Jefferson Places

JEFFERSON COUNTY PLACES

When searching for ancestors one sometimes needs to write to the town clerk, or refer to town histories or search other town resources. Yet more often than not, there is no indication of the of the township in which our ancestor lived. The town name can even be impossible to find on a map. In the case of the once thriving settlement of Joachim, it is only an archeological dig. Others, like Thurso, had school, church, cemetery, post office, but is not now listed on the highway map. There it is named Grindstone Corners, a summer community. Those villages such as Sterlingville, swallowed up by the military reservation of Fort Drum, may be a puzzle to find and difficult to visit. Still others, listed as hamlets, might be a few scattered farms at a crossroads, while LaFargeville, still only a hamlet, today has a central school, churches, stores, post office, bank, and a milk plant which is the principle employer of the town(ship). Those given as P.O. were .

This county is known for its Thousand Islands. Those listed have large summer colonies, or year round residents. Most have nothing resembling a settlement, although the largest, Wellesley Island, has at least a couple of communities larger than some villages, while Summerland is home to a dozen or more summer homes. Grindstone, like Wellesley, was originally a farming community with the hamlet of Thurso as its center of activity.

Our thanks to Phyllis Putnam, Lyme Heritage Center, for coming up with the idea for this chart. Our thanks also to Pat James, for allowing us to use information from her chart on page 33 of Jefferson County Researcher. Note: these charts are NOT identical.

Following are the names of places in Jefferson County, past and present, and the name of the town in which they are or were to be found.

1864 refers to Stone's 1864 Jefferson County Atlas
1980 refers to the Official Jefferson County Highway Map of 1980
GNIS refers to Geographic Names Inquiry Service
James indicates localities taken from Pat James's Jefferson County Researcher.
NED indicates personal knowledge of your county coordinator.
P.O. indicates a spot which once was a post office address.

Place Name	Township	What it is (was)	Source
Adams	Adams	Village	1980
Adams Center	Adams	Hamlet	1980
Adams Five Corners (now Adams Center)	Adams	Hamlet	James
Alexander Corners	Henderson	Crossroads	1980
Alexandria Bay	Alexandria	Village	1980
Alexandria Center	Alexandria	Hamlet	1980
Allendale (originally Caulkin's Mills)	Lorraine	Hamlet	1980
Alverson	Hounsfield	Hamlet	1980
Antwerp	Antwerp	Village	1980
Applegate	Champion	Crossroads	1980
Appling (now Adams Village)	Adams	Hamlet	James
Aspinwall Corners	Henderson	Crossroads	1980
Association Island	Henderson	Hamlet	1980
Babbitts Corners	Rodman	Crossroads	1980
Baggs Corner	Hounsfield	Hamlet	1980
Barlow Corners	Orleans	Crossroads	1980
Bartletts Corner	Theresa	Hamlet	GNIS
Bartlett's Point	Clayton	Hamlet	James
Bayview	Cape Vincent	Hamlet	GNIS
Bean Hill Crossing	Town of Alexandria	Hamlet	GNIS
Bear Creek (now Pierrepont Manor)	Ellisburg	Hamlet	James
Bedford Corners	Cape Vincent	Crossroads	1980
Belleville	Ellisburgh	Hamlet	1980
Benezet (now Philadelphia)	Philadelphia	Hamlet	James
Bentley's Corners	Antwerp	Crossroads	1980
Bishop Street	Henderson	Hamlet	1980
Bishops Corners	Antwerp	Crossroad	1980
Black River	LeRay and Rutland	Village	1980
Blanchard's Corners	Hounsfield	Hamlet	James
Boultons Beach	Henderson	Hamlet	GNIS
Brooklyn (now Pillar Point)	Brownville	Hamlet	James
Brooksville	Rutland	Hamlet	James
Brown Corners	Lorraine	Crossroads	1980
Browns Corners	Alexandria	Hamlet	1980
Brownville	Brownville	Village	1980
Buck Hill (now Rural Hill)	Ellisburg	Hamlet	James
Bullock Corners	Worth	Crossroads	1980
Burrs Mills	Watertown	Post Office	P.O.
