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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 Stevens Corner (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 Stevens Corner. 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.

Name Variations for Stevens Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Stevens Corner: Stevens Cor. (or less commonly used: Stevens Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Stevens Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stevens Corner may originally have been Steven's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stevens Corner might be written as Steven Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County.

To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties 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 Stevens Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stevens Corner:

  • Berkshire County     (The home county of Stevens Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Corner, with the one closest to Stevens Corner listed first.
    • Shaker Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
      • Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County
    • Richmond
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lenox
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • West Stockbridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pittsfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lenox Station
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lenox Dale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockdale Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Stockbridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Coltsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • East Lee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Lee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lee
      • East Lee is located in Berkshire County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to East Lee
      • From Stevens Corner to East Lee
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Corner, with the one closest to Stevens Corner listed first.
    • Hawley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
      • Hawley is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
    • Ashfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Charlemont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Monroe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Monroe is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
    • South Ashfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Monroe Bridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge
      • Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County
    • Rowe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buckland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
      • Buckland is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
    • Dell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hampden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Corner, with the one closest to Stevens Corner listed first.
    • Chester
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Chester is located in Hampden County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,365 people
    • North Chester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • North Blandford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chester Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Blandford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blandford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford
      • Blandford is located in Hampden County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
    • Tolland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tolland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
      • Tolland is located in Hampden County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Russell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • West Granville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Montgomery is located in Hampden County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 863 people
    • Woronoco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hampshire County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Corner, with the one closest to Stevens Corner listed first.
    • Middlefield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlefield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
      • Middlefield is located in Hampshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
    • Worthington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worthington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
      • Worthington is located in Hampshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
    • Worthington Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Cummington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Plainfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Hampshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
    • West Chesterfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Chesterfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chesterfield
      • West Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County
    • Swift River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Chesterfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
      • Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
    • Huntington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
      • Huntington is located in Hampshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
    • Goshen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Westhampton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Williamsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Corner, with the one closest to Stevens Corner listed first.
    • Clayton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clayton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Clayton is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Clayton
      • From Stevens Corner to Clayton
    • Canaan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Taconic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Wangum Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wangum Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
      • Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • East Canaan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Canaan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Canaan
      • East Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Canaan <4>
    • North Canaan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Canaan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
      • North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
    • Twin Lakes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Norfolk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Salisbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
    • North Colebrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Norfolk
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norfolk have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
      • Norfolk is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,622 people
    • Salisbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Albany County (NY)
  • Columbia County (NY)
  • Greene County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Corner, with the one closest to Stevens Corner listed first.
    • Coxsackie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Athens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Medway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Catskill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catskill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
      • Catskill is located in Greene County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • Jefferson Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Leeds
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leeds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
      • Leeds is located in Greene County (NY)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <4>
  • Rensselaer County (NY)
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Corner, with the one closest to Stevens Corner listed first.
    • Pownal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pownal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
      • Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
    • Pownal Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Stamford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Stamford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stamford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
      • Stamford is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stevens Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Stevens Corner.

Cemeteries Near Stevens Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stevens Corner.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stevens Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stevens Corner, with the one closest to Stevens Corner listed first.

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.<9>

While we didn't find Stevens Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stevens Corner.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Stevens Corner, with the one closest to Stevens Corner listed first.

  • Richmond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • West Pittsfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pittsfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pittsfield
    • West Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County
  • Shaker Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County
  • Richmond Furnace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Furnace
    • Richmond Furnace is located in Berkshire County
  • Lenox
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Stockbridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • New Lenox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lenox have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lenox
    • New Lenox is located in Berkshire County
  • Flatbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flatbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbrook
    • Flatbrook is located in Columbia County (NY)
  • State Line
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Line have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
    • State Line is located in Berkshire County
  • Lenox Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lebanon Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Springs
    • Lebanon Springs is located in Columbia County (NY)
  • Pittsfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stevens Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stevens Corner.

Newspapers Published in Stevens Corner ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stevens Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stevens Corner, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stevens Corner.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Stevens Corner:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stevens Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.

When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.

<6>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Pittsfield and Richmond. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stevens Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stevens Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3995, Longitude: -73.3317    
<8>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.
<9>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 Stevens Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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