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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 Harrigan (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 Harrigan. 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 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.

Harrigan is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Essex, Franklin, Chittenden (VT) & Grand Isle (VT).

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

  • Clinton County     (The home county of Harrigan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harrigan, with the one closest to Harrigan listed first.
    • Ellenburg Center
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Churubusco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lyon Mountain
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Standish
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
      • Standish is located in Clinton County
    • Altona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
      • Altona is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altona <1>
    • Dannemora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Woods Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Falls
      • Woods Falls is located in Clinton County
    • Mooers Forks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Moffitsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
      • Moffitsville is located in Clinton County
    • Redford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Mooers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sciola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
      • Sciola is located in Clinton County
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harrigan, with the one closest to Harrigan listed first.
    • Brainardsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Chateaugay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Burke
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Whippleville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Malone
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Constable
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bangor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Skerry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skerry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
    • Merrillsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
      • Merrillsville is located in Franklin County
    • Westville Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westville Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
    • West Bangor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
    • Brushton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Grand Isle County (VT)
    • Isle La Motte
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle La Motte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle La Motte
      • Isle La Motte is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people

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

Newspapers Published in Harrigan ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrigan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harrigan, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harrigan.

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 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 Harrigan:

Cemeteries Near Harrigan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harrigan.

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

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

  • West Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hill Cemetery
  • Star Road Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Star Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Star Road Cemetery
  • Hutchins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hutchins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hutchins Cemetery
  • Brainardsville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Morningside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morningside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morningside Cemetery
  • Merrill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merrill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merrill Cemetery
  • Bunker Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bunker Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunker Hill Cemetery
  • Bigelow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bigelow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bigelow Cemetery
  • St. Edmunds Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • East Side Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Side Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Sheldon Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheldon Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheldon Hill Cemetery
  • Continue List   (127 more) ...
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
    • Bellmont Center Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Earlville Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Earlville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Earlville Cemetery

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

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

  • Ellenburg Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Brainardsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Merrill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
    • Merrill is located in Clinton County
  • Ellenburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellenburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenburg
    • Ellenburg is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellenburg <1>
  • Churubusco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Chateaugay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ellenburg Depot
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellenburg Depot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenburg Depot
    • Ellenburg Depot is located in Clinton County
  • Clinton Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Mills
    • Clinton Mills is located in Clinton County
  • Lyon Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Forest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Forest is located in Clinton County
  • Thayer Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thayer Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer Corners
    • Thayer Corners is located in Franklin County
  • Burke
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Standish
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
      • Standish is located in Clinton County
    • Alder Bend
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alder Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Bend
      • Alder Bend is located in Clinton County
    • Irona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irona
      • Irona is located in Clinton County

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

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

The official website for Clinton County: www.co.clinton.ny.us/

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>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.
<3>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- Harrigan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harrigan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8536, Longitude: -73.9564       In this case, the coordinates for Harrigan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Harrigan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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