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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 Smiths Corners (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 Smiths Corners. 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.
Name Variations for Smiths Corners ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Smiths Corners: Smiths Cors.
- While the name of this community is Smiths Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Smiths Corners may originally have been Smith's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Smiths Corners might be written as Smith Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smiths Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smiths Corners.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Smiths Corners is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery & Saratoga.
Below are the counties that are near Smiths Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smiths Corners:
- Fulton County (The home county of Smiths Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Meco
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Gloversville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Berkshire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Johnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Progress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Sammonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Jackson Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Mayfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Garoga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Broadalbin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Perth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Ephratah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Altamont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Benson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Arietta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Blackbridge ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
- Wells
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
- Piseco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Morehouseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Fort Plain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dolgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Salisbury Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Starkville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Newville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Salisbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Little Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Deck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Jacksonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jacksonburg is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Paines Hollow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Edicks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- East Herkimer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Herkimer is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Herkimer
- Herkimer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Fonda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fultonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tribes Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Auriesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Johnson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Randall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Amsterdam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hagaman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrower
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Wallins Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Canajoharie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nelliston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Center Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Cherry Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- South Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Roseboom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Hagedorns Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Galway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Batchellerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
- Edinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- West Charlton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Birchton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Harmony Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Charlton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Rock City Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Day Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Day Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Center
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Glenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Braman Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Pattersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rotterdam Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Delanson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Duane Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Princetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- East Glenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Argusville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Esperance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Sharon Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Central Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Howes Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Janesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Seward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Cobleskill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Schoharie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gallupville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Warren County
- Harrisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smiths Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Smiths Corners.
Cemeteries Near Smiths Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smiths Corners.
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 Smiths Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smiths Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Fern Dale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Dale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fern Dale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Gloversville.
- The Fern Dale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fern Dale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64526 <3>
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Israel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boshart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riceville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (391 more) ...
- McBeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kecks Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Smiths Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smiths Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smiths Corners, with the one closest to Smiths Corners listed first.
- Gloversville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingsboro
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingsboro is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Johnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bleecker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bleecker is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Kecks Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kecks Center is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Center
- Sammonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Mayfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Garoga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Fonda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Munsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Munsonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsonville
- Fultonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tribes Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ephratah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Fort Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smiths Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smiths Corners.
Newspapers Published in Smiths Corners ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smiths Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smiths Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smiths Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Smiths Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Montgomery County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Smiths Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Smiths Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |