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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 Lake Vanare (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 Lake Vanare. 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 Lake Vanare ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Vanare: Lk. Vanare

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.

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

  • Warren County     (The home county of Lake Vanare)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Vanare, with the one closest to Lake Vanare listed first.
    • Lake Luzerne
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake George
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • West Glens Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
    • Queensbury
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Athol
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Warrensburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Stony Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Glens Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Brayton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Brayton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
    • Bolton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bolton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
    • Bolton Landing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrisburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Harrisburg is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Essex County
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Vanare, with the one closest to Lake Vanare listed first.
    • Northville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cranberry Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
    • North Broadalbin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
    • Union Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Mills is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
    • Mills Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
    • Broadalbin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jackson Summit
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
    • Mayfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Vanare, with the one closest to Lake Vanare listed first.
    • Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Hope is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Wells
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Benson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Benson is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
    • Blackbridge ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
    • Gilmantown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
  • Saratoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Vanare, with the one closest to Lake Vanare listed first.
    • Hadley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Corinth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Allentown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Allentown is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
    • English Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • English Village is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • South Glens Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 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
    • South Corinth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • South Corinth is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corinth
    • Day Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Day Center is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Center
    • Wilton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Gansevoort
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Gurn Spring
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
    • Kings Station
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
    • Jewell Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Vanare, with the one closest to Lake Vanare listed first.
    • Hudson Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsbury
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Kingsbury is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
    • Fort Edward
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Ann
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Adamsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Adamsville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Argyle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Comstock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hartford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hartford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • South Hartford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • South Hartford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hartford
    • South Argyle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • South Argyle is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
    • Belcher
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Belcher is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
    • East Hartford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • East Hartford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hartford
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Vanare, with the one closest to Lake Vanare listed first.
    • West Rupert
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
    • Rupert
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Rupert
      (30 miles [48.3 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
  • Rutland County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Vanare, with the one closest to Lake Vanare listed first.
    • West Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
    • Poultney
      (29 miles [46.7 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 <1>
    • Wells
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Wells is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
    • Wells
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • West Haven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
    • Pawlet
      (30 miles [48.3 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Fair Haven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lake Vanare ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Vanare.

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 Lake Vanare - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gage Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Old Methodist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lake Luzerne Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Hermon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Caldwell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Leavens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pine VIew Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine VIew Cemetery
    • The Pine VIew Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pineview Cemetery
  • Combs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • 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]<3> 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 <2>
  • Hadley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lynwood Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Conklingville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (248 more) ...
    • Conklingville Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cameron Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Alphonsus Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Hadley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • French Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • French Mountain is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Mountain
  • Lake George
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Conklingville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Conklingville is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklingville
  • Corinth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Palmer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Palmer is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
  • Athol
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Glens Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Queensbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Warrensburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Stony Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • South Glens Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 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
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pattens Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Pattens Mills is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattens Mills
    • Brayton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Brayton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
    • Cleverdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Vanare ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Vanare.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Vanare, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Vanare.

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 Lake Vanare:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Lake Vanare) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lake Vanare, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.