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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 North Bangor (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 North Bangor. 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 North Bangor ...

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 North Bangor: N. Bangor

You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Bangor. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Bangor.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

North Bangor 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 North Bangor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Bangor:

  • Franklin County     (The home county of North Bangor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Bangor, with the one closest to North Bangor listed first.
    • Bangor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • West Bangor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Malone
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Skerry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Brushton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • East Dickinson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Whippleville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Westville Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
    • Constable
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Moira
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Alburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
    • Bombay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Covington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Bangor, with the one closest to North Bangor listed first.
    • Harrigan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Harrigan is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrigan
    • Churubusco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Ellenburg Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Standish
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Standish is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
    • Lyon Mountain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Bangor, with the one closest to North Bangor listed first.
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Nicholville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Helena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Rooseveltown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopkinton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Brasher Falls
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Winthrop
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Parishville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Massena Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
    • Massena
      (24 miles [38.6 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>
    • Sandfordville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville
    • North Stockholm
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm

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

Cemeteries Near North Bangor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Bangor.

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 North Bangor - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Augustine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • North Bangor Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Bangor Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Wylie Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Southworth Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Develin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dimmick Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brandon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Coal Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (122 more) ...
    • Webster Street Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • St. John Bosco Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Maple Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that North Bangor had a population of 327 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Bangor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • West Bangor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
  • Skerry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Skerry is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
  • Malone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Brushton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • East Dickinson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
  • Moira
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Fort Covington Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Covington Center is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Covington Center
  • Whippleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Westville Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
  • South Bombay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • South Bombay is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bombay
  • Alburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Alburg is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Dickinson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
    • Chasm Falls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chasm Falls is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chasm Falls
    • Bombay
      (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 North Bangor. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Bangor.

Newspapers Published in North Bangor ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Bangor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Bangor, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Bangor.

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 North Bangor:

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