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 Southwest Hoosick (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 Southwest Hoosick. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Southwest Hoosick is located in Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County : Berkshire (MA) , Albany , Columbia , Greene , Saratoga , Washington & Bennington (VT) .
Below are the counties that are near Southwest Hoosick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Southwest Hoosick:
Rensselaer County (The home county of Southwest Hoosick)
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Potter Hill (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill Hoosick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Hoosick Falls (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Boyntonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville Hoosick Junction (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction Petersburg Junction (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction Pittstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown Buskirk (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Eagle Bridge (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Walloomsac (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac Johnsonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Grafton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Raymertown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown Albany County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Cohoes (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Green Island (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Watervliet (18 miles [29 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)
Menands (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Newtonville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Loudonville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Albany (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Roessleville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
West Albany (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
West Albany is located in Albany County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany Colonie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Normansville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Normansville is located in Albany County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville Lisha Kill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Lisha Kill is located in Albany County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill Columbia County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Riders Mills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Riders Mills is located in Columbia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills New Britain ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
New Britain is located in Columbia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain North Chatham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
North Chatham is located in Columbia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham Saratoga County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Stillwater (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Mechanicville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Waterford (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Stillwater Center (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Stillwater Center is located in Saratoga County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Center Halfmoon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Willow Glen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen Ketchums Corners (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Ketchums Corners is located in Saratoga County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchums Corners Victory Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Village of Victory (17 miles [27.4 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 Coons (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Coons is located in Saratoga County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Deans Corners (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners Clifton Park (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Halfmoon Beach (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach Schenectady County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Niskayuna (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Aqueduct (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct Alplaus (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
East Glenville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
East Glenville is located in Schenectady County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville Stoodley Corners (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners Schenectady (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Scotia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Rotterdam (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Center White Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Center White Creek is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek Center Cambridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Center Cambridge is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge White Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Cambridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Crandall Corners (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Crandall Corners is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners Fly Summit (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Fly Summit is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit Archdale (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Archdale is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale Coila (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Coila is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila North Easton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
North Easton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton Anaquassacook (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Anaquassacook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook Greenwich (15 miles [24.1 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
Battenville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Battenville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville East Greenwich (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
East Greenwich is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Berkshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Williamstown (15 miles [24.1 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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock Briggsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville North Adams (19 miles [30.6 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 (20 miles [32.2 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
Renfrew (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Renfrew is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew Zylonite (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Zylonite is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite Adams (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
Hancock (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
Arnoldville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Arnoldville is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldville Cheshire (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Cheshire is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
Florida (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Florida is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
Town Crest Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Town Crest Village is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Crest Village Franklin County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Monroe (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Monroe is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
Monroe Bridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge Rowe (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Rowe is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
Bennington County (VT)
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Paper Mill Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village Bennington (9 miles [14.5 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 (9 miles [14.5 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
North Bennington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
Bennington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
South Shaftsbury (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury Pownal Center (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center Pownal (11 miles [17.7 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
Shaftsbury (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
Woodford Hollow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow Shaftsbury (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Woodford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Woodford is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
Woodford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Windham County (VT)
The following are listed by their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Somerset (23 miles [37 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
Wilmington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Whitingham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Whitingham is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitingham Population from the 2020 Census: 1,271 people
Wilmington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Wilmington is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Stratton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Stratton is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Podunk (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Podunk is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk West Dover (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
West Dover is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Stratton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Stratton is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
Dover (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Dover is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
Jacksonville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
West Wardsboro (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Whitingham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Southwest Hoosick, see our County-by-County Page for Southwest Hoosick .
Cemeteries Near Southwest Hoosick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Southwest Hoosick.
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 Southwest Hoosick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Southwest Hoosick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Warren Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
St. Marys Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
West Hoosick Rural Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Woodside Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Maple Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hoosick Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Paddock - Peckham Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Burden Ore Bed - Sherwood Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Kingsley Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Aikens Corners Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Moses Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
J. Wilcox Farm Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J. Wilcox Farm Cemetery The J. Wilcox Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
Woodland - J. Wilcox Farm Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2333360 <3>
Continue List (443 more) ...
Edgar Rathburn Farm Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
North Pownal Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Hinsdillville Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Southwest Hoosick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Southwest Hoosick.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Southwest Hoosick, with the one closest to Southwest Hoosick listed first.
Potter Hill (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill West Hoosick (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
West Hoosick is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hoosick Boyntonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville Hoosick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Hoosick Falls (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Pittstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown North Petersburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
North Petersburg is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Petersburg Petersburg Junction (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction Hoosick Junction (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction Walloomsac (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac Eagle Bridge (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Center White Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Center White Creek is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek Continue List (15 more) ...
Johnsonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Raymertown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown Grafton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Southwest Hoosick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Southwest Hoosick .
Newspapers Published in Southwest Hoosick ...
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 Southwest Hoosick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Southwest Hoosick, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Southwest Hoosick.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Southwest Hoosick:
Websites specific to New York Pages specific to Rensselaer County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Albany County Columbia County Saratoga County Schenectady County Washington County Berkshire County Franklin County Bennington County Windham County Cemetery Information and Directories for New York Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Southwest Hoosick. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Rensselaer County: https://www.rensco.com/
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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southwest Hoosick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Southwest Hoosick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.