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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 Malone Junction (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 Malone Junction. 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.

Name Variations for Malone Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Malone Junction: Malone Jct. (or less commonly used: Malone Jctn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 hospitals and 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.

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

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Malone Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Malone Junction, with the one closest to Malone Junction listed first.
    • Malone
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Whippleville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Constable
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Burke
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bangor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Westville Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
    • Skerry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • West Bangor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Chateaugay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Brainardsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Brushton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • East Dickinson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Malone Junction, with the one closest to Malone Junction listed first.
    • Harrigan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Harrigan is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrigan
    • Churubusco
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ellenburg Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Lyon Mountain
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Standish
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Standish is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
    • Clayburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Clayburg is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayburg
    • Dannemora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Redford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Moffitsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Moffitsville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
    • Altona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Malone Junction, with the one closest to Malone Junction listed first.
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Nicholville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Helena
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Rooseveltown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hopkinton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Brasher Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Winthrop
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Parishville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Massena Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
    • Massena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Massena is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massena <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Malone Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Malone Junction.

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 Malone Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Morningside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Notre Dame Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. John Bosco Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Webster Street Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dimmick Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Constable Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constable Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Constable Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Constable.
    • The Constable Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Irish Cemetery
    • Irish Street Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217364 <2>
  • United Methodist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Kimpton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pike Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (113 more) ...
    • St. George Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Burke Center Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Howard Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Malone
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Whippleville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bangor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Burke
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • North Bangor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Chasm Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Chasm Falls is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chasm Falls
  • Thayer Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Thayer Corners is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer Corners
  • Sun
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sun is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
  • West Bangor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
  • Skerry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Skerry is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
  • Westville Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
  • Trout River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Trout River is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout River
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Chateaugay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Brainardsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Fort Covington Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Covington Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Covington Center

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

Newspapers Published in Malone Junction ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Malone Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Malone Junction, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Malone Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Malone Junction:

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 Malone Junction, 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' (or 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- Malone Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.