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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 Randall Corner (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 Randall Corner. 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.

Name Variations for Randall Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Randall Corner: Randall Cor. (or less commonly used: Randall Crn.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Randall Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Randall Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Randall Corner 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 Randall Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Randall Corner:

  • Saratoga County     (The home county of Randall Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randall Corner, with the one closest to Randall Corner listed first.
    • Corinth
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • South Corinth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • South Corinth is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corinth
    • Gurn Spring
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
    • Kings Station
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
    • English Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • English Village is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • Porter Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gansevoort
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hadley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Saratoga Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • South Greenfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • South Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
    • Greenfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Albany County
    • Cohoes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randall Corner, with the one closest to Randall Corner listed first.
    • Union Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Mills is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
    • Northville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Mills Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
    • North Broadalbin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
    • Cranberry Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
    • Broadalbin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Perth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Perth is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
    • Mayfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jackson Summit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
    • Progress
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Progress is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
    • Berkshire
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Berkshire is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
    • Gloversville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randall Corner, with the one closest to Randall Corner listed first.
    • Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Hope is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Benson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Benson is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
    • Wells
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackbridge ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
    • Gilmantown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randall Corner, with the one closest to Randall Corner listed first.
    • Hagaman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Harrower
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Harrower is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
    • Rockton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockton is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
    • Wallins Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
    • Cranesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Amsterdam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Johnson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tribes Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rensselaer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randall Corner, with the one closest to Randall Corner listed first.
    • Schaghticoke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Valley Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Buskirk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnsonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagle Bridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasantdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
    • Hoosick Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
    • Lansingburgh
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
    • Boyntonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
    • Pittstown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
    • Raymertown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
  • Schenectady County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randall Corner, with the one closest to Randall Corner listed first.
    • Glenville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • East Glenville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
    • Stoodley Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
    • Alplaus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Aqueduct
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
    • Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pattersonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rotterdam Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Scotia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Scotia is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,618 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <1>
    • Schenectady
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Niskayuna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Rotterdam
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randall Corner, with the one closest to Randall Corner listed first.
    • Lake Luzerne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • West Glens Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
    • Glens Falls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Queensbury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake George
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Stony Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brayton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Brayton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
    • Athol
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Warrensburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Harrisburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrisburg is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Bolton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Bolton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
    • Bolton Landing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randall Corner, with the one closest to Randall Corner listed first.
    • Fort Edward
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hudson Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Argyle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • South Argyle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • South Argyle is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
    • North Greenwich
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • North Greenwich is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
    • Adamsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Adamsville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Kingsbury
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingsbury is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
    • Greenwich
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenwich is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
    • Cossayuna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • North Easton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • North Easton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
    • Battenville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Battenville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
    • Archdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Archdale is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randall Corner, with the one closest to Randall Corner listed first.
    • West Rupert
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
    • Rupert
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Rupert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Sandgate
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people

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

Cemeteries Near Randall Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Randall Corner.

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 Randall Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Davis - Bedell - Young Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Carpenter - Haines Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Angell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lincoln - Eddy - Monroe Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Clothier Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • John Eggleston Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hodges Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Corinth Rural Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Rural Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Corinth Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Corinth.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #156706 <2>
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Saxton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (332 more) ...
    • Cornell - Brisbin Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Corinth Catholic Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 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 Randall Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Randall Corner.

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

  • Palmer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Palmer is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
  • Corinth
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • North Greenfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenfield
  • Kings Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
  • Kings
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Fortsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fortsville is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortsville
  • Porter Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenfield Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hadley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Gansevoort
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • South Greenfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • South Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
    • Saratoga Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Conklingville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Conklingville is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklingville

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

Newspapers Published in Randall Corner ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Randall Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Randall Corner, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Randall Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Randall Corner:

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 Randall Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Randall Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.