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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 Jewettville (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 Jewettville. 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.

Jewettville is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Lewis, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Jewettville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jewettville, with the one closest to Jewettville listed first.
    • Sackets Harbor
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pillar Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
    • Boultons Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
    • Alverson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
    • Dexter
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Adams Cove is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cove
    • Limerick
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Brownville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Paddy Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Paddy Hill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddy Hill
    • Glen Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Glen Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
    • Point Peninsula
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Point Peninsula is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peninsula
    • Lyon Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Adams Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jewettville, with the one closest to Jewettville listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Copenhagen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Rector
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Denmark
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Harrisburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Parkers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Briggs Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
    • Castorland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Naumburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jewettville, with the one closest to Jewettville listed first.
    • Lacona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Smartville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Orwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pulaski
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Richland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Chateaugay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Daysville Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Daysville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Altmar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Jewettville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jewettville.

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 Jewettville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Military Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Ferry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Stone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rices Corners Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Muskalonge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ingerson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Luther Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sherwin Bay Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • North Adams Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fields Settlement Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Brownville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dexter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (152 more) ...
    • Grow Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pt. Salubrious Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Graves Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<4>

While we didn't find Jewettville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jewettville.

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

  • Sackets Harbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pillar Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
  • Alverson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
  • Dexter
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Smithville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • East Hounsfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • East Hounsfield is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hounsfield
  • Limerick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rices
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Rices is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices
  • Brownville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Adams Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Point Peninsula
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Point Peninsula is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peninsula
  • Henderson Harbor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Henderson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Chaumont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Watertown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Jewettville ...

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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jewettville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jewettville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jewettville.

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 helpful 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 Jewettville:

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>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- Jewettville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Jewettville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.