Burrville	Watertown	Hamlet	1980
Butterville	Henderson	Hamlet	1980
Calcium (originally Sanford's Corners)	Le Ray	Hamlet	1980
Camps Mills	Hounsfield	Hamlet	1980
Cape Vincent	Cape Vincent	Village	1980
Carleton Island	Cape Vincent	Island	1980
Carrying Place	Lyme	Location	1980
Carthage	Wilna	Village	1980
Catfish Creek (now Depauville)	Clayton	Hamlet	James
Catfish Falls (now Depauville)	Clayton	Hamlet	James
Caulkins Mills (Allendale)	Lorraine	Post Office	P.O.
Champion	Champion	Hamlet	1980
Champion Huddle	Champion	Hamlet	1980
Chapel Corners	Theresa	Crossroads	1980
Chaufty's Corners (originally Military Road P.O.)	Theresa	Post Office	P.O.
Chaumont	Lyme	Village	1980
Clark Point	Henderson	Hamlet	GNIS
Clayton	Clayton	Village	1980
Clayton Center	Clayton	Hamlet	1864
Cobb Town	Ellisburg	Hamlet	1980
Collins Landing	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Collins Mills (now Stone Mills)	Orleans	Hamlet	NED
Coopers Corners	Adams	Hamlet	James
Coopers Corners	Theresa		1980
Corbins Corners	Clayton	Crossroads	1864
Cornelia (now Clayton)	Clayton	Village	James
Cowan Corner	Wilna	Hamlet	GNIS
Deferiet	Wilna	Village	1980
Deferno	Clayton	Hamlet	NED
DeLaFarge Corners	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
DeLauney Mills	Philadelphia	Hamlet	James
Depauville	Clayton	Hamlet	1980
DeVoice Corners	Wilna	Hamlet	1980
Dexter	Brownville	Village	1980
Diamond	Worth	Hamlet	1980
Dillen	Rodman	Hamlet	1980
Doolins Crossing	Wilna	Hamlet	GNIS
Douglas Crossing	Theresa	Railroad Crossing	1980
Dry Hill	Watertown	Hamlet	NED
Dutch Settlement	Le Ray	Hamlet	1980
East Houndsfield	Hounsfield	Hamlet	1980
East Rodman (Whitesville)	Rodman	Hamlet	1980
East Watertown	Watertown	Hamlet	1980
Edgewood Park	Alexandria	Hamlet	1980
Elizabethtown (now Philadelphia)	Philadelphia	Hamlet	James
Ellisburgh	Ellisburgh	Village	1980
Evans Mills	LeRay	Hamlet	1980
Fargo	Wilna	Hamlet	1980
Felts Mills	Rutland	Hamlet	1980
Field's Settlement	Hounsfield	Hamlet	1864
Fine View (on Wellesley Island)	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Fish Creek (now Dexter)	Brownville	Village	James
Fish Island (now Dexter)	Brownville	Village	James
Fishers Landing	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Flat Rock (now Plessis)	Alexandria	Hamlet	James
Fox Island	Cape Vincent	Island	1980
Fredericks Corners	Worth	Hamlet	1980
French Creek (now Clayton)	Clayton	Village	James
French Settlement	Lorraine	Hamlet	James
French Settlement (now Rosiere)	Cape Vincent	Hamlet	1980
Friend's Settlement (now Philadelphia)	Philadelphia	Village	James
Frontenac (on Round Island)	Clayton	Summer P.O.	1980
Glen Park	Brownville and Pamelia	Village	1980
Galoo (Galloups) Island	Hounsfield	Island	1980
Getman Corners	Orleans	Crossroads	1980
Giddingsville	Ellisburg	Hamlet	1980
Glen Park	Brownville and Pamelia	Village	1980
Godfreys Corner	Alexandria	Hamlet	GNIS
Goldby Corners	Theresa	Crossroads	1980
Goose Bay	Alexandria	Hamlet	1980
