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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 Dadville (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 Dadville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

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

  • Lewis County     (The home county of Dadville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dadville, with the one closest to Dadville listed first.
    • Lowville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Watson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Watson is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
    • West Martinsburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
    • Martinsburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • East Martinsburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
    • Petries Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
    • Castorland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Briggs Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
    • Naumburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
    • Glendale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harrisburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Croghan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dadville, with the one closest to Dadville listed first.
    • Thendara
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
    • Beaver River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dadville, with the one closest to Dadville listed first.
    • Carthage
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • West Carthage
      (13 miles [20.9 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
    • Herrings
      (17 miles [27.4 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
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Deferiet
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Great Bend
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • East Rodman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
    • Worth Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Worth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Black River
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Calcium
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sterlingville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dadville, with the one closest to Dadville listed first.
    • Boonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Redmond Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
    • Woodgate
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ava
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Point Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Point Rock is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dadville, with the one closest to Dadville listed first.
    • Redfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Smartville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Chateaugay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Orwell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • Jayville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jayville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayville

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

Cemeteries Near Dadville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dadville.

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

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

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

  • Ebblie Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Beaches Bridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Ashback Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Martinsburg Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Wetmore Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Basselin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Stephens Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (120 more) ...
    • Gallup Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Carpenter Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Lowville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Watson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Watson is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
  • New Bremen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • New Bremen is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bremen
  • West Martinsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
  • Bushes Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bushes Landing is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushes Landing
  • Martinsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • East Martinsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
  • Castorland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Petries Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
  • Glendale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Beaver Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Harrisburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Naumburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
    • Windecker
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Windecker is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windecker
    • Crystal Dale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale

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

Newspapers Published in Dadville ...

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 Dadville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dadville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dadville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Dadville:

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 '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- Dadville) 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 Dadville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.