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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 Rutland Center (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 Rutland Center. 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 Rutland Center ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Rutland Center: Rutland Ctr. (or less commonly used: Rutland Cen., Rutland Cent. or Rutland Cntr.)

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

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Rutland Center is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Lewis, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Rutland Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rutland Center, with the one closest to Rutland Center listed first.
    • Black River
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Calcium
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Watertown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • East Rodman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
    • Great Bend
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Deferiet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Herrings
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Herrings is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
      • Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
    • Glen Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Glen Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
    • West Carthage
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
    • Evans Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Brownville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Paddy Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Paddy Hill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddy Hill
    • Alverson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rutland Center, with the one closest to Rutland Center listed first.
    • Copenhagen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Barnes Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • Denmark
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • New Boston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Harrisburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Briggs Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
    • Castorland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Rector
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Naumburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
    • Parkers
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Forest City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Forest City is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Lowville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • West Martinsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rutland Center, with the one closest to Rutland Center listed first.
    • Smartville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Lacona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chateaugay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Orwell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Redfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Richland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rutland Center, with the one closest to Rutland Center listed first.
    • Somerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Somerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
    • Wegatchie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegatchie
    • Elmdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Elmdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale

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

Cemeteries Near Rutland Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rutland Center.

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 Rutland Center - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Maple Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rutland Hollow Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Underwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cotes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Watertown.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64662 <2>
  • South Champion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Degel Israel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sanford Corners Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (160 more) ...

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>

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

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

  • East Watertown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • East Watertown is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Watertown
  • Black River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Champion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Champion is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Felts Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Watertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • East Rodman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
  • Copenhagen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Great Bend
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rices
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Rices is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices
  • East Hounsfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • East Hounsfield is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hounsfield
  • Evans Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rodman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Barnes Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • Brownville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Deer River
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Rutland Center ...

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 153 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rutland Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rutland Center, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rutland Center.

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 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 Rutland Center:

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