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 Gates (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 Gates. 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.
Gates 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 Gates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gates:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Gates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Grangerville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Schuylerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Victory Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Village of Victory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- 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
- Northumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Deans Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Cedar Bluffs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Saratoga Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga Lake is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Lake
- Jewell Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
- 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
- Ketchums Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ketchums Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchums Corners
- Gansevoort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kings Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Cohoes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Latham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Watervliet
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lisha Kill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Colonie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Loudonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Menands
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roessleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Westmere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Albany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Mills Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Union Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- North Broadalbin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Broadalbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Northville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Perth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Cranberry Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Cranesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hagaman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harrower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Wallins Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Schaghticoke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Valley Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Johnsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buskirk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosick Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Raymertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Boyntonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Hoosick Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pittstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Walloomsac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
- Pleasantdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Potter Hill
(20 miles [32.2 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 Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Alplaus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Glenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Aqueduct
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Stoodley Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Glenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Niskayuna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Schenectady
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rynex Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- West Glens Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Glens Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Luzerne
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Queensbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lake George
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Stony Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Warrensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Athol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bolton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- 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 Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Greenwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- North Easton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- North Greenwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Archdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- South Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Fly Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Battenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Crandall Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- Center Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Coila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- East Greenwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Argyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cossayuna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 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
- West Rupert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- North Bennington
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Sandgate
(23 miles [37 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
- Shaftsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- Shaftsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Paper Mill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- 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
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kansas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Bennington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Old Bennington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Pawlet
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gates, see our County-by-County Page for Gates.
Cemeteries Near Gates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gates.
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 Gates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Bryan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Douw Winney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Victory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cemetery of Visitation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Finch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Broad Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Laing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bacon Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Wilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Louden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Gates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gates, with the one closest to Gates listed first.
- Grangerville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Burgoyne
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burgoyne is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoyne
- Victory Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Schuylerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Deans Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Quaker Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quaker Springs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Springs
- Coveville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coveville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
- Northumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Bacon Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bacon Hill is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
- Saratoga Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga Lake is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Lake
- Cedar Bluffs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Middle Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fort Miller
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Miller is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Miller
- Ketchums Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ketchums Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchums Corners
- Wayville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gates.
Newspapers Published in Gates ...
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 Gates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gates, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Gates:
- 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> | 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 Gates, 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' (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- Gates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |