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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 Western (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 Western. 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 hospitals 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.

North Western is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of North Western)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Western, with the one closest to North Western listed first.
    • Frenchville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
    • Westernville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Camroden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Camroden is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camroden
    • East Floyd
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
    • Ava
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Remsen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Redmond Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
    • Air City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Air City is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air City
    • Floyd
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Holland Patent
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Boonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Barneveld
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamilton County
    • Morehouseville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Western, with the one closest to North Western listed first.
    • Northwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Grant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Russia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Cold Brook
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Poland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Newport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gray
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Norway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Norway is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Old City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Old City is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • Norwich Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Middleville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Corrado Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Western, with the one closest to North Western listed first.
    • West Leyden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • Constableville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Port Leyden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Leisher Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Collinsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Lyons Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lyonsdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Turin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Michigan Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • Osceola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Greig
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Western, with the one closest to North Western listed first.
    • Oneida Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Oneida
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kenwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Valley Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Wampsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitelaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Canastota
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Munns
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Munns is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munns
    • Munnsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Clockville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Siloam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Siloam is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Cottons
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cottons is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Western, with the one closest to North Western listed first.
    • Redfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cleveland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Kasoag
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Kasoag is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
    • Nicholsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville

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

Cemeteries Near North Western ...

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

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

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

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

  • Frenchville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Carmichael Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Nisbet Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Stone Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • North Steuben Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Steuben Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Welsh Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Delta Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Penn Mtn. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Thorton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (256 more) ...
    • Ward Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Steuben Valley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cobin Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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 Western had a population of 190 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Westernville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Big Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Brook is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Brook
  • Dunn Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dunn Brook is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Brook
  • Steuben
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Steuben is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
  • Camroden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Camroden is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camroden
  • West Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • West Branch is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
  • Ridge Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridge Mills is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Mills
  • East Steuben
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • East Steuben is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
  • Ava
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lee Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Floyd
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Floyd is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Holland Patent
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Remsen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Alder Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rome
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rome is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,145 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>

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

Newspapers Published in North Western ...

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 180 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Western.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Western, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Western.

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 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 North Western:

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 Western, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- North Western) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.