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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 Fay (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 Fay. 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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Fay)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fay, with the one closest to Fay listed first.
    • Constable
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Malone
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Westville Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
    • Whippleville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bangor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West Bangor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Burke
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Skerry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Brushton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Covington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • East Dickinson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Moira
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bombay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fay, with the one closest to Fay listed first.
    • Harrigan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Harrigan is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrigan
    • Churubusco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Ellenburg Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Standish
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Standish is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
    • Lyon Mountain
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fay, with the one closest to Fay listed first.
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Helena
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Rooseveltown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Nicholville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Brasher Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hopkinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Winthrop
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Massena Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
    • Massena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Massena is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massena <1>
    • Brookdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Parishville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West Stockholm
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandfordville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville

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

Cemeteries Near Fay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fay.

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 Fay - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Dimmick Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Wylie Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. John Bosco Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Constable Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constable Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Constable Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Constable.
    • The Constable Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Irish Cemetery
    • Irish Street Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217364 <2>
  • United Methodist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Coal Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • North Bangor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Augustine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Webster Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (109 more) ...

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

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

  • Malone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • North Bangor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Westville Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
  • Bangor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Whippleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • West Bangor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
  • Trout River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Trout River is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout River
  • Fort Covington Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Covington Center is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Covington Center
  • Skerry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Skerry is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
  • Burke
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Sun
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sun is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
  • Brushton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • East Dickinson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Thayer Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Thayer Corners is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer Corners
    • Fort Covington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Fay ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fay, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fay.

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 Fay:

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 Fay, 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 from Point A (ie- Fay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.