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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 Sackets Harbor (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 Sackets Harbor. 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 Sackets Harbor ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Sackets Harbor: Sackets Hbr. (or less commonly used: Sackets Harb. or Sackets Hrbr.)
  • While the name of this village is Sackets Harbor, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sackets Harbor may originally have been Sacket's Harbor.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sackets Harbor might be written as Sacket Harbor.

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 southwest 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 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.

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Sackets Harbor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sackets Harbor, with the one closest to Sackets Harbor listed first.
    • Boultons Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
    • Pillar Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
    • Alverson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
    • Adams Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Adams Cove is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cove
    • Dexter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Limerick
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Point Peninsula
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Point Peninsula is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peninsula
    • Lyon Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Paddy Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Paddy Hill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddy Hill
    • Adams Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Henderson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Chaumont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Brownville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sackets Harbor, with the one closest to Sackets Harbor listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Copenhagen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Rector
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Denmark
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Harrisburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Parkers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Briggs Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
    • Castorland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sackets Harbor, with the one closest to Sackets Harbor listed first.
    • Lacona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Smartville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Pulaski
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Richland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Chateaugay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Orwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Daysville Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Daysville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Altmar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Texas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

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

Cemeteries Near Sackets Harbor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sackets Harbor.

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 Sackets Harbor - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Military Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Stone Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Ferry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Sherwin Bay Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rices Corners Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ingerson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Grow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • North Adams Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Muskalonge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Luther Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pt. Salubrious Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Fields Settlement Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (150 more) ...
    • Dexter Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pt. Peninsula Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • North Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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 Sackets Harbor had a population of 787 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sackets Harbor had a population of 1,376 people.

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

  • Pillar Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
  • Smithville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Smithville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Alverson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
  • Dexter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Henderson Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • East Hounsfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • East Hounsfield is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hounsfield
  • Limerick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Point Peninsula
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Point Peninsula is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peninsula
  • Henderson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Adams Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rices
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rices is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices
  • Brownville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Chaumont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Rural Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
    • Belleville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sackets Harbor ...

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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sackets Harbor.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Sackets Harbor:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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 '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- Sackets Harbor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Sackets Harbor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.