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 Rexford (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 Rexford. 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 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.
Rexford 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 Rexford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rexford:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Rexford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Groom Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Burnt Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elnora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Clifton Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Country Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Jonesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Charlton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Ballston Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Round Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halfmoon Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Lisha Kill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Colonie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fullers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Latham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guilderland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Cohoes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roessleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Westmere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Newtonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- North Chatham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Niverville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Mills Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Perth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Union Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Broadalbin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Progress
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Berkshire
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Mayfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Gloversville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Greene County
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Cranesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hagaman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Harrower
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Wallins Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Fort Johnson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tribes Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fonda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fultonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Pleasantdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Lansingburgh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Sycaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Schaghticoke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Albia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Valley Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Defreestville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Rensselaer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyantskill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
- Wynantskill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Manor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Aqueduct
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Alplaus
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Glenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Schenectady
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Niskayuna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rotterdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rotterdam Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pattersonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Esperance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gallupville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Central Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Schoharie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Howes Cave
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middleburgh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Center Cambridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Fly Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Archdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Greenwich
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Center White Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Coila
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Cambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- North Greenwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Argyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rexford, see our County-by-County Page for Rexford.
Cemeteries Near Rexford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rexford.
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 Rexford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rexford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Yates Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clifton Park Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- First Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Presbyterian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the First Presbyterian Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Schenectady.
- The First Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641199 <3>
- First Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Schenectady.
- The St. Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. George's Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1803166 <3>
- Vale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Schenectady.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66580 <3>
- St. John Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Baptist Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Schenectady.
- The St. John the Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66007 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Schenectady.
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- Czestochwskiej Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64320 <3>
- Grooms Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Hills Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (478 more) ...
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Shade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scotia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65585 <3>
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 Rexford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rexford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rexford, with the one closest to Rexford listed first.
- Aqueduct
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Alplaus
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Glenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Groom Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Schenectady
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Scotia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vischer Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vischer Ferry is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vischer Ferry
- Elnora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Niskayuna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jonesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rotterdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Schenectady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Schenectady is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Schenectady
- Ushers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ushers is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ushers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rexford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rexford.
Newspapers Published in Rexford ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rexford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rexford, 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 Rexford.
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 Rexford:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Fulton County
- Greene County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Washington 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- Rexford) 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 Rexford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |