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 High Bank (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 High Bank. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
High Bank is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Essex, Franklin, Chittenden (VT) & Grand Isle (VT).
Below are the counties that are near High Bank. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to High Bank:
- Clinton County (The home county of High Bank)
- The following are listed by their distance from High Bank, with the one closest to High Bank listed first.
- Standish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Standish is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
- Clayburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clayburg is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayburg
- Redford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lyon Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moffitsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moffitsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
- Dannemora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cadyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Black Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Black Brook is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Brook
- Harrigan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Harrigan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrigan
- Ellenburg Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Au Sable Forks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harkness
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harkness is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkness
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Bank, with the one closest to High Bank listed first.
- Wilmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Jay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Jay is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Upper Jay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Keeseville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Whiteface
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whiteface is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
- Lake Placid
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saranac Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ray Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Port Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Elba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Elba is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elba
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Bank, with the one closest to High Bank listed first.
- Alder Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alder Brook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Brook
- Merrillsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Merrillsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
- Franklin Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Franklin Falls is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Falls
- Brainardsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harrietstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
- Whippleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paul Smiths
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chateaugay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Burke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Malone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Skerry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Skerry is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
- Bangor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Isle County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from High Bank, with the one closest to High Bank listed first.
- Adams Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adams Landing is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Landing
- Keeler Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Keeler Bay is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler Bay
- Pearl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- South Hero
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- South Hero is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hero
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to High Bank, see our County-by-County Page for High Bank.
Cemeteries Near High Bank ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of High Bank.
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 High Bank - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for High Bank covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from High Bank, with the one closest to High Bank listed first.
- St. Rose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Merrillsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Cemetery
- The Independence Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patrick Cemetery
- Saranac Hollow Cemetery
- Saranac Independence Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153208 <2>
- State Prison Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- State Prison & Hospital Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- State Hospital Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin Falls Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Morningside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodspeed Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peasleeville Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
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 High Bank in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of High Bank.
These communities are listed based on their distance from High Bank, with the one closest to High Bank listed first.
- Standish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Standish is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
- Clayburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clayburg is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayburg
- Goldsmith
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsmith is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
- Redford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lyon Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alder Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alder Brook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Brook
- Moffitsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moffitsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
- Russia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Russia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
- Wolf Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wolf Pond is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Pond
- Loon Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Loon Lake is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Union Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union Falls is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Falls
- Saranac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Merrill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Merrill is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Dannemora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peasleeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Peasleeville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peasleeville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around High Bank. See our List of 1890's Communities around High Bank.
Newspapers Published in High Bank ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around High Bank.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of High Bank, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for High Bank.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 High Bank:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Grand Isle County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 High Bank, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- High Bank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |