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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 Thomas Settlement (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 Thomas Settlement. 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 doctors and 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.

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Thomas Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Settlement, with the one closest to Thomas Settlement listed first.
    • Adams
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Lyon Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Belleville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Adams Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Henderson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lorraine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellisburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Mannsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jefferson Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Boultons Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
    • Alverson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Settlement, with the one closest to Thomas Settlement listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Copenhagen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Parkers
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Rector
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Harrisburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Denmark
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Briggs Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
    • Osceola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Castorland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • West Martinsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
    • Michigan Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Settlement, with the one closest to Thomas Settlement listed first.
    • Lacona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Smartville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Orwell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Richland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Chateaugay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Pulaski
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Daysville Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Daysville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Altmar
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Albion Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Texas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

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

Cemeteries Near Thomas Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomas Settlement.

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 Thomas Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Giddingsville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mixer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Saxe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Grow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bigelow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bishop Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (170 more) ...
    • Randall Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Honeyville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • North Adams Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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>

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

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

  • Adams
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Adams is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
  • Belleville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Smithville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Smithville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Adams Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rural Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
  • Pierrepont Manor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Henderson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Ellisburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lorraine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mannsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Winona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Winona is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Rodman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Henderson Harbor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rices
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Rices is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices

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

Newspapers Published in Thomas Settlement ...

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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomas Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thomas Settlement, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thomas Settlement.

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 Thomas Settlement:

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 Thomas Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Thomas Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.