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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 Glenfield (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 Glenfield. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Glenfield is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Herkimer, Jefferson, Oneida, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Lewis County     (The home county of Glenfield)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenfield, with the one closest to Glenfield listed first.
    • Glendale
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • East Martinsburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
    • Martinsburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greig
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Watson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Watson is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
    • Turin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Petries Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
    • Lowville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Martinsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
    • Collinsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Lyons Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lyonsdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
  • Hamilton County
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenfield, with the one closest to Glenfield listed first.
    • Thendara
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
    • Beaver River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Northwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenfield, with the one closest to Glenfield listed first.
    • Carthage
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Carthage
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
    • Worth Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Worth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Natural Bridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • East Rodman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
    • Herrings
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Herrings is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
      • Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
    • Deferiet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Great Bend
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lorraine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Black River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Calcium
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenfield, with the one closest to Glenfield listed first.
    • Boonville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Redmond Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
    • Woodgate
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Ava
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Point Rock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Point Rock is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
    • Frenchville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
    • Westernville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Remsen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Brookfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • East Floyd
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
    • Leisure Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • Prospect
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenfield, with the one closest to Glenfield listed first.
    • Redfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Smartville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Chateaugay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay

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

Cemeteries Near Glenfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenfield.

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

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

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

  • Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sands Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Carpenter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaches Bridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Old Martinsburg Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Turin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Collinsville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Brantingham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wetmore Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ashback Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ebblie Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (118 more) ...
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Constableville.

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>

While we didn't find Glenfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glenfield.

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

  • Glendale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • East Martinsburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
  • Greig
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Martinsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Watson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Watson is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
  • Bushes Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bushes Landing is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushes Landing
  • Turin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Brantingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Collinsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
  • Lyons Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Petries Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
  • Lowville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • West Martinsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
    • Lyonsdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Crystal Dale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale

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

Newspapers Published in Glenfield ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenfield.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenfield, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenfield.

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 Glenfield:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glenfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Glenfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.