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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 East Herkimer (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 East Herkimer. 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 East Herkimer ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for East Herkimer: E. Herkimer

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

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

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

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

Cemeteries Near East Herkimer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Herkimer.

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

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

  • Ft. Herkimer Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Herkimer Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Herkimer Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Spirit Polish Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Spirit Polish Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Spirit Polish Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mohawk Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Armory Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Heath Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heath Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heath Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eaton's Bush Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eaton's Bush Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eaton's Bush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Agnes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Paine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Fairview Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Warren Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warren Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warren Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Edick Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edick Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 East Herkimer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Herkimer.

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

  • Herkimer
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Mohawk
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jacksonburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Kast Bridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Eatonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eatonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatonville
    • Eatonville is located in Herkimer County
  • Ilion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ilion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
  • Edicks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Paines Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • East Schuyler
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Schuyler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Schuyler
    • East Schuyler is located in Herkimer County
  • Frankfort
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
  • Middleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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    • Deck
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Newville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
      • Newville is located in Herkimer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Newville
      • From East Herkimer to Newville
    • Fairfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Herkimer County

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

Newspapers Published in East Herkimer ...

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 176 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Herkimer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Herkimer, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Herkimer.

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 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 East Herkimer:

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

The official website for Herkimer County: www.herkimercounty.org/

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>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.
<3>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.
<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 East Herkimer, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Herkimer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Herkimer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0310, Longitude: -74.9646    









 

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