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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 Newbridge (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 Newbridge. 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 doctors and 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.

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

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

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Newbridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newbridge, with the one closest to Newbridge listed first.
    • Newton Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Degrasse
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Degrasse is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degrasse
    • Lower Oswegatchie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lower Oswegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Oswegatchie
    • Cranberry Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Oswegatchie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Clare
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Clare is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
    • Star Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Coffins Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Coffins Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffins Mills
    • Wanakena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Palmerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Palmerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
    • South Edwards
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • South Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edwards
    • Sevey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newbridge, with the one closest to Newbridge listed first.
    • Altamont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Altamont is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Tupper Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Herkimer County
  • Jefferson County
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newbridge, with the one closest to Newbridge listed first.
    • Harrisville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Bonaparte
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Bonaparte is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bonaparte
    • Jerden Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jerden Falls is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerden Falls
    • Indian River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian River is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
    • Number Four
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Number Four is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
    • Belfort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Belfort is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort

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

Cemeteries Near Newbridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newbridge.

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

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

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

  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oswegatchie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cranberry Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Huberts Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Wanakena Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • South Edwards Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • East Pitcairn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Russell Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (68 more) ...
    • Cook Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • North Russell Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pierrepont Hill Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Degrasse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Degrasse is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degrasse
  • Fine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Oswegatchie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Benson Mines
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Benson Mines is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Mines
  • Cranberry Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Coffins Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Coffins Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffins Mills
  • Clare
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clare is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
  • South Russell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • South Russell is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
  • South Edwards
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • South Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edwards
  • Sevey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
  • East Pitcairn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • East Pitcairn is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pitcairn
  • Jayville ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jayville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hollywood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hollywood is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
    • Russell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Edwards
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
      • Estimated population in 2012: 433 people

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

Newspapers Published in Newbridge ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newbridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newbridge, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newbridge.

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 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 Newbridge:

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