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 New Lenox (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 New Lenox. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
New Lenox 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 New Lenox. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Lenox:
Berkshire County (The home county of New Lenox)
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Pittsfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
Lenox Station (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Lenox Station is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Station Lenox (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Lenox is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
Lenox Dale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Lenox Dale is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Dale Stevens Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner Coltsville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Coltsville is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltsville Shaker Village (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Dalton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Dalton is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
Hinsdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Hinsdale is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale Population from the 2020 Census: 1,902 people
East Lee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
East Lee is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lee Lee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Lee is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
Richmond (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Richmond is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
West Hawley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
West Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley Hawley (21 miles [33.8 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Ashfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,720 people
Charlemont (24 miles [38.6 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
South Ashfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
South Ashfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashfield Monroe (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Monroe is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
Buckland (26 miles [41.8 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
Dell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Dell is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Monroe Bridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge Rowe (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Rowe is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
Conway (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Conway is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
Heath (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Heath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
Hampden County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Chester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Population from the 2020 Census: 1,365 people
North Chester (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
North Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester Chester Center (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Chester Center is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Center Former name for Chester Center:
Chester Centre North Blandford (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
North Blandford is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Blandford Blandford (21 miles [33.8 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
Russell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Russell is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Population from the 2020 Census: 1,787 people
Tolland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Tolland is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
Montgomery (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Montgomery is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Population from the 2020 Census: 863 people
West Granville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
West Granville is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville Woronoco (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Woronoco is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woronoco Granville (29 miles [46.7 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 (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Hampton Village is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Village Hampshire County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Middlefield (12 miles [19.3 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 east)
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 east)
Worthington Corners is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Corners Cummington (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Cummington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummington Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
West Chesterfield (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
West Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chesterfield Plainfield (18 miles [29 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Swift River is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift River Chesterfield (20 miles [32.2 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
Huntington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Huntington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
Goshen (22 miles [35.4 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 (24 miles [38.6 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
Williamsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Williamsburg is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 2,462 people
Hartford County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Hartland (30 miles [48.3 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland West Hartland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Litchfield County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Clayton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Clayton is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Canaan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
North Canaan (25 miles [40.2 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
Wangum Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village East Canaan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
North Colebrook (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
North Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colebrook Taconic (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Twin Lakes (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Norfolk (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Colebrook (28 miles [45.1 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Norfolk (28 miles [45.1 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
Albany County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Coeymans (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Ravena (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Selkirk (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Glenmont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Aquetuck (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Aquetuck is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck Beckers Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Beckers Corners is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners Columbia County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Canaan Center (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 west)
Austerlitz (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
New Britain ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
New Britain is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain Green River (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Green River is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River New Concord (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
New Concord is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord Red Rock (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Red Rock is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Moorhouse Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner Riders Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Riders Mills is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills Rock City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Rock City is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City Chatham (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Chatham Center (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Chatham Center is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center Former name for Chatham Center:
Chatham Centre Greene County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Coxsackie (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Athens (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Wyomanock (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Wyomanock is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomanock Stephentown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Brainard (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
East Nassau (16 miles [25.7 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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners West Stephentown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown Center Berlin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Center Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Berlin Nassau (20 miles [32.2 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>
Berlin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Averill Park (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Sand Lake (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
East Schodack (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Bennington County (VT)
The following are listed by their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Stamford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Pownal Center (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center Former name for Pownal Center:
Pownal Centre Pownal (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
Stamford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Stamford is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
Readsboro (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Lenox, see our County-by-County Page for New Lenox .
Cemeteries Near New Lenox ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Lenox.
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 New Lenox - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Lenox covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
New Lenox Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Church on the Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mountain View Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
Mountainview Cemetery St. Ann's Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
East Part Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Northeast Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Shaker Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
St. Josephs Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
North Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pittsfield Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Cone Hill Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
St. Marys Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Continue List (294 more) ...
Fairmount Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 <4>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #726624 <2>
Washington Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
St. Patricks Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Lenox had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Lenox, with the one closest to New Lenox listed first.
Lenox (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Lenox is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
Lenox Station (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Lenox Station is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Station Pittsfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
Lenox Dale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Lenox Dale is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Dale West Pittsfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
West Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pittsfield Pontoosuc (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Pontoosuc is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoosuc Coltsville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Coltsville is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltsville Shaker Village (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Richmond (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Richmond is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
Lee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Lee is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
East Lee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
East Lee is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lee Washington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Washington is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
Continue List (15 more) ...
Hinsdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Hinsdale is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale Population from the 2020 Census: 1,902 people
Dalton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Dalton is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
Richmond Furnace (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Richmond Furnace is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Furnace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Lenox. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Lenox .
Newspapers Published in New Lenox ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Lenox.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Lenox, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for New Lenox.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 New Lenox:
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 Greene County Rensselaer County Bennington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Lenox. 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 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Lenox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 New Lenox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.