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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 Goulds Mill (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 Goulds Mill. 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 Goulds Mill ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Goulds Mill: Goulds Ml. (or less commonly used: Goulds Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Goulds Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Goulds Mill may originally have been Gould's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Goulds Mill might be written as Gould Mill.

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

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 hospitals and 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.

Goulds Mill is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Herkimer, Jefferson, Oneida, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Lewis County     (The home county of Goulds Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goulds Mill, with the one closest to Goulds Mill listed first.
    • Lyonsdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Lyons Falls
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Port Leyden
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Collinsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Turin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Greig
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Constableville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Glendale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • East Martinsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
    • Martinsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Michigan Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
  • Hamilton County
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goulds Mill, with the one closest to Goulds Mill listed first.
    • Thendara
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
    • Northwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Grant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Russia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Beaver River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cold Brook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Poland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gray
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goulds Mill, with the one closest to Goulds Mill listed first.
    • Worth Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • West Carthage
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
    • Carthage
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Worth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goulds Mill, with the one closest to Goulds Mill listed first.
    • Boonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Redmond Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
    • Woodgate
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ava
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Point Rock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Point Rock is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
    • Frenchville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
    • Remsen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Westernville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • East Floyd
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
    • Prospect
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Barneveld
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Brookfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Brookfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goulds Mill, with the one closest to Goulds Mill listed first.
    • Redfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Kasoag
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Kasoag is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag

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

Cemeteries Near Goulds Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goulds Mill.

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 Goulds Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Collinsville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Leyden Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Turin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sands Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Contableville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contableville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Contableville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Constableville.
    • The Contableville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Contableville Rural Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65888 <3>
  • Rural Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Constableville.
  • Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (125 more) ...
    • Brantingham Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carpenter Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Port Leyden
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lyonsdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
  • Lyons Falls
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Collinsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
  • Locust Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Grove is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Turin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Constableville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brantingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Greig
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mohawk Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
  • Boonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hawkinsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hawkinsville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Glendale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • East Martinsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
    • Martinsburg
      (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 Goulds Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goulds Mill.

Newspapers Published in Goulds Mill ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goulds Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goulds Mill, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goulds Mill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Goulds Mill:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Goulds Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Goulds Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.