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 Brayton Hill (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 Brayton Hill. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Brayton Hill is located in Berkshire County .
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Berkshire County : Litchfield (CT) , Franklin , Hampden , Hampshire , Columbia (NY) , Rensselaer (NY) & Bennington (VT) .
Below are the counties that are near Brayton Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brayton Hill:
Berkshire County (The home county of Brayton Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Greylock (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock North Adams (Less than 2 miles to the east)
North Adams is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
Briggsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville Zylonite (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Zylonite is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite Williamstown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Williamstown is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
Renfrew (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Renfrew is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew Adams (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Adams is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
Florida (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Florida is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
Arnoldville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Arnoldville is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldville Drury (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Drury is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury Town Crest Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Town Crest Village is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Crest Village Savoy Center (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Savoy Center is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy Center New Ashford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
New Ashford is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Monroe (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Monroe is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
Monroe Bridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge Rowe (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Rowe is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
Charlemont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Charlemont is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlemont Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
Dell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Dell is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell West Hawley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
West Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley Heath (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Heath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
North Heath (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
North Heath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heath Hawley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
Buckland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Buckland is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
Foundry Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Foundry Village is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry Village Griswoldville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Griswoldville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville Ashfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Ashfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,720 people
Hampden County
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
North Chester (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
North Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester Chester Center (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Chester Center is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Center Chester (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Population from the 2020 Census: 1,365 people
Hampshire County
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Plainfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Plainfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
Cummington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Cummington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummington Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
Swift River (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Swift River is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift River Worthington Corners (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Worthington Corners is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Corners Worthington (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Worthington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
Middlefield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Middlefield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
Goshen (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Goshen is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
West Chesterfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
West Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chesterfield Chesterfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
Williamsburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Williamsburg is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 2,462 people
Albany County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Cohoes (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Green Island (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Watervliet (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Watervliet is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
Former names for Watervliet:
Gibbonsville Port Schuyler West Troy Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
Menands (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Columbia County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
New Britain ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
New Britain is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain Canaan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Canaan Center (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Canaan Center is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center Riders Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Riders Mills is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills New Concord (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
New Concord is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord North Chatham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
North Chatham is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham Rock City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Rock City is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City Chatham Center (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Chatham Center is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center Red Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Red Rock is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Berlin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Center Berlin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Center Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Berlin Petersburg Junction (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction Hoosick (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Stephentown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Potter Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill Wyomanock (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Wyomanock is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomanock Grafton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Hoosick Falls (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Boyntonville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville Walloomsac (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac West Stephentown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown Hoosick Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction Saratoga County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Waterford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Stillwater (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Halfmoon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Washington County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
White Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Center White Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Center White Creek is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek Cambridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Center Cambridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Center Cambridge is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge Coila (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Coila is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila Anaquassacook (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Anaquassacook is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook Fly Summit (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Fly Summit is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit Archdale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Archdale is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale Crandall Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Crandall Corners is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners North Easton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
North Easton is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton Bennington County (VT)
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Stamford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Stamford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Stamford is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
Pownal (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
Pownal Center (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center Readsboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Readsboro is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
Readsboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Bennington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Bennington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
Old Bennington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
Woodford Hollow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow Woodford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Woodford is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
Woodford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Paper Mill Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village Windham County (VT)
The following are listed by their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Whitingham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Whitingham is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitingham Population from the 2020 Census: 1,271 people
Jacksonville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Whitingham (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Wilmington (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Wilmington is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Wilmington (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
West Halifax (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Halifax (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Halifax is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Halifax (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Halifax is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
Somerset (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Somerset is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
West Dover (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
West Dover is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Dover (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Dover is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
Marlboro (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Marlboro (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Marlboro is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brayton Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Brayton Hill .
Cemeteries Near Brayton Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brayton Hill.
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 Brayton Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brayton Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Hillside Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Advent Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Blackinton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Southview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Josephs Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Gates Ave. Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Eastlawn Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Beth Israel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Clark Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Williams College Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Westlawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Clarksburg Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (395 more) ...
Millard Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Reuben Jepson Farm Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Southlawn Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Brayton Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brayton Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brayton Hill, with the one closest to Brayton Hill listed first.
Greylock (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock North Adams (Less than 2 miles to the east)
North Adams is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
Blackinton (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Blackinton is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackinton Sweets Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Sweets Corner is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Corner Zylonite (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Zylonite is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite Briggsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville Williamstown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Williamstown is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
Renfrew (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Renfrew is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew South Williamstown (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
South Williamstown is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Williamstown Maple Grove (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Maple Grove is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Adams (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Adams is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
Stamford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (18 more) ...
Pownal (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Cheshire Harbor (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Cheshire Harbor is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire Harbor Florida (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Florida is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brayton Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brayton Hill .
Newspapers Published in Brayton Hill ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brayton Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brayton Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Brayton Hill.
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 Brayton Hill:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Berkshire County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Albany County Columbia County Rensselaer County Saratoga County Washington County Bennington County Windham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brayton Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.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. The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System ). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net . 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 . 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 Brayton Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brayton Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.