Gould Corners	Lorraine	Crossroad	1980
Gracy Corners	Le Ray	Crossroads	1980
Grand View Park (on Wellesley Island)	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Gravelley Point (now Cape Vincent)	Cape Vincent	Village	James
Great Bend	Champion	Hamlet	1980
Great Falls (now Watertown)	Watertown	Hamlet	James
Greene Settlement	Adams	Hamlet	1980
Grenell Island	Clayton	Hamlet	1980
Grenell	Clayton	Hamlet	1980
Grenadier Island	Cape Vincent	Island	1980
Grindstone Corners	Clayton	Crossroads	1980
Grindstone Island	Clayton	Island	1980
Grove Hotel	Watertown	location	1864
Gunns Corners	Clayton	Crossroads	1980
Hadley	Rutland	Crossroads	1980
Hall Corners	Antwerp	Crossroad	1980
Halls Mills (now Belleville)	Ellisburg	Hamlet	James
Harpers Ferry	Rutland	Hamlet	1980
Harrison (now Rodman)	Rodman	Township	James
Henderson	Henderson	Hamlet	1980
Henderson Harbor	Henderson	Hamlet	1980
Herrick Grove	Lyme	Hamlet	1980
Herrings	Wilna	Village	1980
Honeyville	Adams	Hamlet	1980
Hossington	Ellisburg		1980
Hubbard Crossing	Le Ray	Hamlet	GNIS
Hungerford Corners	Henderson	Hamlet	GNIS
Hungry Bay (Point Peninsula)	Lyme		James
Huntingdonville	Watertown	Hamlet	1980
Independence Point	Lyme	Point of land	1980
Ingerson's Corners	Le Ray	Hamlet	James
Jamesville (now Redwood)	Alexandria	Hamlet	James
Jefferson Park	Henderson	Hamlet	GNIS
Jewett's Corners	Alexandria	Crossroad	NED
Joachim (no longer visible)	Le Ray	Hamlet	James
Juhelville (now part of Watertown)	Watertown	Hamlet	James
Karter Crossing	Wilna	Hamlet	GNIS
Kamargo (now Black River)	Le Ray	Hamlet	James
King's Garden	Cape Vincent	Hamlet	James
Knowlesville (Noseville, GNIS)	Pamelia	Hamlet	1980
LaFargeville	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Leander (now Pamelia)	Pamelia	Township	James
LeRaysville	LeRay	Post Office	P.O.
Limerick	Brownville	Hamlet	1980
Lisk Settlement	Adams	Hamlet	James
Little Sandy (now Mannsville)	Ellisburg	Village	James
Lockport (now Black River)	Village	Rutland	James
Log Mills (now LaFargeville)	Orleans	Hamlet	James
Long Falls (now Carthage)	Champion	Village	James
Lorraine	Lorraine	Hamlet	1980
Lower Town Landing	Orleans	Hamlet	GNIS
Lyons Corners	Adams	Crossroads	1980
Mannsville	Ellisburgh	Village	1980
Maxon Corners	Hounsfield	Crossroads	1980
Military Road (later Chaufty's Corners)	Theresa	Post Office	P.O.
Millen's Bay	Cape Vincent	Post Office	1980
Moffattsville	Brownville	Hamlet	James
Montario Point	Ellisburg	Hamlet	GNIS
Mooney Gulf	Lorraine	Hamlet	James
Moore Landing (Wellesley Island)	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Mudge's Mills (now Omar)	Orleans	Hamlet	James
Mullet Creek (now Omar)	Orleans	Hamlet	James
Munns Corners	Wilna	Crossroads	1980
Murray Isle	Clayton	Island	1980
Naples (now Henderson Harbor)	Henderson	Hamlet	James
Natural Bridge	Wilna	Hamlet	1980
Nauvoo	Antwerp	Hamlet	James
New Connecticut	Antwerp	Hamlet	User
Noseville (Knowlesville)	Pamelia	Hamlet	GNIS
North Adams	Adams	Post Office	P.O.
