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 Bald Mountain (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 Bald Mountain. 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 Bald Mountain ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bald Mountain: Bald Mtn. (or less commonly used: Bald Mntn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bald Mountain. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bald Mountain.
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 and doctors 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.
Bald Mountain is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Addison (VT), Bennington (VT) & Rutland (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Bald Mountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bald Mountain:
- Washington County (The home county of Bald Mountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- North Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 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
- South Argyle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Battenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Cossayuna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Archdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Fly Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- 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
- Fort Edward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- Cohoes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(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>
- Latham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lisha Kill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- Mills Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Union Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- Buskirk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eagle Bridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Schaghticoke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hoosick Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Walloomsac
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
- Hoosick Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Boyntonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Pittstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Potter Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Hoosick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- Schuylerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northumberland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Village of Victory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Victory Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grangerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Jewell Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
- Gates
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Gansevoort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deans Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Gurn Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
- English Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Cedar Bluffs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- Alplaus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- East Glenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Niskayuna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Schenectady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- Glens Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Glens Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Queensbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Luzerne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Lake George
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Stony Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Warrensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Athol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- West Rupert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- Arlington
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Bennington
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Kansas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Paper Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 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 Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- Pawlet
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wells
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Danby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
- Danby Four Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners
- Poultney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bald Mountain, see our County-by-County Page for Bald Mountain.
Cemeteries Near Bald Mountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bald Mountain.
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 Bald Mountain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bald Mountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- Laing Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- North Broad Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwich Protestant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Finch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cemetery of Visitation
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Victory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bacon Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Douw Winney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (415 more) ...
- South Argyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Scots Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Scots Cemetery
- The Old Scots Cemetery has also been known as:
- Argyle Cemetery
- Scotch Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63856 <2>
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.<3>
While we didn't find Bald Mountain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bald Mountain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bald Mountain, with the one closest to Bald Mountain listed first.
- Schuylerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Miller
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Miller is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Miller
- Northumberland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 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 Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Bacon Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bacon Hill is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
- Grangerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Victory Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Argyle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Coveville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Coveville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
- Battenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Burgoyne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burgoyne is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoyne
- Cossayuna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bald Mountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bald Mountain.
Newspapers Published in Bald Mountain ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bald Mountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bald Mountain, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bald Mountain.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Bald Mountain:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Warren 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Bald Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bald Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |