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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 Northumberland (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 Northumberland. 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.

Northumberland is located in Saratoga 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 Saratoga County: Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Warren & Washington.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Northumberland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northumberland.

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

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

  • Laing Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laing Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Finch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Broad Street Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Broad Street Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Broad Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bacon Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bacon Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bacon Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Notre Dame Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Notre Dame Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Notre Dame Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cemetery of Visitation
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cemetery of Visitation
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cemetery of Visitation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Victory Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Victory Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Victory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Prospect Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prospect Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prospect Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Douw Winney Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Douw Winney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Douw Winney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bryan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bryan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwich Protestant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (418 more) ...
    • Thompson Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Fairmount Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairmount Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairmount Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Gansevoort New Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gansevoort New Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gansevoort New Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Northumberland had a population of 175 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bacon Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bacon Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
    • Bacon Hill is located in Saratoga County
  • Schuylerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schuylerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuylerville
    • Schuylerville is located in Saratoga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,314 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schuylerville <2>
  • Grangerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Victory Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fort Miller
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Miller have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Miller
    • Fort Miller is located in Washington County
  • Middle Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Falls
    • Middle Falls is located in Washington County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middle Falls <2>
  • Burgoyne
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burgoyne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoyne
    • Burgoyne is located in Saratoga County
  • Coveville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coveville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
    • Coveville is located in Saratoga County
  • Greenwich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwich have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Greenwich is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
  • North Greenwich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gansevoort
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Quaker Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Springs
    • Quaker Springs is located in Saratoga County
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • South Argyle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Deans Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saratoga Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Northumberland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Northumberland.

Newspapers Published in Northumberland ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northumberland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northumberland, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northumberland.

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 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 Northumberland:

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

The official website for Saratoga County: www.co.saratoga.ny.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Northumberland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Northumberland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Northumberland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1275, Longitude: -73.5884    









 

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