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 Leisure Lee (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 Leisure Lee. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Leisure Lee 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 Leisure Lee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leisure Lee:
Berkshire County (The home county of Leisure Lee)
The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
East Lee (Less than 2 miles to the west)
East Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lee Lee (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
Lenox Dale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Lenox Dale is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Dale Tyringham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Tyringham is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyringham Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
West Becket (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
West Becket is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Becket Lenox Station (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Lenox Station is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Station South Lee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
South Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lee Becket (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Becket is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket Population from the 2020 Census: 1,707 people
Washington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Washington is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
Lenox (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Lenox is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
North Otis (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
North Otis is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Otis Stockbridge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
Glendale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Glendale is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
West Hawley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
West Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley Hawley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
Ashfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ashfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,720 people
South Ashfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
South Ashfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashfield Charlemont (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Charlemont is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlemont Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
Buckland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Buckland is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
Conway (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Conway is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
Whately (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Whately is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately Population from the 2020 Census: 1,583 people
Hampden County
The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
Chester (11 miles [17.7 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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
North Blandford is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Blandford Chester Center (14 miles [22.5 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 (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
North Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester Blandford (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Blandford is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
Tolland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Tolland is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
Russell (18 miles [29 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
West Granville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
West Granville is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville Woronoco (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Woronoco is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woronoco Montgomery (21 miles [33.8 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 (23 miles [37 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
Hampton Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Hampton Village is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Village Westfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Westfield is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Population from the 2020 Census: 41,063 people
Hampshire County
The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
Middlefield (10 miles [16.1 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 (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Worthington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
Worthington Corners (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Worthington Corners is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Corners Huntington (17 miles [27.4 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
West Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chesterfield Chesterfield (19 miles [30.6 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Cummington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummington Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
Swift River (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Swift River is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift River Westhampton (21 miles [33.8 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
Plainfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Plainfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
Goshen (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Goshen is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
Southampton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Southampton is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
West Farms (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
West Farms is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farms Hartford County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
West Hartland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Hartland (23 miles [37 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 (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland East Hartland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
North Granby (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Granby (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Granby is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Population from the 2020 Census: 11,558 people
West Granby (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Rising Corner (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Rising Corner is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Corner Litchfield County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
Clayton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Clayton is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Canaan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
East Canaan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
North Canaan (19 miles [30.6 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
North Colebrook (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
North Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colebrook Wangum Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village Norfolk (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Taconic (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Colebrook (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook Population from the 2020 Census: 1,396 people
Colebrook (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Norfolk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Norfolk is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Population from the 2020 Census: 1,622 people
Twin Lakes (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Canaan (23 miles [37 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
Columbia County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
Canaan Center (14 miles [22.5 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 Austerlitz (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Green River (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Green River is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River Canaan (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Red Rock (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Red Rock is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock New Britain ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
New Britain was located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain New Concord (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
New Concord is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord Moorhouse Corner (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner Copake Falls (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Chatham (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Harlemville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Harlemville is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville Rock City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Rock City is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City Craryville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Dutchess County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
Spencer Corners (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners Irondale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Irondale is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale Millerton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
Wyomanock (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Wyomanock is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomanock Stephentown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Brainard (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
East Nassau (22 miles [35.4 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners West Stephentown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown Nassau (25 miles [40.2 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>
Center Berlin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Center Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Berlin Berlin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin East Schodack (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Averill Park (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Sand Lake (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Sliters (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Sliters is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leisure Lee, see our County-by-County Page for Leisure Lee .
Cemeteries Near Leisure Lee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leisure Lee.
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 Leisure Lee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leisure Lee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
Fairmount Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery The Fairmount Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lee . The Fairmount Cemetery has also been known as:
Center Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #LEE.802 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #726624 <3>
South Lee Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
St. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Mountain View Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
Mountainview Cemetery St. Ann's Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Marian Community Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Old Center Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Woods Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
West Center Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Washington Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Church on the Hill Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
St. Josephs Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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St. Josephs Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Stockbridge Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
New Lenox Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Leisure Lee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leisure Lee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leisure Lee, with the one closest to Leisure Lee listed first.
East Lee (Less than 2 miles to the west)
East Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lee Lee (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
Tyringham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Tyringham is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyringham Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
West Becket (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
West Becket is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Becket Lenox Dale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Lenox Dale is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Dale South Lee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
South Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lee Lenox Station (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Lenox Station is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Station Becket (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Becket is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket Population from the 2020 Census: 1,707 people
Washington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Washington is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
Lenox (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Lenox is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
Stockbridge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
Monterey (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Monterey is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Population from the 2020 Census: 918 people
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New Lenox (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
New Lenox is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lenox Becket Center (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Becket Center is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket Center Former name for Becket Center:
Becket Centre Glendale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Glendale is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leisure Lee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leisure Lee .
Newspapers Published in Leisure Lee ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leisure Lee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leisure Lee, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Leisure Lee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Leisure Lee:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Berkshire County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Hartford County Litchfield County Columbia County Dutchess County Rensselaer County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Leisure Lee. 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 Leisure Lee, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leisure Lee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.