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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 Battenville (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 Battenville. 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 and doctors 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.

Battenville 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 Battenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Battenville:

  • Washington County     (The home county of Battenville)
  • Albany County
  • Rensselaer County
  • Saratoga County
  • Schenectady County
  • Warren County
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • Williamstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battenville, with the one closest to Battenville listed first.
    • Arlington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Sandgate
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandgate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • West Rupert
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Arlington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
    • Shaftsbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rupert
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Shaftsbury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaftsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Rupert
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rupert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
      • Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • North Bennington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • South Shaftsbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Paper Mill Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paper Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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)
  • Rutland County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battenville, with the one closest to Battenville listed first.
    • Pawlet
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pawlet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Wells
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Danby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danby have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Poultney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Middletown Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Tinmouth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Tabor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Tabor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Windham County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battenville, with the one closest to Battenville listed first.
    • Somerset
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somerset have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Podunk
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • West Wardsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Battenville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Battenville.

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

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

  • Greenwich Protestant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Binninger Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Binninger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Binninger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • South Argyle Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Argyle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Argyle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Camden Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Revolutionary War Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Revolutionary War Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Revolutionary War Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Broad Street Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Broad Street Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Broad Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brownell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brownell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brownell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Scots Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (417 more) ...
    • Cossayuna Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Laing Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laing Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Finch Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Battenville had a population of 145 people in 1895 with no post office or railroad service.

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

  • East Greenwich
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwich
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwich have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Greenwich is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
  • Shushan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shushan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
  • North Greenwich
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Archdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Coila
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cossayuna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cambridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
  • Middle Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Falls
    • Middle Falls is located in Washington County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middle Falls <3>
  • Salem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • South Argyle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fly Summit
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Schuylerville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schuylerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuylerville
      • Schuylerville is located in Saratoga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,314 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schuylerville <3>
    • West Cambridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Cambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cambridge
      • West Cambridge is located in Washington County
    • Center Cambridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Battenville ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Battenville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Battenville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Battenville.

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 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 Battenville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Battenville. 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>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Battenville, 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' (or 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- Battenville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Battenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1090, Longitude: -73.4235    









 

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