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 Riverside (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 Riverside. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Riverside 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 Riverside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverside:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Riverside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Stillwater
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mechanicville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willow Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Coons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Stillwater Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stillwater Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Center
- Clifton Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ketchums Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ketchums Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchums Corners
- Malta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halfmoon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Country Knolls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Round Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elnora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Cohoes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Latham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Newtonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Watervliet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
- Loudonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Menands
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Colonie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- West Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Roessleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Albany
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- North Chatham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Riders Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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 Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Mills Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Union Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- North Broadalbin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Perth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Broadalbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Cranesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hagaman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harrower
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Wallins Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fort Johnson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Tribes Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Schaghticoke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Valley Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Johnsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Lansingburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Raymertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Pittstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Buskirk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sycaway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Boyntonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Brunswick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Aqueduct
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Niskayuna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alplaus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Glenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Schenectady
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- West Glens Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Glens Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Luzerne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Fly Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Archdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Center Cambridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Greenwich
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Cambridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coila
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Battenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- White Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Greenwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
- Greylock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock
- New Ashford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Ashford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- North Bennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Paper Mill Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Bennington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Old Bennington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- South Shaftsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Bennington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pownal Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Shaftsbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- Shaftsbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pownal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
- Woodford Hollow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow
- Arlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverside, see our County-by-County Page for Riverside.
Cemeteries Near Riverside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverside.
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 Riverside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Hudson View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Paul's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Yellow Meeting House Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clifton Park Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (484 more) ...
- Dunham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halfmoon - Middletown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Riverside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- East Saratoga Junciton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mechanicville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stillwater
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Reynolds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reynolds is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Willow Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Coons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Schaghticoke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bemis Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bemis Heights is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis Heights
- Stillwater Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stillwater Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Center
- Ushers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ushers is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ushers
- Clifton Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wayville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayville
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Melrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crandall Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverside.
Newspapers Published in Riverside ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverside, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riverside.
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 Riverside:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Fulton County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Berkshire County
- Bennington 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> | 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 Riverside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Riverside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |