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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 Standish (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 Standish. 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 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.

Standish is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Essex, Franklin, Chittenden (VT) & Grand Isle (VT).

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

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

Cemeteries Near Standish ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Standish.

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

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

  • Morningside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morningside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morningside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Independence Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • West Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Merrillsville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merrillsville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merrillsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Merrill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merrill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merrill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bunker Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunker Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bunker Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • State Prison & Hospital Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the State Prison & Hospital Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the State Prison & Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • State Prison Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the State Prison Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the State Prison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brainardsville Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Rose Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Rose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Rose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • State Hospital Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the State Hospital Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the State Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (137 more) ...
    • Hutchins Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hutchins Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hutchins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Star Road Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Star Road Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Star Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bigelow Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bigelow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bigelow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Standish had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Lyon Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Merrill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
    • Merrill is located in Clinton County
  • Wolf Pond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Pond
    • Wolf Pond is located in Franklin County
  • Goldsmith
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldsmith have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
    • Goldsmith is located in Franklin County
  • Clayburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clayburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayburg
    • Clayburg is located in Clinton County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Clayburg
    • From Standish to Clayburg
  • Russia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Russia is located in Clinton County
  • Redford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Loon Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loon Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
    • Loon Lake is located in Franklin County
  • Moffitsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Saranac
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saranac have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac
    • Saranac is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saranac <1>
  • Dannemora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Alder Brook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Standish ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Standish.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Standish, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Standish.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Standish:

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

The official website for Clinton County: www.co.clinton.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>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.
<3>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.
<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 Standish, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Standish) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Standish. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6907, Longitude: -73.9514    









 

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