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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 Richmondville (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 Richmondville. 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 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.

Richmondville is located in Schoharie 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 Schoharie County: Albany, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego & Schenectady.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Richmondville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richmondville.

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

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

  • Richmondville Village Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmondville Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmondville Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Richmondville Rural Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holmes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holmes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fox - Cross Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox - Cross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox - Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Abbott Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abbott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shafer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shafer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shafer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Richmondville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Richmondville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Richmondville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hynds Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hynds Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hynds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rossman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rossman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rossman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Warnerville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warnerville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warnerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Summit Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Summit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Summit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Summit Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Summit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Summit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Fulton Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Shultas Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shultas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shultas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Marcley Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marcley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marcley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Richmondville had a population of 663 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Richmondville had a population of 854 people.

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

  • Beards Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • West Richmondville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Richmondville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Richmondville
    • West Richmondville is located in Schoharie County
  • Summit
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Warnerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hyndsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyndsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndsville
    • Hyndsville is located in Schoharie County
  • Vintonton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vintonton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintonton
    • Vintonton is located in Schoharie County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Vintonton
    • From Richmondville to Vintonton
  • Cobleskill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawyersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • East Worcester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Worcester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Worcester
    • East Worcester is located in Otsego County
  • Seward
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mineral Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Eminence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eminence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
    • Eminence is located in Schoharie County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • West Fulton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fulton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fulton
      • West Fulton is located in Schoharie County
    • Barnerville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnerville
      • Barnerville is located in Schoharie County
    • Charlotteville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlotteville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotteville
      • Charlotteville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotteville <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Richmondville ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richmondville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Richmondville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Richmondville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Richmondville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5> of Richmondville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Richmondville:

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

The official website for Schoharie County: www.schohariecounty-ny.gov/

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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- Richmondville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richmondville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6344, Longitude: -74.5639    
<6>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 Richmondville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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