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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 Grays Corner (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 Grays Corner. 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 Grays Corner ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Grays Corner: Grays Cor. (or less commonly used: Grays Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Grays Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Grays Corner may originally have been Gray's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grays Corner might be written as Gray Corner.

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

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 doctors 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.

Grays Corner 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 Grays Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grays Corner:

  • Washington County     (The home county of Grays Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
    • Whitehall
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • North Granville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • North Granville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Granville
    • Comstock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hampton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Hampton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
    • Truthville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Truthville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truthville
    • Chubbs Dock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Chubbs Dock is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubbs Dock
    • Middle Granville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dresden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Dresden is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
    • Huletts Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Ann
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Granville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Hartford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
    • Ticonderoga
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ironville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ironville is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
    • Schroon Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Severance
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Saratoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
    • South Glens Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • English Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • English Village is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • Gansevoort
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jewell Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
    • Hadley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Northumberland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
    • Corinth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gurn Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
    • Wilton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
    • Sabbath Day Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sabbath Day Point is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabbath Day Point
    • Silver Bay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Brayton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Brayton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
    • Bolton Landing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bolton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Bolton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
    • North Bolton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • North Bolton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bolton
    • Hague
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Queensbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverbank
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Riverbank is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
    • Lake George
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Warrensburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Brant Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Addison County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
    • Orwell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Orwell is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
    • Orwell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • East Shoreham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Shoreham is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shoreham
    • Richville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Richville is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
    • Whiting
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Whiting is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
    • Whiting
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Shoreham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Shoreham is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
    • Shoreham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Leicester Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Leicester Junction is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester Junction
    • Leicester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Leicester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Leicester is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
    • Goshen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Goshen is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
    • Rupert
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Rupert
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • West Rupert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
    • Dorset
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorset
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dorset is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
    • Sandgate
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Barnumville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Barnumville is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
    • Manchester Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Manchester Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
    • Manchester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Manchester is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
    • Manchester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Manchester Depot
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot
    • Peru
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Peru is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
  • Rutland County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
    • Poultney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • 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 <2>
    • West Haven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
    • Fair Haven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • West Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
    • Fair Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Fair Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
    • Poultney
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Poultney is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poultney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,239 people
    • West Castleton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • West Castleton is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Castleton
    • Wells
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wells is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
    • Wells
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Benson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Castleton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Castleton is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,490 people
    • Benson Landing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Benson Landing is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Landing

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

Cemeteries Near Grays Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grays Corner.

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 Grays Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Greenmount Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Greenmont Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Williams Street Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Our Lady of Angels Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Boardman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Adams - Elbow Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Neddo Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rodd - Elbow Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • North Granville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Welch Hollow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Comstock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (335 more) ...
    • Hooker Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Warren Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hampton Flats Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Whitehall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Comstock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • North Granville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • North Granville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Granville
  • Truthville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Truthville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truthville
  • Hampton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hampton is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
  • South Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • South Bay is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bay
  • Chubbs Dock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Chubbs Dock is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubbs Dock
  • Dresden Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dresden Center is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden Center
  • Raceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Raceville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceville
  • Poultney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • 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 <2>
  • Fair Haven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Slyboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Slyboro is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slyboro
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Middle Granville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • South Poultney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • South Poultney is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Poultney
    • West Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven

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

Newspapers Published in Grays Corner ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grays Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grays Corner, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grays Corner.

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 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 Grays Corner:

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>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.
<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 Grays Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grays Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.