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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 Old Forge (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 Old Forge. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Old Forge is located in Herkimer 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 Herkimer County: Fulton, Hamilton, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Herkimer County     (The home county of Old Forge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Forge, with the one closest to Old Forge listed first.
    • Thendara
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
    • Beaver River
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver River
      • Beaver River is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver River <2>
    • Gray
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Forge, with the one closest to Old Forge listed first.
    • Inlet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Raquette Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Morehouseville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
      • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Forge, with the one closest to Old Forge listed first.
    • Number Four
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Number Four have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
      • Number Four is located in Lewis County
    • Lyonsdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
    • Crystal Dale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
      • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
    • Greig
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Port Leyden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyons Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Petries Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
      • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
    • Collinsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
    • Glendale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Turin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Watson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
      • Watson is located in Lewis County
    • Constableville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Forge, with the one closest to Old Forge listed first.
    • Boonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Redmond Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
    • Remsen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Prospect
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint Lawrence County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Old Forge ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Forge.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Old Forge. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Old Forge and those printed in the larger area surrounding Old Forge.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of Old Forge.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Old Forge:

Cemeteries Near Old Forge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Forge.

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

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

  • Riverview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
  • Woodgate Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodgate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodgate Cemetery
  • Brantingham Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brantingham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brantingham Cemetery
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • Wetmore Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wetmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wetmore Cemetery
  • Sands Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sands Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sands Cemetery
  • Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burdicks Crossing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
  • Turin Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turin Cemetery
  • Collinsville Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collinsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collinsville Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Beechwood Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beechwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beechwood Cemetery
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...
    • Leyden Hill Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leyden Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leyden Hill Cemetery
    • Hayes Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hayes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hayes Cemetery
    • Wheelertown Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheelertown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheelertown 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 in 1895, Old Forge had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Minnehaha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnehaha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
    • Minnehaha is located in Herkimer County
  • Number Four
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Number Four have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
    • Number Four is located in Lewis County
  • Brantingham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brantingham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantingham
    • Brantingham is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brantingham <2>
  • Lyonsdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
  • Raquette Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal Dale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
    • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
  • Greig
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Lyons Falls
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Port Leyden
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Petries Corners
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
    • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
  • Collinsville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
  • Hawkinsville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
    • Hawkinsville is located in Oneida County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Forestport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestport
      • Forestport is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forestport <2>
    • Kirschnerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirschnerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirschnerville
      • Kirschnerville is located in Lewis County
    • Turin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>

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

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

The official website for Herkimer County: www.herkimercounty.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Forge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Forge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7101, Longitude: -74.9743       In this case, the coordinates for Old Forge 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 Old Forge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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