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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 Kosterville (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 Kosterville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Kosterville is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Herkimer, Jefferson, Oneida, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Lewis County     (The home county of Kosterville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kosterville, with the one closest to Kosterville listed first.
    • Lyonsdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Lyons Falls
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Port Leyden
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Collinsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Turin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Greig
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Constableville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Glendale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • East Martinsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
    • Martinsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Michigan Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
  • Hamilton County
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kosterville, with the one closest to Kosterville listed first.
    • Thendara
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
    • Northwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Grant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Russia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Beaver River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cold Brook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Poland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kosterville, with the one closest to Kosterville listed first.
    • Worth Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Carthage
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • West Carthage
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
    • Worth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kosterville, with the one closest to Kosterville listed first.
    • Boonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Redmond Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
    • Woodgate
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ava
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Point Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Point Rock is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
    • Frenchville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
    • Remsen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Westernville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • East Floyd
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
    • Prospect
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Barneveld
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Brookfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Brookfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
  • Oswego County

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

Cemeteries Near Kosterville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kosterville.

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

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

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

  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sands Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Turin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Collinsville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Leyden Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brantingham Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rural Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Contableville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contableville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Contableville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Constableville.
    • The Contableville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Contableville Rural Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65888 <2>
  • Collins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (123 more) ...
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Constableville.
    • Carpenter Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Lyonsdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
  • Lyons Falls
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Port Leyden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Collinsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
  • Turin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Greig
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Locust Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Grove is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Constableville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brantingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hawkinsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hawkinsville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
  • Glendale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mohawk Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Boonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • East Martinsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
    • Martinsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Kosterville ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kosterville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kosterville, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kosterville.

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 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 Kosterville:

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 Kosterville, 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- Kosterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.