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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 Fort Jackson (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 Fort Jackson. 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 Fort Jackson ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Jackson: Ft. Jackson

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fort Jackson. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Jackson.

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.

Fort Jackson is located in Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence County: Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson & Lewis.

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

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Fort Jackson)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Jackson, with the one closest to Fort Jackson listed first.
    • Hopkinton
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Nicholville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Brasher Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Winthrop
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Parishville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandfordville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville
    • West Stockholm
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Parishville Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
    • Brookdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • North Stockholm
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • West Parishville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville
    • Potsdam
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Potsdam is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,796 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Potsdam <1>
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Jackson, with the one closest to Fort Jackson listed first.
    • Saint Regis Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Alburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
    • East Dickinson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Moira
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brushton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • West Bangor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Skerry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Bangor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bombay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hogansburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fort Covington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Malone
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Westville Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center

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

Cemeteries Near Fort Jackson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Jackson.

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 Fort Jackson - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ft. Jackson Hopkinton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mound Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Willis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chesterfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hailville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • East Part Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hill Crest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Holmes Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (144 more) ...
    • Hillcrest Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Patrick Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Fairview 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 Fort Jackson had a population of 153 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Hopkinton
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
  • Nicholville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Buckton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckton
  • Lawrenceville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stockholm Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockholm Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm Center
  • Southville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Southville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville
  • Parishville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brasher Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Dickinson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
  • Winthrop
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • North Lawrence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • North Lawrence is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lawrence
  • Saint Regis Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Dickinson Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Alburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
    • West Stockholm
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Fort Jackson ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Jackson.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Jackson, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Jackson.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Fort Jackson:

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 Fort Jackson, 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- Fort Jackson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.