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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 Pyrites (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 Pyrites. 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 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.

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

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

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Pyrites)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pyrites, with the one closest to Pyrites listed first.
    • Hermon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon
      • Hermon is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Estimated population in 2017: 405 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermon <1>
    • De Kalb Junction
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Canton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Canton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <1>
    • West Pierrepont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pierrepont
      • West Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Russell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Palmerville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
      • Palmerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • De Kalb
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
      • De Kalb is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Pierrepont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierrepont
      • Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Rensselaer Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer Falls
      • Rensselaer Falls is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer Falls <1>
    • Clare
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clare. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
      • Clare is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Slab City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
      • Slab City is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Colton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pyrites, with the one closest to Pyrites listed first.
    • Oxbow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Antwerp
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pyrites, with the one closest to Pyrites listed first.
    • Harrisville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Lake Bonaparte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bonaparte
      • Lake Bonaparte is located in Lewis County

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

Cemeteries Near Pyrites ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pyrites.

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

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

  • North Russell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Russell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Russell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • King Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clark Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jerusalem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jerusalem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jerusalem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Henrys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Henrys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Henrys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East DeKalb Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East DeKalb Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East DeKalb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Hermon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hermon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hermon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • Norton Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Kendrew Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kendrew Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kendrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pierrepont Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierrepont Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pierrepont Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Hermon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon
    • Hermon is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Estimated population in 2017: 405 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermon <1>
  • North Russell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Russell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Russell
    • North Russell is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • De Kalb Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Canton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Canton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <1>
  • Russell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • West Pierrepont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pierrepont
    • West Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Crary Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crary Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crary Mills
    • Crary Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • De Kalb
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
    • De Kalb is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Pierrepont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierrepont
    • Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Rensselaer Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer Falls
    • Rensselaer Falls is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer Falls <1>
  • Clare
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clare. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
    • Clare is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Bigelow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bigelow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
    • Bigelow is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • South Russell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Russell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
      • South Russell is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Morley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
      • Morley is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Richville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Pyrites ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pyrites.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pyrites, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pyrites.

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 Pyrites:

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

The official website for Saint Lawrence County: www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/

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

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 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Pyrites, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Pyrites) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pyrites. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5148, Longitude: -75.1858       In this case, the coordinates for Pyrites have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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