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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 Morristown (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 Morristown. 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.

Morristown is located in Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence County: Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson & Lewis.

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

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Morristown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morristown, with the one closest to Morristown listed first.
    • Brier Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Galilee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galilee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee
      • Galilee is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Lost Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Village
      • Lost Village is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Pope Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Mills
      • Pope Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • North Hammond
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hammond
      • North Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Hammond
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
    • Heuvelton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Ogdensburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Ogdensburg is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,388 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogdensburg <1>
    • Schermerhorn Landing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schermerhorn Landing
      • Schermerhorn Landing is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • De Kalb
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
      • De Kalb is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Rensselaer Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer Falls
      • Rensselaer Falls is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer Falls <1>
    • Elmdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
      • Elmdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morristown, with the one closest to Morristown listed first.
    • Redwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Alexandria Bay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexandria Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexandria Bay
      • Alexandria Bay is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,012 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexandria Bay <1>
    • Browns Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corners
      • Browns Corners is located in Jefferson County
    • Antwerp
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Theresa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
      • Theresa is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
    • Omar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
      • Omar is located in Jefferson County
    • Thousand Island Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Murray Isle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Philadelphia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
      • Philadelphia is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Morristown ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morristown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morristown, 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 Morristown.

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 either 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 Morristown:

Cemeteries Near Morristown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morristown.

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

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunnyside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyside Cemetery
  • St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Brockville (ON).
    • The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Oakland Anglican and Protestant Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1791202 <4>
  • Old Protestant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Old St. Peters Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Roselawn Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Black Lake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Lake Cemetery
  • Davies Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davies Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davies Cemetery
  • Lyn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (143 more) ...

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 Morristown had a population of 472 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Morristown had a population of 376 people.

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

  • Brier Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Edwardsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
    • Edwardsville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Pope Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Mills
    • Pope Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • North Hammond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hammond
    • North Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Hammond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
  • De Peyster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Peyster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Peyster
    • De Peyster is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Peyster <1>
  • Chippewa Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chippewa Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Bay
    • Chippewa Bay is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Bay <1>
  • Heuvelton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Brasie Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brasie Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasie Corners
    • Brasie Corners is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Ogdensburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
    • Ogdensburg is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogdensburg <1>
  • South Hammond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hammond
    • South Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Rossie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
    • Rossie is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • De Kalb
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
      • De Kalb is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Flackville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flackville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flackville
      • Flackville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Elmdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
      • Elmdale is located in Saint Lawrence County

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

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

The official website for Saint Lawrence County: www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morristown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morristown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5842, Longitude: -75.6453       In this case, the coordinates for Morristown 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 Morristown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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