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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 Diana Center (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 Diana Center. 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 Diana Center ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Diana Center: Diana Ctr. (or less commonly used: Diana Cen., Diana Cent. or Diana Cntr.)
  • You might see Diana Centre instead of Diana Center.

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.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

  • Lewis County     (The home county of Diana Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Diana Center, with the one closest to Diana Center listed first.
    • Lake Bonaparte
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Bonaparte is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bonaparte
    • Harrisville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian River is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
    • Jerden Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jerden Falls is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerden Falls
    • Forest City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Forest City is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Belfort
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Belfort is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
    • Croghan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Naumburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
    • Castorland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Briggs Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
    • Denmark
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Copenhagen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Herkimer County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Diana Center, with the one closest to Diana Center listed first.
    • Natural Bridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Carthage
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Antwerp
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Carthage
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
    • Herrings
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Herrings is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
      • Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
    • Deferiet
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Sterlingville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
    • Great Bend
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Philadelphia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Oxbow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Black River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Evans Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Diana Center, with the one closest to Diana Center listed first.
    • Jayville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jayville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayville
    • Somerville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Somerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
    • Talcville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Talcville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talcville
    • South Edwards
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • South Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edwards
    • Wegatchie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegatchie
    • Coffins Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Coffins Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffins Mills
    • Gouverneur
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Edwards
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
      • Estimated population in 2012: 433 people
    • Oswegatchie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Star Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Elmdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Elmdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
    • Lower Oswegatchie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lower Oswegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Oswegatchie

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

Cemeteries Near Diana Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Diana Center.

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 Diana Center - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

  • Natural Bridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lake Bonaparte
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Bonaparte is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bonaparte
  • Indian River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian River is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
  • Jerden Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerden Falls is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerden Falls
  • Harrisville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • North Wilna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • North Wilna is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilna
  • Carthage
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pitcairn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pitcairn is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcairn
  • Belfort
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Belfort is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
  • Antwerp
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Deer River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Naumburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Croghan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Sterlingville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
    • Castorland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Diana Center ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Diana Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Diana Center, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Diana Center.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Diana Center:

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 Diana Center, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Diana Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.