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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 South Easton (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 South Easton. 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 South Easton ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Easton: S. Easton
You might be interested in other communities that are also named South Easton. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Easton.
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.
South Easton is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Addison (VT), Bennington (VT) & Rutland (VT).
Below are the counties that are near South Easton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Easton:
- Washington County (The home county of South Easton)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- Fly Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- North Easton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Crandall Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- Center Cambridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Archdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Center White Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Greenwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Coila
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- White Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Greenwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Anaquassacook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anaquassacook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- Cohoes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Watervliet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Latham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Loudonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Menands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colonie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Roessleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Albany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westmere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Fulton County
- Mills Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- Buskirk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Johnsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Valley Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eagle Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Schaghticoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boyntonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Hoosick Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Walloomsac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
- Pittstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Hoosick Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Potter Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Hoosick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- Stillwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schuylerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Victory Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Village of Victory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Village of Victory is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Victory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Village of Victory has also been known as:
- Victory village
- Ketchums Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ketchums Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchums Corners
- Stillwater Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stillwater Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Center
- Deans Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Gates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Mechanicville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Northumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Cedar Bluffs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Grangerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Willow Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- Alplaus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Niskayuna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Glenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Schenectady
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rotterdam Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rynex Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- Glens Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Queensbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Luzerne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- Williamstown
(24 miles [38.6 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock
- Briggsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Briggsville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- North Adams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
- New Ashford
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Zylonite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zylonite is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- North Bennington
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Shaftsbury
(15 miles [24.1 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
- South Shaftsbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Bennington
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Shaftsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bennington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 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
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pownal Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Kansas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Pownal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
- Rutland County (VT)
- Pawlet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windham County (VT)
- Somerset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Somerset is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Easton, see our County-by-County Page for South Easton.
Cemeteries Near South Easton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Easton.
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 South Easton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Easton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- Brownell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fraser Burial Site
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwater Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Hoosick Rural Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (443 more) ...
- Cemetery of Visitation
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that South Easton had a population of 111 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Easton, with the one closest to South Easton listed first.
- Easton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Crandall Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- South Cambridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cambridge
- West Cambridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cambridge
- Fly Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- North Easton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Center Cambridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Johnsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Archdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Valley Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bemis Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bemis Heights is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis Heights
- Schaghticoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Eagle Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coveville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coveville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
- Stillwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Easton. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Easton.
Newspapers Published in South Easton ...
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 South Easton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Easton, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Easton.
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 South Easton:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Warren County
- Berkshire County
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Windham 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Easton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 South Easton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |