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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 Gayhead (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 Gayhead. 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.

Gayhead is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.

Below are the counties that are near Gayhead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gayhead:

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

Cemeteries Near Gayhead ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gayhead.

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

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

  • Gayhead Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gayhead Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gayhead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Butler Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Webber Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Webber Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Webber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Waldron - Brandon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waldron - Brandon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waldron - Brandon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palmer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blaisdell Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Waldron Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waldron Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waldron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Weekes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weekes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weekes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • King Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cairo Village Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandy Plain Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandy Plain Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandy Plain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Greenville Center Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenville Center Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenville Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Honey Hollow Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honey Hollow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Honey Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • King Hill Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King Hill 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Gayhead had a population of 44 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Result
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Result have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Result
    • Result is located in Greene County
  • Cairo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cairo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Cairo is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
  • Greenville Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Center
    • Greenville Center is located in Greene County
  • Surprise
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Acra
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acra
    • Acra is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Acra <1>
  • South Cairo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Freehold
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freehold have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freehold
    • Freehold is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freehold <1>
  • Greenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Medway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grapeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grapeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeville
    • Grapeville is located in Greene County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Grapeville
    • From Gayhead to Grapeville
  • Cairo Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Leeds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leeds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
    • Leeds is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <1>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Norton Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East Durham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Durham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Durham
      • East Durham is located in Greene County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Durham <1>
    • South Durham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Durham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Durham
      • South Durham is located in Greene County

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

Newspapers Published in Gayhead ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gayhead.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gayhead, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gayhead.

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 websites either 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 Gayhead:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gayhead. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 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>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.
<4>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 Gayhead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Gayhead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gayhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3415, Longitude: -73.9702    









 

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