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 Stark (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 Stark. 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 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.
Stark is located in Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence County: Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson & Lewis.
Below are the counties that are near Stark. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stark:
- Saint Lawrence County (The home county of Stark)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark, with the one closest to Stark listed first.
- South Colton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sevey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
- Parishville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pierrepont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierrepont
- Willisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willisville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Parishville Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
- West Parishville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville
- Coney Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coney Island is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Hannawa Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clare
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clare is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- West Pierrepont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pierrepont
- Cranberry Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark, with the one closest to Stark listed first.
- Saint Regis Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Tupper Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saranac Inn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
- Alburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
- Paul Smiths
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Dickinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
- Moira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brushton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Skerry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Skerry is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
- West Bangor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Bangor is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
- Harrietstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stark, see our County-by-County Page for Stark.
Cemeteries Near Stark ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stark.
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 Stark - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stark covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stark, with the one closest to Stark listed first.
- Coulon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Mound Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Willisville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pierrepont Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (98 more) ...
- Parmeter Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Church Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Lake Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Stark had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stark, with the one closest to Stark listed first.
- Hollywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- South Colton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sevey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
- Childwold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pierrepont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierrepont
- Parishville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Parishville Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
- West Parishville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville
- Clare
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clare is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Gale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gale is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Hannawa Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Pierrepont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pierrepont
- Southville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Southville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville
- Cranberry Lake
(15 miles [24.1 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 Stark. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stark.
Newspapers Published in Stark ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stark.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stark, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stark.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Stark:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saint Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | 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 Stark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stark) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |