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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 Sandy Pond (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 Sandy Pond. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Sandy Pond is located in Oswego 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 Oswego County: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida & Onondaga.

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

  • Oswego County     (The home county of Sandy Pond)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Pond, with the one closest to Sandy Pond listed first.
    • Sandy Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lacona
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pulaski
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Daysville Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
    • Daysville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daysville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
    • Arthur
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arthur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
    • Orwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chateaugay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chateaugay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
    • Mexico
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Prattham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
      • Prattham is located in Oswego County
    • Albion Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
    • Altmar
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altmar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altmar
      • Altmar is located in Oswego County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altmar <1>
  • Cayuga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Pond, with the one closest to Sandy Pond listed first.
    • North Sterling
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
    • Sterling Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
      • Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Pond, with the one closest to Sandy Pond listed first.
    • Ellisburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg
      • Ellisburg is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellisburg <1>
    • Woodville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
    • Mannsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Belleville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Henderson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Adams
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Lorraine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyon Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
    • Adams Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Worth Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worth Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
    • Worth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Pond, with the one closest to Sandy Pond listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
    • New Boston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
    • Parkers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
    • Rector
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
    • Leisher Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
    • Michigan Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Pond, with the one closest to Sandy Pond listed first.
    • Camden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
      • Camden is located in Oneida County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,142 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <1>
    • Elpis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elpis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
      • Elpis is located in Oneida County
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Pond, with the one closest to Sandy Pond listed first.
    • Brewerton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Little Utica
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
      • Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
    • Wrights Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
      • Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County

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

Newspapers Published in Sandy Pond ...

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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Pond.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Pond, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Pond.

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 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 Sandy Pond:

Cemeteries Near Sandy Pond ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Pond.

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

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

  • North Street Road Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Street Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Street Road Cemetery
  • Brown's Landing Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown's Landing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown's Landing Cemetery
  • Scripture Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scripture Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scripture Cemetery
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pulaski Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pulaski Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pulaski Cemetery
  • Brewster Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brewster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brewster Cemetery
  • Daysville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Daysville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Daysville Cemetery
  • Noyes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Noyes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Noyes Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  • Richland Village Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richland Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richland Village Cemetery
  • Stevens Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stevens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stevens Cemetery
  • Continue List   (182 more) ...
    • Wesleyan Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesleyan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesleyan Cemetery
    • Parker - Ramsey Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker - Ramsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker - Ramsey Cemetery
    • South Richland Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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>

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

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

  • Port Ontario
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Ontario have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ontario
    • Port Ontario is located in Oswego County
  • Sandy Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pulaski
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lacona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Daysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daysville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Daysville is located in Oswego County
  • Ellisburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg
    • Ellisburg is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellisburg <1>
  • Richland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Richland is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <1>
  • Mannsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
  • Texas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Texas is located in Oswego County
  • North Boylston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Boylston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Boylston
    • North Boylston is located in Oswego County
  • Pierrepont Manor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierrepont Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierrepont Manor
    • Pierrepont Manor is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierrepont Manor <1>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Arthur
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arthur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
    • Orwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Belleville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

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

The official website for Oswego County: www.co.oswego.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>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- Sandy Pond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6359, Longitude: -76.1841       In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Pond 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 Sandy Pond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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