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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 Knowelhurst (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 Knowelhurst. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Knowelhurst is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Essex, Hamilton, Saratoga & Washington.

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

  • Warren County     (The home county of Knowelhurst)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowelhurst, with the one closest to Knowelhurst listed first.
    • Harrisburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Harrisburg is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Stony Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Athol
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bakers Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Warrensburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Johnsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lake Luzerne
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wevertown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Lake George
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Holcombville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Holcombville is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcombville
    • Riparius
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Bolton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bolton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowelhurst, with the one closest to Knowelhurst listed first.
    • Minerva
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Loch Muller
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Loch Muller is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Muller
    • Schroon Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowelhurst, with the one closest to Knowelhurst listed first.
    • Northville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cranberry Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
    • North Broadalbin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
    • Union Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Union Mills is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
    • Jackson Summit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
    • Mills Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
    • Mayfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Broadalbin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Perth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Perth is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
    • Progress
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Progress is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowelhurst, with the one closest to Knowelhurst listed first.
    • Wells
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hope
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hope is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Gilmantown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
    • Blackbridge ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
    • Benson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Benson is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
    • Speculator
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Sabael
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Piseco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Indian Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Arietta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Arietta is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
  • Saratoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowelhurst, with the one closest to Knowelhurst listed first.
    • Allentown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Allentown is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
    • Day Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Day Center is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Center
    • Hadley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Batchellerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
    • Edinburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Corinth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • South Corinth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • South Corinth is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corinth
    • Porter Corners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • English Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • English Village is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • South Glens Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Wilton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowelhurst, with the one closest to Knowelhurst listed first.
    • Hudson Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsbury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Kingsbury is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
    • Fort Edward
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Ann
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Adamsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Adamsville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Comstock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Huletts Landing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Argyle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Knowelhurst ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knowelhurst.

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 Knowelhurst - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Scofield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Van Dusen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lens Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Russell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cameron Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pendell Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Old Methodist Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Combs Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Combs Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Warrensburg.
    • The Combs Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cat's Corner Cemetery
    • Hoag Cemetery
    • Sitting Bull Cemetery
    • Weaver Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188829 <3>
  • Lynwood Baptist Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hadley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Conklingville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Conklingville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (158 more) ...
    • Edinburg Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lake Luzerne Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Cecilia Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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 Knowelhurst in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knowelhurst.

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

  • Stony Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Thurman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Thurman is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
  • Conklingville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Conklingville is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklingville
  • Athol
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Oregon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oregon is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
  • Griffin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Griffin is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Bakers Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • West Day
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • West Day is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Day
  • Hadley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Warrensburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • The Glen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Glen is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Glen
  • Johnsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Wells
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Wevertown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hope
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hope is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope

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

Newspapers Published in Knowelhurst ...

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 Knowelhurst.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knowelhurst, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knowelhurst.

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 helpful 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 Knowelhurst:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Knowelhurst) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Knowelhurst, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.