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 Rexleigh (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 Rexleigh. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Rexleigh is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Addison (VT), Bennington (VT) & Rutland (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Rexleigh. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rexleigh:
- Washington County (The home county of Rexleigh)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexleigh, with the one closest to Rexleigh listed first.
- Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenwich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Battenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Cossayuna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anaquassacook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anaquassacook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook
- North Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coila
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Greenwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Archdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Belcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Belcher is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- Albany County
- Cohoes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexleigh, with the one closest to Rexleigh listed first.
- Eagle Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Buskirk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hoosick Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Walloomsac
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
- Hoosick Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Johnsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hoosick
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Valley Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boyntonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Petersburg Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Potter Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Schaghticoke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pittstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexleigh, with the one closest to Rexleigh listed first.
- Northumberland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Schuylerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Victory Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Village of Victory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Village of Victory is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Victory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Village of Victory has also been known as:
- Victory village
- Grangerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Jewell Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
- Gates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Gansevoort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Deans Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- English Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- South Glens Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Glens Falls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Glens Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,617 people
- Gurn Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
- Cedar Bluffs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexleigh, with the one closest to Rexleigh listed first.
- Glens Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Glens Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Queensbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Lake George
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Luzerne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexleigh, with the one closest to Rexleigh listed first.
- Sandgate
(8 miles [12.9 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
- West Rupert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- Arlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Kansas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Shaftsbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shaftsbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- Manchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
- Manchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sunderland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sunderland is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
- Dorset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexleigh, with the one closest to Rexleigh listed first.
- Pawlet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pawlet is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawlet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
- Pawlet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wells
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Danby Four Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners
- Danby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
- Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wells is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Middletown Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown Springs is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Middletown Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tabor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- South Wallingford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Wallingford is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford
- Tinmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tinmouth is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Poultney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Poultney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Poultney is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poultney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,239 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rexleigh, with the one closest to Rexleigh listed first.
- Stratton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stratton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Stratton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stratton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Somerset
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Podunk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Podunk is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk
- West Wardsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jamaica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jamaica is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Wardsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wardsboro is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
- West Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Dover is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover
- Jamaica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wardsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Goose City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Goose City is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose City
- South Wardsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Wardsboro is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wardsboro
- Windsor County (VT)
- Weston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rexleigh, see our County-by-County Page for Rexleigh.
Cemeteries Near Rexleigh ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rexleigh.
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 Rexleigh - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rexleigh covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rexleigh, with the one closest to Rexleigh listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Revolutionary War Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Camden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Binninger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Arlington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cossayuna Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West End - Camdon Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (412 more) ...
- LeBarron-Harrington Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guber Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoda Blowers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Rexleigh in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rexleigh.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rexleigh, with the one closest to Rexleigh listed first.
- Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenwich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Battenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Shushan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cossayuna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- West Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Hebron is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hebron
- Greenwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Coila
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Arlington
- Sandgate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- South Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Middle Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Archdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rexleigh. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rexleigh.
Newspapers Published in Rexleigh ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rexleigh.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rexleigh, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rexleigh.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Rexleigh:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Warren County
- Berkshire County
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Windsor 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> | 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 Rexleigh, 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- Rexleigh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |