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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 Eagle Bay (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 Eagle Bay. 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.

Eagle Bay is located in Herkimer 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 Herkimer County: Fulton, Hamilton, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Herkimer County     (The home county of Eagle Bay)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Bay, with the one closest to Eagle Bay listed first.
    • Beaver River
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Thendara
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Bay, with the one closest to Eagle Bay listed first.
    • Inlet
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Raquette Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Blue Mountain Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sabael
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Morehouseville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
    • Indian Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Piseco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Speculator
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Bay, with the one closest to Eagle Bay listed first.
    • Number Four
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Number Four is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
    • Crystal Dale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
    • Lyonsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Belfort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Belfort is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
    • Greig
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Petries Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
    • Port Leyden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Croghan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Lyons Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Collinsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • East Martinsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
    • Glendale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Oneida County
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Bay, with the one closest to Eagle Bay listed first.
    • Wanakena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Horseshoe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Horseshoe is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
    • Star Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Coffins Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Coffins Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffins Mills

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

Cemeteries Near Eagle Bay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle Bay.

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 Eagle Bay - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Riverview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodgate Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Brantingham Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Long Lake Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Wanakena Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Spruce Hill Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Cedar River Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Wetmore Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Fish Mtn. Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Sands Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wheelertown Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Huberts Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Old Forge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Raquette Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Minnehaha
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Minnehaha is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
  • Number Four
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Number Four is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
  • Blue Mountain Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Brantingham
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Long Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal Dale
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
  • Lyonsdale
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
  • Morehouseville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
  • Greig
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Piseco
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Rudeston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rudeston is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudeston
    • Indian Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Belfort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Belfort is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort

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

Newspapers Published in Eagle Bay ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Bay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle Bay, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eagle Bay.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Eagle Bay:

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>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- Eagle Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Eagle Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.