North Landing	Ellisburg	Hamlet	1980
North Watertown	Watertown	Hamlet	James
North Wilna	Wilna	Post Office	P.O.
Omar	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Orleans Four Corners (originally Shantzeville/Shantyville)	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Ormiston Corners	Wilna	Hamlet	James
OxBow	Antwerp	Hamlet	1980
Paddy Hill	Brownville	Hamlet	1980
Pamelia Center	Pamelia	Hamlet	1980
Pamelia Four Corners	Pamelia	Hamlet	1980
Pamelia Village (now part of the City of Watertown)	Watertown	Hamlet	NED
Perch Lake	Pamelia	Hamlet	1980
Perch River	Brownville	Hamlet	1980
Philadelphia (originally Friends Settlement)	Philadelphia	Village	1980
Pierrepont Manor	Ellisburgh	Hamlet	1980
Pillar Point	Brownville	Point of land	1980
Pillar Point Village	Brownville	Hamlet	1980
Pinckney	Rutland	Hamlet	1980
Pine Plains	Le Ray	Hamlet	James
Pinehurst Resort	Alexandria	Hamlet	GNIS
Plessis	Alexandria	Hamlet	1980
Pogeland	Philadelphia	Post Office	P.O.
Point Peninsula	Lyme	Hamlet	1980
Point Peninsula Village	Lyme	Hamlet	1980
Point Salubrious	Lyme	Hamlet	1980
Point Vivian	Alexandria	Hamlet	1980
Ponds	Cape Vincent		1980
Port Orleans (now Fishers Landing)	Orleans	Hamlet	James
Potters Corners	Worth	Hamlet
Price Settlement	Hounsfield	Hamlet	James
Purpura Corners	Hounsfield	Crossroads	1980
Putnam School House	Lyme		1980
Redwood	Alexandria	Hamlet	1980
Reedville	Wilna	Hamlet	James
Reynolds Corners	Clayton	Crossroads	1980
Rices (Rice Station, Rice Corners, Rice Junction)	Watertown	Hamlet	1980
Rivergate	Theresa	Hamlet	GNIS
Robert's Corners	Henderson	Post Office	1980
Rodman	Rodman	Hamlet	1980
Rogers School House	Theresa		1980
Rosiere	Cape Vincent	Hamlet	1980
Ross Corners	Rodman	Crossroads	1980
Round Island (Frontenac Summer P.O.)	Clayton	Hamlet	1980
Rural Hill	Ellisburgh	Hamlet	1980
Rutland Center	Rutland	Hamlet	1980
Sackets Harbor	Hounsfield	Village	1980
St. Lawrence	Cape Vincent	Hamlet	1980
St. Lawrence park	Town of Alexandria	Hamlet	1980
Salisbury's Mills	Henderson	Hamlet	James
Sanford Corners (not Calcium)	Crossroad	Le Ray	1980
Sanford's Corners (later Calcium)	LeRay	Post Office	P.O.
Saxe corners	Ellisburg	Crossroad	1980
Schnauber Corner	Alexandria	Crossroads	1980
Scotts Corners	Henderson	Hamlet	1980
Scoville Corners	Pamelia	Crossroad	1980
Seven by Nine Corners	Worth	Hamlet	1980
Shantyville/Shantzeville (Orleans Four Corners)	Orleans	Hamlet	NED
Shurtleff	Theresa		1980
Sixtown Point	Henderson	Island
Skinners Corners	Alexandria	Crossroad	1980
Slocumville	Le Ray	Hamlet	James
Smiths Corners	Clayton	Crossroads	1980
Smith's Mills (now Adams)	Adams	Village	James
Smithville	Adams and Henderson	Hamlet	1980
Snellville	Worth	Hamlet	James
South Champion	Champion	Post Office	P.O.
