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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 Anaquassacook (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 Anaquassacook. 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 hospitals 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.

Anaquassacook is located in Washington County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Addison (VT), Bennington (VT) & Rutland (VT).

Below are the counties that are near Anaquassacook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anaquassacook:

  • Washington County     (The home county of Anaquassacook)
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anaquassacook, with the one closest to Anaquassacook listed first.
    • Cohoes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
      • Green Island is located in Albany County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Island <2>
    • Watervliet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rensselaer County
  • Saratoga County
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anaquassacook, with the one closest to Anaquassacook listed first.
    • Glens Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • West Glens Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Glens Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
      • West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
    • Queensbury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queensbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensbury
      • Queensbury is located in Warren County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Queensbury <2>
    • Brayton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anaquassacook, with the one closest to Anaquassacook listed first.
    • Williamstown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
      • Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
    • Greylock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greylock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock
      • Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Greylock
      • From Anaquassacook to Greylock
    • North Adams
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Zylonite
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zylonite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite
      • Zylonite is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Zylonite
      • From Anaquassacook to Zylonite
  • Franklin County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anaquassacook, with the one closest to Anaquassacook listed first.
    • Monroe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Monroe is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
    • Monroe Bridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge
      • Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County (MA)
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anaquassacook, with the one closest to Anaquassacook listed first.
    • Arlington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
    • Arlington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <2>
    • Shaftsbury
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandgate
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandgate have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
      • Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Shaftsbury
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaftsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
      • Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
    • Kansas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • North Bennington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • South Shaftsbury
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunderland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunderland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland
      • Sunderland is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
    • West Rupert
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Paper Mill Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paper Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
      • Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
    • Bennington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
      • Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
    • Glastenbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glastenbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastenbury
      • Glastenbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
  • Rutland County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anaquassacook, with the one closest to Anaquassacook listed first.
    • Pawlet
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pawlet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawlet
      • Pawlet is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
    • Danby
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
      • Danby is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
    • Wells
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Wells
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
    • Mount Tabor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Tabor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
      • Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
    • South Wallingford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tinmouth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinmouth
      • Tinmouth is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
    • Middletown Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Springs
      • Middletown Springs is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
    • Middletown Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Poultney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Windham County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anaquassacook, with the one closest to Anaquassacook listed first.
    • Somerset
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somerset have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
      • Somerset is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
    • Stratton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
      • Stratton is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
    • Stratton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Podunk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • West Wardsboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Dover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
    • Wardsboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wardsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsboro
      • Wardsboro is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
    • West Dover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Jamaica
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamaica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
      • Jamaica is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
    • Jamaica
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Wardsboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Wilmington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
      • Wilmington is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
    • Wilmington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Windsor County (VT)
    • Weston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Weston is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people

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

Cemeteries Near Anaquassacook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anaquassacook.

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 Anaquassacook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anaquassacook, with the one closest to Anaquassacook 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.<5>

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

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

  • Shushan
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shushan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shushan
    • Shushan is located in Washington County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shushan <2>
  • Cambridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
    • Cambridge is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <2>
  • Coila
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • West Arlington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Arlington
    • West Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
  • East Greenwich
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Battenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Center White Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • White Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Shaftsbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Arlington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <2>
  • Sandgate
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandgate have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
    • Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Anaquassacook ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anaquassacook.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anaquassacook, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anaquassacook.

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 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 Anaquassacook:

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

The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.ny.us

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<5>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 Anaquassacook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Anaquassacook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Anaquassacook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0742, Longitude: -73.3121    









 

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