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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 Goose Island (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 Goose Island. 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.

Name Variations for Goose Island ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Goose Island: Goose Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Goose Island. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Goose Island.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Goose Island is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Addison (VT), Bennington (VT) & Rutland (VT).

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Goose Island)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goose Island, with the one closest to Goose Island listed first.
    • Belcher
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Belcher is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
    • Argyle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cossayuna
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • East Hartford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • East Hartford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hartford
    • Adamsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Adamsville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • South Argyle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • South Argyle is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
    • South Hartford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • South Hartford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hartford
    • Porter
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Porter is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
    • Hartford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Hartford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • North Hebron
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • North Hebron is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hebron
    • East Greenwich
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • East Greenwich is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
    • Salem
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • North Greenwich
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North Greenwich is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
  • Rensselaer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goose Island, with the one closest to Goose Island listed first.
    • Buskirk
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Eagle Bridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hoosick Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
    • Johnsonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Walloomsac
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
    • Hoosick Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Schaghticoke
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Valley Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Hoosick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Boyntonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
    • Potter Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
    • Petersburg Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
    • Pittstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
  • Saratoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goose Island, with the one closest to Goose Island listed first.
    • Jewell Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
    • South Glens Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • 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
    • Northumberland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
    • Gansevoort
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Schuylerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • English Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • English Village is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • Grangerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
    • Victory Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Village of Victory
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Gates
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gates is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
    • Gurn Spring
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
    • Wilton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Kings Station
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goose Island, with the one closest to Goose Island listed first.
    • Glens Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Queensbury
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • West Glens Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
    • Brayton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brayton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
    • Lake George
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Luzerne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bolton Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bolton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Bolton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
    • Warrensburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Athol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • North Bolton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • North Bolton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bolton
    • Stony Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverbank
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverbank is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goose Island, with the one closest to Goose Island listed first.
    • West Rupert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
    • Rupert
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Rupert
      (11 miles [17.7 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
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Dorset
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Arlington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
    • Dorset
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Dorset is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
    • Manchester
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Manchester is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
    • Manchester
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Arlington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Manchester Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Manchester Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
    • Barnumville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Barnumville is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
    • Kansas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
  • Rutland County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goose Island, with the one closest to Goose Island listed first.
    • Pawlet
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pawlet
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Wells
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wells
      (16 miles [25.7 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
    • Danby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Danby is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
    • Danby Four Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners
    • Poultney
      (20 miles [32.2 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>
    • Middletown Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Middletown Springs is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
    • Middletown Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Poultney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Poultney is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poultney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,239 people
    • Tinmouth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Tinmouth is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinmouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
    • Fair Haven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • South Wallingford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • South Wallingford is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford
  • Windham County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goose Island, with the one closest to Goose Island listed first.
    • Stratton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Stratton is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
    • Stratton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Stratton is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
    • Somerset
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Somerset is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people

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

Cemeteries Near Goose Island ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goose Island.

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 Goose Island - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cossayuna Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Old North Argyle Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • North Argyle Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Prospect Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Old Scots Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • South Argyle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Adamsville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Parish Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • East Hebron Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Moorehouse Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorehouse Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Moorehouse Cemetery is located outside and to the south of North Hebron.
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (369 more) ...

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 Goose Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goose Island.

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

  • West Hebron
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • West Hebron is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hebron
  • Belcher
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Belcher is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
  • North Argyle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • North Argyle is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Argyle
  • Argyle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cossayuna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • South Argyle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • South Argyle is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
  • Adamsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Adamsville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
  • East Hartford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • East Hartford is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hartford
  • South Hartford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • South Hartford is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hartford
  • North Greenwich
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • North Greenwich is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
  • East Greenwich
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • East Greenwich is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
  • Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • North Hebron
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • North Hebron is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hebron
    • Hartford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Hartford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Fort Edward
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Goose Island ...

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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goose Island.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Goose Island:

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 Goose Island, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goose Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.