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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 Fortsville (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 Fortsville. 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 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.

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

  • Saratoga County     (The home county of Fortsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • English Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • English Village is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • Gansevoort
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jewell Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
    • Gurn Spring
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
    • Wilton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • South Glens Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • South Glens Falls is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Glens Falls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,617 people
    • Kings Station
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
    • Corinth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Northumberland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
    • Gates
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Gates is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
    • Grangerville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
    • South Corinth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • South Corinth is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corinth
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • Union Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Mills is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
    • Northville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Mills Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
    • North Broadalbin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
    • Cranberry Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
    • Broadalbin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Perth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Perth is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
    • Mayfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • Hope
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hope is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Benson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Benson is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • Hagaman
      (29 miles [46.7 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 southwest)
      • 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 Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • Buskirk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnsonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Schaghticoke
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Valley Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Eagle Bridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoosick Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
    • Walloomsac
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
    • Boyntonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
    • Hoosick Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pittstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
    • Pleasantdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
    • Raymertown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
  • Schenectady County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • East Glenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
    • Glenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Stoodley Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
    • Aqueduct
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
    • Alplaus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pattersonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rotterdam Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • West Glens Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
    • Glens Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lake Luzerne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Queensbury
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lake George
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Brayton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Brayton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
    • Stony Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Warrensburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Athol
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bolton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Bolton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
    • Bolton Landing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Harrisburg
      (23 miles [37 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 Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • Fort Edward
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hudson Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Argyle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • South Argyle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • South Argyle is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
    • Kingsbury
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingsbury is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
    • North Greenwich
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North Greenwich is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
    • Adamsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Adamsville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Cossayuna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Greenwich
      (13 miles [20.9 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
    • Belcher
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Belcher is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
    • East Greenwich
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • East Greenwich is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
    • Battenville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Battenville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • West Rupert
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
    • Rupert
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Rupert
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Sandgate
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Arlington
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Arlington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Dorset
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Shaftsbury
      (29 miles [46.7 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kansas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
    • North Bennington
      (30 miles [48.3 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
  • Rutland County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fortsville, with the one closest to Fortsville listed first.
    • Pawlet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • 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 east)
    • Wells
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wells
      (28 miles [45.1 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
    • Poultney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Poultney is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poultney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poultney <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Fortsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fortsville.

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 Fortsville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fortsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Griswold Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Dimmick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Big Bend Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Gansevoort New Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Gurn Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Old Gurn Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • South Side Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Alphonsus Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Davis - Bedell - Young Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lincoln - Eddy - Monroe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brick Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (316 more) ...
    • Mt. Hermon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clothier Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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 in 1895, Fortsville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Gansevoort
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Edward
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • South Glens Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • South Glens Falls is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Glens Falls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,617 people
  • Glens Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kings Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
  • Palmer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Palmer is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
  • Bacon Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bacon Hill is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
  • Fort Miller
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Miller is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Miller
  • Corinth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Northumberland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
  • Burgoyne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Burgoyne is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoyne
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Grangerville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
    • South Argyle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • South Argyle is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
    • Argyle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Fortsville ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fortsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fortsville, 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 Fortsville.

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 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 Fortsville:

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 Fortsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fortsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.