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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 Mohawk Hill (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 Mohawk Hill. 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.

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

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

  • Lewis County     (The home county of Mohawk Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mohawk Hill, with the one closest to Mohawk Hill listed first.
    • Constableville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • West Leyden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Turin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
      • Turin is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turin <1>
    • Collinsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
    • Port Leyden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyons Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Michigan Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
    • Leisher Mill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
    • Lyonsdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
    • Greig
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Glendale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Martinsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mohawk Hill, with the one closest to Mohawk Hill listed first.
    • Thendara
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
    • Russia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
    • Cold Brook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
      • Cold Brook is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cold Brook <1>
    • Poland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
      • Poland is located in Herkimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <1>
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mohawk Hill, with the one closest to Mohawk Hill listed first.
    • Worth Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worth Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
    • Worth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
    • Lorraine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East Rodman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Rodman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
      • East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
  • Madison County
    • Oneida Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mohawk Hill, with the one closest to Mohawk Hill listed first.
    • Redmond Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
    • Boonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ava
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Point Rock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
      • Point Rock is located in Oneida County
    • Frenchville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
    • Westernville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Brookfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Oneida County
    • Leisure Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
      • Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
    • Taberg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Camroden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camroden
      • Camroden is located in Oneida County
    • Blossvale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Camden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
      • Camden is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,142 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <1>
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mohawk Hill, with the one closest to Mohawk Hill listed first.
    • Redfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Chateaugay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chateaugay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
    • Altmar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altmar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altmar
      • Altmar is located in Oswego County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altmar <1>
    • Orwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Cleveland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
      • Cleveland is located in Oswego County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <1>
    • Albion Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
    • Nicholsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
      • Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
    • Dugway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dugway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
      • Dugway is located in Oswego County

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

Newspapers Published in Mohawk Hill ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mohawk Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mohawk Hill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mohawk Hill.

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 Mohawk Hill:

Cemeteries Near Mohawk Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mohawk Hill.

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

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

  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
  • West Leyden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Contableville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Contableville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65888 <4>
  • Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rural Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collins Cemetery
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Leyden Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leyden Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leyden Hill Cemetery
  • Ava Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ava Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ava Cemetery
  • Boonville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • Continue List   (177 more) ...
    • Collinsville Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collinsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collinsville Cemetery
    • Swancott Mill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Thorton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thorton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thorton Cemetery

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 Mohawk Hill had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Constableville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Leyden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Locust Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Locust Grove is located in Lewis County
  • Ava
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Boonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Port Leyden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Collinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
  • Turin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
    • Turin is located in Lewis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turin <1>
  • Lyons Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hawkinsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
    • Hawkinsville is located in Oneida County
  • Point Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
    • Point Rock is located in Oneida County
  • West Branch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
    • West Branch is located in Oneida County
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Dunn Brook
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunn Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Brook
      • Dunn Brook is located in Oneida County
    • Lyonsdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
    • Greig
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

The official website for Lewis County: www.lewiscountyny.org/

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mohawk Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mohawk Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5248, Longitude: -75.4696       In this case, the coordinates for Mohawk Hill 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 Mohawk Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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