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 Cork (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 Cork. 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.
Cork is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery & Saratoga.
Below are the counties that are near Cork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cork:
- Fulton County (The home county of Cork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Garoga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Rockwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Meco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Sammonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ephratah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Gloversville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Berkshire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Lassellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
- Progress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Jackson Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Mayfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Sprite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Sprite is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Sprite
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Arietta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Benson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Blackbridge ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
- Wells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Piseco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
- Morehouseville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Fort Plain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dolgeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Salisbury Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Starkville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Newville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Salisbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Little Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Deck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Jacksonburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jacksonburg is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Paines Hollow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Edicks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- East Herkimer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Herkimer is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Herkimer
- Herkimer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Fonda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fultonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Randall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Tribes Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nelliston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palatine Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Auriesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canajoharie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johnsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Johnson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mindenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mindenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindenville
- Flat Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Hallsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Center Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Cherry Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Springfield Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roseboom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Middlefield Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefield Center is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Center
- Pleasant Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Richfield Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Calcutta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Calcutta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- Decatur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Hagedorns Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Galway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edinburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- West Charlton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Batchellerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
- Birchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Charlton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Harmony Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Rock City Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Day Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Day Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Center
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Braman Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Glenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mariaville Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Delanson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rotterdam Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Rynex Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Duane Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Princetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Scotia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Argusville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Leesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Sharon Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Esperance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Central Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Seward
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Howes Cave
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Janesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Cobleskill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Warnerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greenbush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cork, see our County-by-County Page for Cork.
Cemeteries Near Cork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cork.
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 Cork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Rhodes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McBeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kecks Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rockwood Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ephratah Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boshart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fern Dale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Dale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fern Dale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Gloversville.
- The Fern Dale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fern Dale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64526 <2>
- Christman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Getman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sammons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (365 more) ...
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dillenback Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Cork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cork, with the one closest to Cork listed first.
- Kecks Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kecks Center is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Center
- Rockwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Garoga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Sammonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Ephratah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gloversville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kingsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kingsboro is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Bleecker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bleecker is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Stone Arabia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Arabia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Arabia
- Fonda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lassellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fultonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yosts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yosts is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosts
- Randall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cork.
Newspapers Published in Cork ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cork, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cork.
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 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 Cork:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Montgomery County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie 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 Cork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |