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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 Munsonville (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 Munsonville. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Munsonville is located in Fulton County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties 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 Munsonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Munsonville:

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

Cemeteries Near Munsonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Munsonville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Munsonville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Munsonville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Munsonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mayfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mayfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Vail Mills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vail Mills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vail Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Village Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Berry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riceville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riceville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riceville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Christie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Mills Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Mills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Prospect Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Israel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Israel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Perth Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hageman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hageman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hageman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (380 more) ...
    • Yates Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yates Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yates Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Fern Dale Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Munsonville had a population of 26 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Mayfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Broadalbin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broadalbin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadalbin
    • Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broadalbin <1>
  • North Broadalbin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cranberry Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Kingsboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
    • Kingsboro is located in Fulton County
  • Gloversville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Perth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Benedict
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benedict have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
    • Benedict is located in Fulton County
  • Mills Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bleecker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bleecker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
    • Bleecker is located in Fulton County
  • Hagedorns Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Munsonville ...

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 Munsonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Munsonville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Munsonville.

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 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 Munsonville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Munsonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fulton County: www.fulton.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Munsonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Munsonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Munsonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0890, Longitude: -74.2392       In this case, the coordinates for Munsonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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