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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 Salisbury (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 Salisbury. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Salisbury is located in Herkimer 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 Herkimer County: Fulton, Hamilton, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego & Saint Lawrence.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Salisbury ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Salisbury.

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

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

  • Salisbury Rural Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salisbury Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salisbury Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Bridget Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bridget Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bridget Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holsted Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holsted Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holsted Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whipple Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whipple Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whipple Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dolgeville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tuttle Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tuttle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tuttle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Curtis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curtis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curtis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Comstock Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Comstock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Comstock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Peck Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Yellow Church Road Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yellow Church Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yellow Church Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairfield Village Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairfield Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairfield Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (313 more) ...
    • Trinity Episcopal Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Episcopal Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rural Park Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Salisbury had a population of 171 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Salisbury Center
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Dolgeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Fairfield is located in Herkimer County
  • Eatonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eatonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatonville
    • Eatonville is located in Herkimer County
  • Little Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ingham Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingham Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham Mills
    • Ingham Mills is located in Fulton County
  • Lotville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lotville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotville
    • Lotville is located in Fulton County
  • Emmonsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Emmonsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmonsburg
    • Emmonsburg is located in Fulton County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Emmonsburg
    • From Salisbury to Emmonsburg
  • Oppenheim
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oppenheim have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppenheim
    • Oppenheim is located in Fulton County
  • Stratford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
    • Stratford is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stratford <1>
  • Middleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Indian Castle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Castle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Castle
    • Indian Castle is located in Herkimer County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Salisbury ...

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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Salisbury.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Salisbury, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Salisbury.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Salisbury:

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

The official website for Herkimer County: www.herkimercounty.org/

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>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.
<3>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.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Salisbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Salisbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1343, Longitude: -74.8246       In this case, the coordinates for Salisbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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 Salisbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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