Our Genealogy Helper
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 Kingsboro (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 Kingsboro. 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 and doctors 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.
Kingsboro is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery & Saratoga.
Below are the counties that are near Kingsboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kingsboro:
- Fulton County (The home county of Kingsboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Gloversville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Berkshire
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Progress
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Meco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Mayfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jackson Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Broadalbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sammonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Cranberry Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Perth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Rockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Garoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Altamont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Benson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Arietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Blackbridge ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
- Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
- Piseco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Fort Plain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dolgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Salisbury Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Starkville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Salisbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Newville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Little Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Deck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Jacksonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jacksonburg is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Paines Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Edicks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Fonda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fultonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tribes Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Auriesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Johnson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallins Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hagaman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrower
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Randall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Cranesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Palatine Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Center Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Cherry Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Hagedorns Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Galway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Edinburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Batchellerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
- West Charlton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Birchton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Harmony Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Charlton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Rock City Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Day Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Day Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Center
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Glenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Braman Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Pattersonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rotterdam Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Delanson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Duanesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Duane Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Princetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Stoodley Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Esperance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Argusville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Sharon Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Central Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Leesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Howes Cave
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Cobleskill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Schoharie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Janesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Seward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Gallupville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Lake Luzerne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kingsboro, see our County-by-County Page for Kingsboro.
Cemeteries Near Kingsboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingsboro.
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 Kingsboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kingsboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fern Dale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Dale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fern Dale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Gloversville.
- The Fern Dale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fern Dale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64526 <2>
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riceville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Johnstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boshart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Munsonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Berry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kingsboro had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kingsboro, with the one closest to Kingsboro listed first.
- Gloversville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bleecker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bleecker is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mayfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Munsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Munsonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsonville
- Kecks Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kecks Center is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Center
- Sammonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Broadalbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fonda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fultonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tribes Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Perth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cranberry Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Rockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Garoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kingsboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kingsboro.
Newspapers Published in Kingsboro ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingsboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingsboro, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingsboro.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Kingsboro:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Montgomery County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 Kingsboro, 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- Kingsboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |