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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 Pickettville (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 Pickettville. 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 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.

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

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Pickettville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pickettville, with the one closest to Pickettville listed first.
    • Parishville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Parishville Center
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
    • Willisville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Willisville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
    • West Parishville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville
    • Colton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • South Colton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Coney Island
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Coney Island is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
    • Hannawa Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hopkinton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Potsdam
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Potsdam is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,796 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Potsdam <1>
    • West Stockholm
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Nicholville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pickettville, with the one closest to Pickettville listed first.
    • Saint Regis Falls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Alburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
    • East Dickinson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Moira
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Brushton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • West Bangor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Skerry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Bangor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bombay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hogansburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Fort Covington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Altamont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Altamont is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont

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

Cemeteries Near Pickettville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pickettville.

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

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Willisville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Mound Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Garfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Garfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Potsdam.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64617 <3>
  • Old St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old St. Marys Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Potsdam.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65537 <3>
  • Parmeter Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Russell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (147 more) ...
    • Coulon Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ft. Jackson Hopkinton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<4>

While we didn't find Pickettville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pickettville.

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

  • Parishville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Parishville Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
  • Southville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Southville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville
  • West Parishville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville
  • Colton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • South Colton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hannawa Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • West Stockholm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hopkinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
  • Fort Jackson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Jackson is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jackson
  • Potsdam
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Potsdam is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Potsdam <1>
  • Nicholville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Buckton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Buckton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckton
    • Pierrepont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierrepont
    • Stockholm Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Stockholm Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm Center

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

Newspapers Published in Pickettville ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pickettville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pickettville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pickettville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pickettville:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pickettville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Pickettville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.