Brook
    • Franklin Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Franklin Falls is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Falls
    • Merrillsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Merrillsville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
  • Addison County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliff Haven, with the one closest to Cliff Haven listed first.
    • North Ferrisburgh Station
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • North Ferrisburgh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Chittenden County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliff Haven, with the one closest to Cliff Haven listed first.
    • Miltonboro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Miltonboro is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonboro
    • Colchester
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Colchester is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,102 people
    • Malletts Bay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Malletts Bay is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malletts Bay
      • Malletts Bay has also been known as:
      • Malets Bay
      • Maletts Bay
    • Checkerberry Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Checkerberry Village is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerberry Village
    • Milton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Milton is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,907 people
    • Milton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Burlington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Burlington is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,899 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <1>
    • Colchester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Winooski
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Winooski is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winooski
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winooski <1>
    • Queen City Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Queen City Park is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City Park
    • Essex Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Essex Junction is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Junction
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,793 people
    • Pages Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pages Corner is located in Chittenden County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
  • Franklin County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliff Haven, with the one closest to Cliff Haven listed first.
    • Georgia Plains
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Georgia Plains is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Plains
    • West Georgia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • West Georgia is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Georgia
    • Georgia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Georgia is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,806 people
    • East Georgia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • East Georgia is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Georgia
    • Saint Albans
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Albans is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,540 people
    • Oakland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Oakland is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • North Fairfax
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • North Fairfax is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfax
    • Saint Albans
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairfax
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Fairfax is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
    • Maquam
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Maquam is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maquam
    • Swanton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Swanton is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
    • Swanton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Swanton is located in Franklin County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swanton <1>
  • Grand Isle County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliff Haven, with the one closest to Cliff Haven listed first.
    • Keeler Bay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Keeler Bay is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler Bay
    • Pearl
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Pearl is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • South Hero
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • South Hero is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hero
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
    • Adams Landing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Adams Landing is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Landing
    • Grand Isle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
    • North Hero
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Isle La Motte
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Isle La Motte is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle La Motte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
    • Isle la Motte
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • North Hero
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • North Hero is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hero
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
    • Alburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Alburg is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Estimated population in 2011: 1,986 people
    • Alburg Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Alburg Center is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg Center
    • Alburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Alburg is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Estimated population in 2012: 499 people
  • Lamoille County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliff Haven, with the one closest to Cliff Haven listed first.
    • Cambridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Cambridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Cambridge is located in Lamoille County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,817 people
    • Jeffersonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Cliff Haven ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cliff Haven.

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 Cliff Haven - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gilliland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Peter's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Pierce Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Irish Settlement Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Blockhouse Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Schuyler Falls Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Augustine Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Baggs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • South Hero Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Stafford Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (261 more) ...
    • Hoag Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Quaker & Macomber Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Baker Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Cliff Haven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cliff Haven.

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

  • South Plattsburgh
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • South Plattsburgh is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Plattsburgh
  • Salmon River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Salmon River is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River
  • Plattsburgh
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Valcour
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Valcour is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valcour
  • Laphams Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Laphams Mills is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laphams Mills
  • Keeler Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Keeler Bay is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler Bay
  • Pearl
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pearl is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • Schuyler Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • East Beekmantown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • East Beekmantown is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Beekmantown
  • Peru
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • South Hero
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Morrisonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • West Plattsburgh
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • West Plattsburgh is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plattsburgh
    • Beekmantown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Beekmantown is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekmantown
    • Grand Isle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cliff Haven ...

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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cliff Haven.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cliff Haven, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cliff Haven.

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 either 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 Cliff Haven:

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 Cliff Haven, 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- Cliff Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.