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 Rock City Falls (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 Rock City Falls. 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 doctors and 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.
Rock City Falls 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 Rock City Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock City Falls:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Rock City Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Milton Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- South Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Factory Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Factory Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Village
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Birchton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Ballston Spa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mosherville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Saratoga Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Porter Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Galway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ballston Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Lisha Kill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Cohoes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colonie
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fullers
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Latham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Guilderland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Newtonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Loudonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Roessleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Watervliet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Mills Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Union Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- North Broadalbin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Broadalbin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Perth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Cranberry Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Northville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jackson Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Progress
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Berkshire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gloversville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Benson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Blackbridge ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
- Wells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Hagaman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cranesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrower
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Wallins Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Johnson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tribes Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Fonda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fultonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Randall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Schaghticoke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Pleasantdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Buskirk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Raymertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Sycaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 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>
- Pittstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Eagle Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Albia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Boyntonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Glenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Glenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Alplaus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Aqueduct
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Schenectady
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rynex Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Mariaville Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Schoharie County
- Esperance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Lake Luzerne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Glens Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Stony Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Queensbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake George
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Athol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Warrensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Greenwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Archdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Fly Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- North Greenwich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Argyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Fort Edward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cambridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Hudson Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Argyle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Coila
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock City Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Rock City Falls.
Cemeteries Near Rock City Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock City Falls.
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 Rock City Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock City Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- Rock City Falls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Howard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Frink Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grenell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Milton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Milton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Middle Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bliss Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Factory Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Milton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (418 more) ...
- Munger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hutchings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rock City Falls had a population of 308 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock City Falls, with the one closest to Rock City Falls listed first.
- West Milton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Milton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Middle Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Milton Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- South Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- East Galway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Galway is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galway
- Birchton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Ballston Spa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Galway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kings is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Porter Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barkersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barkersville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock City Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock City Falls.
Newspapers Published in Rock City Falls ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock City Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock City Falls, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock City Falls.
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 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 Rock City Falls:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Warren 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> | 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 Rock City Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rock City Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |