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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 Grants Woods (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 Grants Woods. 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 Grants Woods ...
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.
While the name of this community is Grants Woods, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Grants Woods may originally have been Grant's Woods.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grants Woods might be written as Grant Woods.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Grants Woods 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 Grants Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grants Woods:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Grants Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Gurn Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
- Wilton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gansevoort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- English Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- English Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Kings Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
- Jewell Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Glens Falls
(7 miles [11.3 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
- South Corinth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Corinth is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corinth
- Grangerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- 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 southeast)
- Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Albany County
- Cohoes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Mills Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Northville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Union Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- North Broadalbin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Broadalbin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cranberry Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Perth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Jackson Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Mayfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Benson
(28 miles [45.1 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 Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Hagaman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wallins Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Cranesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harrower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Amsterdam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Schaghticoke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Valley Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Buskirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Pleasantdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Raymertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Walloomsac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Alplaus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Glenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Glenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Aqueduct
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schenectady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Scotia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Niskayuna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- West Glens Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Glens Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Luzerne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Queensbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake George
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brayton
(17 miles [27.4 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)
- Athol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Warrensburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bolton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Harrisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Bolton Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Fort Edward
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Argyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Argyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- North Greenwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Adamsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Kingsbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Greenwich
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Cossayuna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- East Greenwich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Battenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- North Easton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- West Rupert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- Rupert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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
- Shaftsbury
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Pawlet
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wells
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grants Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Grants Woods.
Cemeteries Near Grants Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grants Woods.
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 Grants Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grants Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Dimmick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Gurn Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Gurn Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lincoln - Eddy - Monroe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cornell - Brisbin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gansevoort New Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Griswold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis - Bedell - Young Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arnold Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clothier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hodges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Wilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Grants Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grants Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grants Woods, with the one closest to Grants Woods listed first.
- Wilton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fortsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fortsville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortsville
- Gansevoort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kings Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
- Palmer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenfield
- Kings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kings is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- 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
- South Glens Falls
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Greenfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Burgoyne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Burgoyne is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoyne
- Grangerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Northumberland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grants Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grants Woods.
Newspapers Published in Grants Woods ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grants Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grants Woods, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grants Woods.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Grants Woods:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Grants Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Grants Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |