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 Glendale (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 Glendale. 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 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.
Glendale 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 Glendale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glendale:
Berkshire County (The home county of Glendale)
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Stockbridge (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
Rockdale Mills (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Rockdale Mills is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills Housatonic (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Housatonic is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic South Lee (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
South Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lee West Stockbridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
West Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
Van Deusenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Van Deusenville is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville Alford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Alford is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
Lee (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
Lenox (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Lenox is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
East Lee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
East Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lee Lenox Dale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Lenox Dale is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Dale Lenox Station (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Lenox Station is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Station Great Barrington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Great Barrington is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
West Hawley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
West Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley Hawley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
Hampden County
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Chester (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Population from the 2020 Census: 1,365 people
North Blandford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
North Blandford is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Blandford Chester Center (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Chester Center is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Center Former name for Chester Center:
Chester Centre North Chester (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
North Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester Tolland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Tolland is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
Blandford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Blandford is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
West Granville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
West Granville is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville Russell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Russell is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Population from the 2020 Census: 1,787 people
Woronoco (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Woronoco is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woronoco Montgomery (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Montgomery is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Population from the 2020 Census: 863 people
Granville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Granville is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
Hampshire County
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Middlefield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Middlefield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
Worthington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Worthington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
Worthington Corners (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Worthington Corners is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Corners Huntington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Huntington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
West Chesterfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
West Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chesterfield Chesterfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
Cummington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Cummington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummington Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
Plainfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Plainfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
Swift River (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Swift River is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift River Goshen (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Goshen is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
Westhampton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Westhampton is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhampton Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
Hartford County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
West Hartland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Hartland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Population from the 2020 Census: 2,113 people
Hartland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland East Hartland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Litchfield County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Clayton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Clayton is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Canaan (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
North Canaan (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
Taconic (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Wangum Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village East Canaan (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Twin Lakes (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Salisbury (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
Norfolk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Salisbury (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
North Colebrook (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
North Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colebrook Amesville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville Canaan (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
Albany County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Coeymans (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Ravena (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Aquetuck (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Aquetuck is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck Selkirk (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Beckers Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Beckers Corners is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners Coeymans Hollow (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
South Bethlehem (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
South Bethlehem is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem Columbia County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Austerlitz (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Green River (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Green River is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River Canaan Center (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Canaan Center is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center Former name for Canaan Center:
Canaan Centre Canaan (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Red Rock (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Red Rock is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock New Concord (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
New Concord is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord Harlemville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Harlemville is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville Moorhouse Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner New Britain ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
New Britain was located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain Copake Falls (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Craryville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Chatham (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Ghent (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Dutchess County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Spencer Corners (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners Irondale (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Irondale is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale Millerton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Pine Plains (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Bethel (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Bethel is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Jackson Corners (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners Mount Ross (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross Leedsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Leedsville is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville Smithfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Smithfield is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield Greene County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Athens (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Coxsackie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Catskill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Catskill is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
Jefferson Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights Leeds (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Medway (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Medway is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Wyomanock (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Wyomanock is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomanock Brainard (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Stephentown (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
East Nassau (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
Hoag Corners (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners West Stephentown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown Nassau (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Nassau is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <1>
East Schodack (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Schodack Center (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center Former name for Schodack Center:
Schodack Centre Schodack Landing (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sliters (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sliters is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters Averill Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Castleton-on-Hudson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glendale, see our County-by-County Page for Glendale .
Cemeteries Near Glendale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glendale.
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 Glendale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glendale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Stockbridge Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Josephs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Josephs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Marian Community Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Rockdale Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pelton Brook Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
VanDeusen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
St. Patricks Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
West Center Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
West Stockbridge Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
South Lee Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
St. Marys Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (266 more) ...
Cone Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Elmwood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Ahavath Sholom Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Glendale had a population of 425 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
Stockbridge (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
Rockdale Mills (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Rockdale Mills is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills Housatonic (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Housatonic is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic West Stockbridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
West Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
South Lee (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
South Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lee Alford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Alford is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
Van Deusenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Van Deusenville is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville Richmond Furnace (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Richmond Furnace is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Furnace Lee (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
Lenox (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Lenox is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
State Line (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
State Line is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Green River (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Green River is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River Continue List (17 more) ...
Richmond (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Richmond is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
Great Barrington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Great Barrington is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
East Lee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
East Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glendale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glendale .
Newspapers Published in Glendale ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glendale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glendale, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Glendale.
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 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 Glendale:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Berkshire County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Hartford County Litchfield County Albany County Columbia County Dutchess County Greene County Rensselaer County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glendale. 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 Glendale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Glendale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.