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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 Trout River (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 Trout River. 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 Trout River ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Trout River: Trout Riv.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Trout River. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Trout River.

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.

Trout River is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Clinton, Essex, Hamilton & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Trout River)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout River, with the one closest to Trout River listed first.
    • Constable
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Westville Center
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
    • Malone
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Burke
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Covington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Chateaugay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Whippleville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bangor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bombay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Brushton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Bangor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Skerry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Brainardsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout River, with the one closest to Trout River listed first.
    • Churubusco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Harrigan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Harrigan is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrigan
    • Ellenburg Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lyon Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Standish
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Standish is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout River, with the one closest to Trout River listed first.
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Helena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Rooseveltown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brasher Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicholville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Winthrop
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hopkinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Massena Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
    • Massena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Massena is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massena <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Trout River ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trout River.

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 Trout River - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Bridget's RC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Briggs Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Constable Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constable Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Constable Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Constable.
    • The Constable Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Irish Cemetery
    • Irish Street Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217364 <2>
  • St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • United Methodist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • North Burke Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Coal Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Burke Center Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dimmick Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (106 more) ...
    • St. John Bosco Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • St. George Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Fort Covington.
      • The St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66082 <2>

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Trout River had a population of 276 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Westville Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
  • Sun
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sun is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
  • Fort Covington Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Fort Covington Center is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Covington Center
  • Malone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Burke
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Thayer Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Thayer Corners is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer Corners
  • Fort Covington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • North Bangor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Whippleville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Chateaugay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bombay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • South Bombay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • South Bombay is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bombay
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bangor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Brushton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Bangor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor

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

Newspapers Published in Trout River ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trout River.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trout River, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trout River.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Trout River:

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 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.
<3>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 Trout River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trout River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.