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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 Pine (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 Pine. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Pine is primarily located in Albany County. A portion of Pine extends into Oneida 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 Albany County: Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady & Schoharie.

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

  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine, with the one closest to Pine listed first.
    • Russia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Russia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Norwich Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
    • Grant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Northwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Poland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Cold Brook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine, with the one closest to Pine listed first.
    • Leisher Mill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • West Leyden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Osceola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Mohawk Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
    • Michigan Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • Constableville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Port Leyden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Collinsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Lyons Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Turin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyonsdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine, with the one closest to Pine listed first.
    • Oneida Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
    • Oneida
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Whitelaw
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitelaw is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
    • Kenwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Kenwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
    • Wampsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Canastota
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Clockville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Cottons
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cottons is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
    • Valley Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Valley Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Sullivan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sullivan is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Bolivar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Bolivar is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Bridgeport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Chittenango
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine, with the one closest to Pine listed first.
    • Blossvale
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Humaston
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Humaston is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
    • Leisure Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • McConnellsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
    • Taberg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Vienna
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Vienna is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Brookfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookfield is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Coonrod
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Coonrod is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonrod
    • Agnes Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Agnes Corners is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes Corners
    • Verona Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Verona Mills is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Mills
    • North Bay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • North Bay is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
    • Sylvan Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Camden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Onondaga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine, with the one closest to Pine listed first.
    • Tall Pines Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
    • Kirkville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mycenae
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
    • Eagle Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Minoa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <1>
    • Fayetteville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Manlius
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • East Syracuse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
    • Lyndon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyndon is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
    • Brewerton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • De Witt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • De Witt is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
    • North Syracuse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
    • Clay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine, with the one closest to Pine listed first.
    • Cleveland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Nicholsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
    • Constantia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • West Amboy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • West Amboy is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
    • Gayville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Gayville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
    • Kasoag
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kasoag is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
    • Redfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Monroe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • West Monroe is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
    • Mallory
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Albion Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Altmar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Central Square
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Dugway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Dugway is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway

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

Cemeteries Near Pine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine.

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 Pine - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bradock Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Cook Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Maple Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Old Protestant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • McConnellsville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Doxtater Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Murray Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Happy Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Link Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lee Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (351 more) ...
    • Greenway Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Eames Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Lawn Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Pine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine.

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

  • Blossvale
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Humaston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Humaston is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
  • McConnellsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
  • Vienna
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Vienna is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Lee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lee is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
  • Taberg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • New London
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • New London is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
  • North Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • North Bay is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
  • Higginsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Higginsville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
  • Verona Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Verona Mills is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Mills
  • Coonrod
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Coonrod is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonrod
  • Sylvan Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Verona Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lee Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenmore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Glenmore is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore

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

Newspapers Published in Pine ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine, 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 Pine.

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 websites either 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 Pine:

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 Pine, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.