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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 Hogansburg (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 Hogansburg. 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 hospitals 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.

Hogansburg is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Clinton, Essex, Hamilton & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Hogansburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hogansburg, with the one closest to Hogansburg listed first.
    • Bombay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Covington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Moira
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brushton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Westville Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Alburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
    • East Dickinson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • West Bangor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
    • Bangor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Constable
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Skerry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Malone
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hogansburg, with the one closest to Hogansburg listed first.
    • Rooseveltown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Helena
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Massena Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massena Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Massena
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena
      • Massena is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massena <1>
    • Winthrop
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymondville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hopkinton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Nicholville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Norfolk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norfolk have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
      • Norfolk is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norfolk <1>
    • North Stockholm
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
      • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Sandfordville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville
      • Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • West Stockholm
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Hogansburg ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hogansburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hogansburg, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hogansburg.

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 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 Hogansburg:

Cemeteries Near Hogansburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hogansburg.

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

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

  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Mohawk Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mohawk Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mohawk Memorial Cemetery
  • Precious Blood Catholic Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Trinity Anglican Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Carville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carville Cemetery
  • Brasher Iron Works Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brasher Iron Works Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brasher Iron Works Cemetery
  • Hillside Rest Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Rest Cemetery
  • St. Columban's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Hill Cemetery
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
  • Continue List   (141 more) ...
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Nevins Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nevins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nevins Cemetery
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hogansburg had a population of 390 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Helena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brasher Iron Works
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brasher Iron Works have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Bombay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • South Bombay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bombay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bombay
    • South Bombay is located in Franklin County
  • Fort Covington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fort Covington Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Covington Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Covington Center
    • Fort Covington Center is located in Franklin County
  • Massena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena
    • Massena is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,122 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massena <1>
  • Massena Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massena Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
    • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • North Lawrence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lawrence
    • North Lawrence is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Moira
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brasher Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brasher Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Falls
    • Brasher Falls is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brasher Falls <1>
  • Brushton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Winthrop
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawrenceville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrenceville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
      • Lawrenceville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrenceville <1>
    • Westville Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • 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

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

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

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hogansburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hogansburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9731, Longitude: -74.6654       In this case, the coordinates for Hogansburg 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 Hogansburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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