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 Bacon Hill (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 Bacon Hill. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Bacon Hill is located in Saratoga County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saratoga County: Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Warren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Bacon Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bacon Hill:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Bacon Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Northumberland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Village of Victory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Village of Victory is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Victory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Village of Victory has also been known as:
- Victory village
- Schuylerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grangerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Jewell Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
- Victory Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Gansevoort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gurn Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
- Deans Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Wilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Cohoes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Latham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Watervliet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
- Newtonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lisha Kill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Colonie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Loudonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Menands
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Mills Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Union Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- North Broadalbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Northville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Broadalbin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Perth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Hagaman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cranesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Wallins Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Johnsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Buskirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schaghticoke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Valley Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eagle Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosick Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Hoosick Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walloomsac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
- Boyntonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Pittstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Raymertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Potter Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Alplaus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- East Glenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Glenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Niskayuna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schenectady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Glens Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Queensbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Luzerne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake George
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Stony Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Warrensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Athol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Bolton Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- North Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- North Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Battenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Cossayuna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Edward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- East Greenwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Fly Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Hudson Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- West Rupert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
- Sandgate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Rupert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Shaftsbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- Shaftsbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Bennington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- South Shaftsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Kansas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Paper Mill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Pawlet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pawlet is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawlet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
- Pawlet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wells is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bacon Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Bacon Hill.
Cemeteries Near Bacon Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bacon Hill.
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 Bacon Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bacon Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Bacon Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Laing Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Douw Winney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Victory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Finch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cemetery of Visitation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Broad Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bryan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gansevoort New Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- Fairmount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenwich Protestant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bacon Hill had a population of 106 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bacon Hill, with the one closest to Bacon Hill listed first.
- Northumberland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Grangerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Schuylerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Miller
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Miller is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Miller
- Victory Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burgoyne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burgoyne is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoyne
- Middle Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gansevoort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coveville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coveville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
- Deans Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Quaker Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Quaker Springs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Springs
- Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- North Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Fortsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fortsville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bacon Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bacon Hill.
Newspapers Published in Bacon Hill ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bacon Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bacon Hill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bacon Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Bacon Hill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Bacon Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bacon Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |