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 Richmond Furnace (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 Richmond Furnace. 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.
Richmond Furnace 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 Richmond Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richmond Furnace:
Berkshire County (The home county of Richmond Furnace)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
Richmond (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Richmond is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
West Stockbridge (Less than 2 miles to the south)
West Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
Stevens Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Stevens Corner is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner Lenox (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Lenox is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
Rockdale Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Rockdale Mills is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills Shaker Village (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Shaker Village is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Glendale (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Glendale is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Stockbridge (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
Lenox Station (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Lenox Station is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Station Lenox Dale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Lenox Dale is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Dale Housatonic (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Housatonic is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic Lee (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
South Lee (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
South Lee is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lee Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
West Hawley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
West Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley Hawley (29 miles [46.7 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 Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
Chester (21 miles [33.8 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
North Blandford is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Blandford Chester Center (23 miles [37 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 (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
North Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester Blandford (26 miles [41.8 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
Tolland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Tolland is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
Russell (29 miles [46.7 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
West Granville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
West Granville is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville Hampshire County
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
Middlefield (18 miles [29 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 Corners (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Worthington Corners is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Corners Worthington (22 miles [35.4 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
Cummington (25 miles [40.2 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
West Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chesterfield Plainfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Plainfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
Chesterfield (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 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
Swift River (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Swift River is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift River Goshen (30 miles [48.3 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
Litchfield County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
Clayton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Clayton is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Taconic (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Wangum Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village Canaan (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
North Canaan (23 miles [37 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
Twin Lakes (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes East Canaan (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Norfolk (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Salisbury (26 miles [41.8 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
Salisbury (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Amesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville Canaan (27 miles [43.5 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
Falls Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Albany County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
Coeymans (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Ravena (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Selkirk (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Aquetuck (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Aquetuck is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck Beckers Corners (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Beckers Corners is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners Bethlehem Center (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center Former name for Bethlehem Center:
Bethlehem Centre Glenmont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
South Bethlehem (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
South Bethlehem is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem Coeymans Hollow (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Albany (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Menands (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Normansville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Normansville is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville Alcove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Columbia County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
Canaan Center (4 miles [6.4 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 (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Austerlitz (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Red Rock (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Red Rock is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock New Concord (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
New Concord is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord New Britain ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
New Britain was located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain Green River (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Green River is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River Moorhouse Corner (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner Rock City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Rock City is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City Chatham (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Harlemville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Harlemville is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville Chatham Center (12 miles [19.3 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 Ghent (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Dutchess County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
Irondale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Irondale is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale Millerton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Spencer Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners Mount Ross (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross Pine Plains (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Bethel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Bethel is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Jackson Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners Greene County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
Coxsackie (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Athens (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Catskill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Catskill is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
Medway (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Medway is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
South Cairo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
South Cairo is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo Surprise (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Cairo Junction (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Cairo Junction is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction Gayhead (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Gayhead is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
Wyomanock (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Wyomanock is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomanock Brainard (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Stephentown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
East Nassau (13 miles [20.9 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
West Stephentown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown Hoag Corners (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners Nassau (15 miles [24.1 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Schodack Center (19 miles [30.6 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 Center Berlin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Center Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Berlin Averill Park (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Sand Lake (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Sliters (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Sliters is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters Bennington County (VT)
Pownal (30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richmond Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Richmond Furnace .
Cemeteries Near Richmond Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richmond Furnace.
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 Richmond Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richmond Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
West Stockbridge Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Cone Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Patricks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Center Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Flatbrook Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
West Center Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Rockdale Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Church on the Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Northeast Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Canaan Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
St. Josephs Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (314 more) ...
St. Josephs Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
St. Ann's Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Shaker Cemetery (5 miles [8 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 Richmond Furnace had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richmond Furnace, with the one closest to Richmond Furnace listed first.
State Line (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
State Line is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line West Stockbridge (Less than 2 miles to the south)
West Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
Richmond (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Richmond is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
Flatbrook (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Flatbrook is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbrook Rockdale Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Rockdale Mills is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills Lenox (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Lenox is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
Canaan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Canaan Center (4 miles [6.4 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 (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Glendale (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Glendale is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Stockbridge (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Stockbridge is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
Shaker Village (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Shaker Village is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Continue List (18 more) ...
Lenox Station (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Lenox Station is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Station West Pittsfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
West Pittsfield is also located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pittsfield Red Rock (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Red Rock is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richmond Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richmond Furnace .
Newspapers Published in Richmond Furnace ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richmond Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richmond Furnace, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Richmond Furnace.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Richmond Furnace:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Berkshire County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Litchfield County Albany County Columbia County Dutchess 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 Richmond Furnace. 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 . 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- Richmond Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Richmond Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.