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 Maple Shade (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 Maple Shade. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Maple Shade is located in Saratoga 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 Saratoga County: Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Warren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Maple Shade. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maple Shade:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Maple Shade)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- Ketchums Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ketchums Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchums Corners
- Cedar Bluffs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Riley Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Riley Cove is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Cove
- Saratoga Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Saratoga Lake is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Lake
- Deans Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Stillwater Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwater Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Center
- Malta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Coons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Ballston Spa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- Cohoes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Latham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lisha Kill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Watervliet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
- Newtonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Colonie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Loudonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Menands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roessleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fullers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Guilderland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- Mills Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Union Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- North Broadalbin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Broadalbin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Perth
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Northville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Mayfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Progress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Berkshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Jackson Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- Cranesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hagaman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harrower
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Wallins Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Johnson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tribes Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- Schaghticoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buskirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Lansingburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Eagle Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pittstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Raymertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Boyntonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Hoosick Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Sycaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- Alplaus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- East Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Niskayuna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Schenectady
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rotterdam Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- West Glens Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Glens Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Luzerne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Queensbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake George
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- North Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Crandall Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- Archdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Fly Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Greenwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Center Cambridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- North Greenwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Coila
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Battenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- South Argyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Cambridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- North Bennington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Paper Mill Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Shaftsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- Shaftsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Arlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
- Bennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Old Bennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Bennington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sandgate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- West Rupert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maple Shade, see our County-by-County Page for Maple Shade.
Cemeteries Near Maple Shade ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple Shade.
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 Maple Shade - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maple Shade covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- Caldwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ramsdill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dunham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Malta Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Malta Ridge West Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dunning Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Meeting House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fraser Burial Site
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (477 more) ...
- Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bryan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Maple Shade in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maple Shade.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maple Shade, with the one closest to Maple Shade listed first.
- Wayville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wayville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayville
- Ketchums Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ketchums Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchums Corners
- Cedar Bluffs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Saratoga Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Saratoga Lake is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Lake
- Stillwater Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwater Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Center
- Deans Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Malta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Quaker Springs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Springs
- Maltaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maltaville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltaville
- Bemis Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bemis Heights is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis Heights
- Burgoyne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burgoyne is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoyne
- Saratoga Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Ballston Spa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Line is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Line
- Round Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maple Shade. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple Shade.
Newspapers Published in Maple Shade ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple Shade.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple Shade, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maple Shade.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Maple Shade:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Bennington 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 Maple Shade, 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' (or 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- Maple Shade) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |