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 Newtown (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 Newtown. 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.
Newtown 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 Newtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newtown:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Newtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Mechanicville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Willow Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Halfmoon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halfmoon Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Stillwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Country Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Jonesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Groom Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Cohoes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Latham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Watervliet
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Loudonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Colonie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Menands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roessleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Albany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Guilderland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- North Chatham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Riders Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Niverville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Mills Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Perth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Union Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Broadalbin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Cranesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hagaman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harrower
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Wallins Corners
(23 miles [37 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)
- Burtonsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Tribes Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Pleasantdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Lansingburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Schaghticoke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sycaway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Raymertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Johnsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Albia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Pittstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Wynantskill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brunswick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quackenkill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quackenkill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quackenkill
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Niskayuna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alplaus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Aqueduct
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- East Glenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Schenectady
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Scotia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rotterdam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rotterdam Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rynex Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Esperance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gallupville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- West Glens Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Glens Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Luzerne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Fly Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Archdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Center Cambridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Center White Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Greenwich
(18 miles [29 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
- Coila
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Battenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- North Greenwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Argyle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
- Hancock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- New Ashford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Ashford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- North Bennington
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Bennington
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Pownal Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Bennington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pownal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
- 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
- Shaftsbury
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodford Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow
- Arlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newtown, see our County-by-County Page for Newtown.
Cemeteries Near Newtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newtown.
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 Newtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- St. Paul's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton Park Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Millious Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Crescent Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halfmoon - Middletown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fonda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fonda Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Cohoes.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326760 <3>
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yellow Meeting House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grooms Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (485 more) ...
- Waterford Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Waterford Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Waterford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66654 <3>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Newtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Mechanicville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crescent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crescent is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Halfmoon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Reynolds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reynolds is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Willow Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Ushers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ushers is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ushers
- East Saratoga Junciton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunsbach Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dunsbach Ferry is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunsbach Ferry
- Melrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maltaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maltaville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltaville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Stillwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newtown.
Newspapers Published in Newtown ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newtown, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newtown.
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 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 Newtown:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Fulton County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Berkshire 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newtown) 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 Newtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |