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 Spraguetown (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 Spraguetown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Spraguetown 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 Spraguetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spraguetown:
- Washington County (The home county of Spraguetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- North Greenwich
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Argyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Battenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- East Greenwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Cossayuna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coila
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fly Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- Cohoes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Watervliet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- Buskirk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eagle Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Johnsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hoosick Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Valley Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Walloomsac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
- Hoosick Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Schaghticoke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Boyntonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Pittstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Potter Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Hoosick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- Schuylerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Northumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Victory Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Village of Victory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Jewell Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
- Grangerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Gates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Gansevoort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deans Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Gurn Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
- English Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Cedar Bluffs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- Alplaus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- East Glenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Niskayuna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- Glens Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Glens Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Queensbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lake Luzerne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Lake George
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Warrensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Athol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- West Rupert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- Arlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
- Sandgate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Rupert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Shaftsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shaftsbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- Kansas
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- North Bennington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- South Shaftsbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Paper Mill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- Pawlet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pawlet is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawlet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
- Pawlet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wells
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wells is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Danby Four Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners
- Danby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
- Poultney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown Springs is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Middletown Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poultney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poultney is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poultney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,239 people
- Tinmouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tinmouth is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- 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
- Stratton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stratton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Stratton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stratton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spraguetown, see our County-by-County Page for Spraguetown.
Cemeteries Near Spraguetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spraguetown.
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 Spraguetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spraguetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- Greenwich Protestant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Argyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Broad Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Laing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Finch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cemetery of Visitation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Victory Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (403 more) ...
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Scots Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Scots Cemetery
- The Old Scots Cemetery has also been known as:
- Argyle Cemetery
- Scotch Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63856 <2>
- Bacon Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Spraguetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spraguetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spraguetown, with the one closest to Spraguetown listed first.
- North Greenwich
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Argyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Middle Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Battenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- East Greenwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Cossayuna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Schuylerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Miller
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fort Miller is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Miller
- Northumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Victory Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Archdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bacon Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bacon Hill is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
- Grangerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Coveville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coveville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spraguetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spraguetown.
Newspapers Published in Spraguetown ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spraguetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spraguetown, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spraguetown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Spraguetown:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Warren 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> | 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 Spraguetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spraguetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |