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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 Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Dickinson Center: Dickinson Ctr. (or less commonly used: Dickinson Cen., Dickinson Cent. or Dickinson Cntr.)

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 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.

Dickinson Center is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Clinton, Essex, Hamilton & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Dickinson Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickinson Center, with the one closest to Dickinson Center listed first.
    • Saint Regis Falls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Alburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
    • East Dickinson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Moira
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Brushton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • West Bangor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Skerry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Bangor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bombay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Malone
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Whippleville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Westville Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
    • Hogansburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickinson Center, with the one closest to Dickinson Center listed first.
    • Standish
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Standish is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
    • Harrigan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Harrigan is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrigan
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dickinson Center, with the one closest to Dickinson Center listed first.
    • Nicholville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hopkinton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Brasher Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Winthrop
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Parishville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Helena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brookdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Parishville Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
    • Sandfordville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville
    • West Stockholm
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Rooseveltown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • North Stockholm
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm

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

Cemeteries Near Dickinson Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dickinson 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 Dickinson Center - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ives Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Forest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mound Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • East Dickinson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Chesterfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Moira Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hill Crest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Develin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (143 more) ...
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Sunnyside Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Maple Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dickinson Center had a population of 361 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Dickinson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
  • Saint Regis Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Alburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Alburg is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
  • Nicholville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • East Dickinson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
  • Moira
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lawrenceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hopkinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
  • Santa Clara
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Santa Clara is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
  • West Bangor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
  • Brushton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • North Lawrence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • North Lawrence is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lawrence
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Fort Jackson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Fort Jackson is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jackson
    • Skerry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Bangor
      (10 miles [16.1 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 Dickinson Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dickinson Center.

Newspapers Published in Dickinson 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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dickinson Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dickinson Center, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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' (or 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- Dickinson Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.