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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 Heuvelton (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 Heuvelton. 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 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.

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

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

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

Cemeteries Near Heuvelton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heuvelton.

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

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

  • Hill Crest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Crest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Crest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Lona Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Lona Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Lona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Road Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walruth Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walruth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walruth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Flackville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flackville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flackville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sand Road Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kendrew Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kendrew Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kendrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Zophen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zophen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zophen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Notre Dame Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Notre Dame Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Notre Dame Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (148 more) ...
    • Old Notre Dame Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Notre Dame Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Notre Dame Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Davies Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davies Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davies Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Purmort Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Purmort Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Purmort Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Heuvelton had a population of 608 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Heuvelton had a population of 714 people.

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

  • Flackville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flackville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flackville
    • Flackville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • De Peyster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Peyster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Peyster
    • De Peyster is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Peyster <2>
  • Rensselaer Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer Falls
    • Rensselaer Falls is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer Falls <2>
  • Ogdensburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
    • Ogdensburg is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogdensburg <2>
  • De Kalb
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lisbon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • De Kalb Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Morley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
    • Morley is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Edwardsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
    • Edwardsville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Canton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Morristown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Pope Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Heuvelton ...

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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heuvelton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Heuvelton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Heuvelton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Heuvelton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5> of Heuvelton.

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 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 Heuvelton:

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

The official website for Saint Lawrence County: www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Heuvelton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Heuvelton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heuvelton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6201, Longitude: -75.4075    









 

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