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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 Deferiet (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 Deferiet. 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.

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

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Deferiet)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deferiet, with the one closest to Deferiet listed first.
    • Herrings
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herrings have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
      • Herrings is located in Jefferson County
      • Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
    • Great Bend
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Sterlingville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sterlingville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
      • Sterlingville is located in Jefferson County
    • Carthage
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
      • Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,256 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carthage <2>
    • West Carthage
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
      • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
    • Black River
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Evans Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Philadelphia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
      • Philadelphia is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <2>
    • Calcium
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calcium have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcium
      • Calcium is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calcium <2>
    • Natural Bridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Antwerp
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Watertown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Glen Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
      • Glen Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deferiet, with the one closest to Deferiet listed first.
    • Copenhagen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copenhagen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
      • Copenhagen is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copenhagen <2>
    • Denmark
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denmark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
    • Harrisburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harrisburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
    • Briggs Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
    • Castorland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castorland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castorland
      • Castorland is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castorland <2>
    • Forest City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Lewis County
    • Naumburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Naumburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
      • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
    • Indian River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Indian River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
      • Indian River is located in Lewis County
    • Lake Bonaparte
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bonaparte
      • Lake Bonaparte is located in Lewis County
    • New Boston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Boston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
    • Barnes Corners
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
    • Jerden Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jerden Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerden Falls
      • Jerden Falls is located in Lewis County
    • Croghan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Croghan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croghan
      • Croghan is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Croghan <2>
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deferiet, with the one closest to Deferiet listed first.
    • Somerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Somerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
      • Somerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Wegatchie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegatchie
      • Wegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Elmdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
      • Elmdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Gouverneur
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jayville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jayville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayville
      • Jayville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Schermerhorn Landing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schermerhorn Landing
      • Schermerhorn Landing is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Talcville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Talcville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talcville
      • Talcville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Hammond
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <2>
    • South Edwards
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edwards
      • South Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Edwards
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
      • Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Estimated population in 2012: 433 people
    • Richville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Coffins Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffins Mills
      • Coffins Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County

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

Cemeteries Near Deferiet ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deferiet.

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

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

  • F W Woolworth Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the F W Woolworth Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the F W Woolworth Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sheepfold Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheepfold Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheepfold Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cotes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cotes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cotes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clark Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. James Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Rutland Hollow Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rutland Hollow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rutland Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Sanford Corners Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanford Corners Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanford Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Champion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Champion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Champion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plank Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plank Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plank Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (151 more) ...
    • Swinburne Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swinburne Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swinburne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sunnyside Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Hollow Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandy Hollow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandy Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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>

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

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

  • Great Bend
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Felts Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felts Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felts Mills
    • Felts Mills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Felts Mills <2>
  • Sterlingville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sterlingville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
    • Sterlingville is located in Jefferson County
  • Black River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Champion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Champion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
    • Champion is located in Jefferson County
  • Carthage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
    • Carthage is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,256 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carthage <2>
  • North Wilna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Wilna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilna
    • North Wilna is located in Jefferson County
  • Evans Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Philadelphia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
    • Philadelphia is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <2>
  • Deer River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer River
    • Deer River is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer River <2>
  • Copenhagen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copenhagen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
    • Copenhagen is located in Lewis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copenhagen <2>
  • Natural Bridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • East Watertown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Watertown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Watertown
      • East Watertown is located in Jefferson County
    • Denmark
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denmark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
    • Antwerp
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Deferiet ...

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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deferiet.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deferiet, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deferiet.

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 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 Deferiet:

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

The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.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>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 Deferiet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Deferiet) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deferiet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0344, Longitude: -75.6795       In this case, the coordinates for Deferiet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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