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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 Deerfield (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 Deerfield. 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 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.

Deerfield is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Deerfield)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
    • Utica
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Yorkville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • New York Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Whitesboro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
      • Whitesboro is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,582 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesboro <1>
    • Marcy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • New Hartford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
      • New Hartford is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
    • Oriskany
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriskany have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriskany
      • Oriskany is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriskany <1>
    • Holland Patent
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland Patent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Patent
      • Holland Patent is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holland Patent <1>
    • North Gage
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Gage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gage
      • North Gage is located in Oneida County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to North Gage
      • From Deerfield to North Gage
    • Sauquoit
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Clark Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clark Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Mills
      • Clark Mills is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clark Mills <1>
    • Clinton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Clinton is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,693 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <1>
  • Chenango County
    • Button City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Button City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
      • Button City is located in Chenango County
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
    • Crum Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Emmonsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Emmonsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmonsburg
      • Emmonsburg is located in Fulton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Emmonsburg
      • From Deerfield to Emmonsburg
    • Middle Sprite
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Hamilton County
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
    • Norwich Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Corrado Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Frankfort
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
      • Frankfort is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,403 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankfort <1>
    • Newport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
      • Newport is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <1>
    • Poland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
      • Poland is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <1>
    • Kast Bridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Old City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
      • Old City is located in Herkimer County
    • Cold Brook
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
      • Cold Brook is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cold Brook <1>
    • Russia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Russia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Russia
      • From Deerfield to Russia
    • Ilion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ilion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilion
      • Ilion is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,616 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilion <1>
    • Middleville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Mohawk
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewis County
  • Madison County
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
    • Mindenville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Saint Johnsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Johnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsville
      • Saint Johnsville is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,670 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Johnsville <1>
    • Brookman Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hallsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Otsego County

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

Cemeteries Near Deerfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deerfield.

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

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

  • Weeber Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weeber Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weeber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Deerfield - Schuyler Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deerfield - Schuyler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deerfield - Schuyler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sherman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Agnes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Agnes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Agnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Forest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Forest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Forest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (373 more) ...
    • Ferguson Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferguson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ferguson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • West Schuyler Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Schuyler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Schuyler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Tanner Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tanner Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tanner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Deerfield had a population of 691 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Yorkville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Utica
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Maynard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maynard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
    • Maynard is located in Oneida County
  • West Schuyler
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Schuyler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Schuyler
    • West Schuyler is located in Herkimer County
  • New York Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
    • Harbor is located in Herkimer County
  • Whitesboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
    • Whitesboro is located in Oneida County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,582 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesboro <1>
  • New Hartford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
    • New Hartford is located in Oneida County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
  • Washington Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
    • Washington Mills is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington Mills <1>
  • Marcy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • South Trenton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Trenton
    • South Trenton is located in Oneida County
  • Oriskany
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriskany have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriskany
    • Oriskany is located in Oneida County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriskany <1>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Chadwicks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chadwicks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwicks
      • Chadwicks is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chadwicks <1>
    • Norwich Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Stittville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stittville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stittville
      • Stittville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stittville <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Deerfield ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deerfield.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deerfield, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deerfield.

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 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 Deerfield:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Deerfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Oneida County: www.co.oneida.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Deerfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Deerfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deerfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1226, Longitude: -75.2099    









 

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