South Rutland (now Tylerville)	Rutland	Hamlet	1980
South Woods (later Diamond)	Worth	Hamlet	James
Spragueville (originally Sprague's Corners)	Antwerp	Hamlet	1980
Stamingville	Philadelphia	Hamlet	James
Stears Corners	Worth	Hamlet	1980
Sterlingburgh	Antwerp	Hamlet	James
Sterlingville	Philadelphia	Hamlet	James
Stills Corners	Theresa	Crossroads	1980
Stone Mills (originally Collins Mills)	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Stony Point	Henderson	Point of land	1980
Stony Island	Hounsfield	Island	1980
Stony Point	Henderson	Point of land	1980
Storrs Corners	Hounsfield	Crossroads	1980
Stowell's Corners	Hounsfield	Post Office	1980
Strickland Corners	Philadelphia	Crossroads	1980
Strough's Crossing	Theresa	Railroad Crossing	GNIS
Sulphur Springs	Hounsfield	Hamlet	1980
Summerland	Alexandria	Island	1980
Sunnybank	Cape Vincent	Hamlet	GNIS
Tallcott Falls	Adams	Hamlet	1980
Tanners Corners	Alexandria	Crossroads	1980
Taylor Settlement	Ellisburg		1980
Theresa	Theresa	Village	1980
Thomas Settlement	Adams	Hamlet	1980
Thousand Island Park (on Wellesley Island)	Orleans	Hamlet	1980
Three Mile Bay	Lyme	Hamlet	1980
Three Mile Point	Lyme	Point of land	1980
Thurso (on Grindstone Island)	Clayton	Hamlet	NED
Toad Hollow	West Rodman	Rodman	James
Totman's Gulf	Lorraine	Hamlet	James
Tremaines Corners	Rodman	Hamlet	1980
Turin Four Corners	Champion	Hamlet	James
Tylerville (once South Rutland)	Rutland	Hamlet	1980
Unionville (Zoar)	Rodman	Hamlet	James
Upper Town Landing	Orleans	Hamlet	GNIS
Wards Corners	Le Ray	Crossroads	1980
Wardwell Settlement	Ellisburgh	Post Office	1980
Warren Settlement	Cape Vincent	Hamlet	1980
Watertown, City of	no township	City	1980
Watertown Center	Watertown	Hamlet	1980
Waterville	Lorraine	Hamlet	1980
Wellesley Island (originally Wells Island)	Alexandria and Orleans	Island	1980
West Carthage	Champion	Village	1980
West Corners	Theresa	Crossroads	1980
West Rodman	Rodman	Hamlet	James
West Theresa	Theresa	P.O.	P.O.
Westminster Park (on Wellesley Island)	Alexandria	Hamlet	1980
Westwood Corners	Le Ray	Crossroads	1980
Westons Corners	Worth	Hamlet
Whitesville (East Rodman)	Rodman	Hamlet	1980
Whitford's Corners (West Rodman)	Rodman	Hamlet	1980
Whitney Corners	Philadelphia	Crossroads	1980
Wilcox's Corners	Worth	Hamlet	James
Wilcoxville	Lyme	location	1864
Williamstown	Pamelia	Hamlet	James
Wilna	Wilna	Post Office	P.O.
Winona	Lorraine	Hamlet	1980
Woods Mills	Wilna	Hamlet	James
Wood's Settlement (later Woodville)	Ellisburg	Hamlet	James
Woodville	Ellisburgh	Hamlet	1980
Worth	Worth	Hamlet	1980
Worth Center	Worth	Hamlet	1980
Worthville	Worth	Post Office	P.O.
Zoar	Unionville	Rodman	James

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