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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 Newville (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 Newville. 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 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.

Newville is located in Herkimer 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 Herkimer County: Fulton, Hamilton, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego & Saint Lawrence.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Newville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newville.

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 Newville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Haupt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haupt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haupt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Houpt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Garlock Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garlock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garlock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jones Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Gardner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gardner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gardner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Indian Castle Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Castle Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Castle Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walrath Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walrath Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walrath Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hess Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hess Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hess Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Herkimer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Herkimer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Herkimer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jordanville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jordanville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jordanville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Smith Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Green Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lower Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Newville had a population of 119 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Indian Castle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Castle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Castle
    • Indian Castle is located in Herkimer County
  • Deck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Paines Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Little Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Starkville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • East Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Creek
    • East Creek is located in Herkimer County
  • Van Hornesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Hornesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hornesville
    • Van Hornesville is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Hornesville <1>
  • Mindenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mindenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindenville
    • Mindenville is located in Montgomery County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Mindenville
    • From Newville to Mindenville
  • Jacksonburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Edicks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hallsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ingham Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingham Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham Mills
    • Ingham Mills is located in Fulton County
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    • Jordanville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordanville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
      • Jordanville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jordanville <1>
    • Saint Johnsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Johnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsville
      • Saint Johnsville is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,670 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Johnsville <1>
    • Crum Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 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 Newville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newville.

Newspapers Published in Newville ...

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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Newville:

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

The official website for Herkimer County: www.herkimercounty.org/

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>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.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Newville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9763, Longitude: -74.8254       In this case, the coordinates for Newville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Newville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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