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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 Green Acres (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 Green Acres. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Green Acres is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Green Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • North Gage
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • North Gage is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gage
    • Trenton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Trenton is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Holland Patent
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Deerfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Deerfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
    • Barneveld
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Trenton Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
    • Marcy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • East Floyd
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
    • Utica
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Utica is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <1>
    • Yorkville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Prospect
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Floyd
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Floyd is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Oriskany
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Emmonsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Emmonsburg is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmonsburg
    • Crum Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
    • Middle Sprite
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Middle Sprite is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Sprite
  • Hamilton County
    • Morehouseville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Poland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Russia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Newport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cold Brook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Old City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Old City is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • Grant
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Middleville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Norway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Norway is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Northwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Norwich Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Corrado Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Corrado Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrado Corners
    • Frankfort
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gray
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • West Leyden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • Port Leyden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Constableville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyonsdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Collinsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Lyons Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Leisher Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Kenwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Valley Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Munns
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Munns is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munns
    • Munnsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Oneida
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Madison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Solsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Siloam
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Siloam is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Oneida Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Brookfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Bouckville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pratts Hollow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pratts Hollow is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Hollow
    • Pratts
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pratts is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Mindenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mindenville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindenville
    • Saint Johnsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookman Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookman Corners is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookman Corners
    • Hallsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hallsville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Brighton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Brighton is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Plainfield Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Plainfield Center is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Center
    • Richfield Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Springfield Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Springfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Springfield is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
    • Burlington Flats
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Middle Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Middle Village is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village

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

Cemeteries Near Green Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Acres.

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 Green Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Moulton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Olden - Barneveld Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Martins Corners Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Carr Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sherman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Weeber Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Burton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Deerfield - Schuyler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Tanner Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Welch Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (343 more) ...
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Townsend Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Schuyler Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Green Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Acres.

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

  • South Trenton
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • South Trenton is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Trenton
  • North Gage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • North Gage is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gage
  • Deerfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Deerfield is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
  • Holland Patent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Trenton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Trenton is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Marcy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Maynard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Maynard is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
  • Gravesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gravesville is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
  • Trenton Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
  • Stittville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Yorkville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Utica
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Utica is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <1>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • West Schuyler
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • West Schuyler is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Schuyler
    • Poland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Oriskany
      (7 miles [11.3 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 Green Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Acres.

Newspapers Published in Green Acres ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Acres.

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

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 Green Acres:

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 Green Acres, 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 from Point A (ie- Green Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.