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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 Stever Mill (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 Stever Mill. 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 Stever Mill ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Stever Mill: Stever Ml. (or less commonly used: Stever Mll.)

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 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.

Stever Mill 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 Stever Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stever Mill:

  • Fulton County     (The home county of Stever Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stever Mill, with the one closest to Stever Mill listed first.
    • Mills Corners
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
    • Broadalbin
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • North Broadalbin
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
    • Union Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Mills is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
    • Perth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Perth is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
    • Mayfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cranberry Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
    • Progress
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Progress is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
    • Jackson Summit
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
    • Berkshire
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Berkshire is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
    • Gloversville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Johnstown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Meco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Meco is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stever Mill, with the one closest to Stever Mill listed first.
    • Fullers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Fullers is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
    • Altamont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lisha Kill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
    • Knox
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Hartmans Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
    • Meadowdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Meadowdale is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
    • Guilderland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Colonie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Latham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Westmere
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Westmere is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
    • Berne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Cohoes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Voorheesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stever Mill, with the one closest to Stever Mill listed first.
    • Benson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Benson is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
    • Hope
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Hope is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Arietta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Arietta is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
    • Blackbridge ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 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
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stever Mill, with the one closest to Stever Mill listed first.
    • Fort Plain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Dolgeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stever Mill, with the one closest to Stever Mill listed first.
    • Hagaman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Wallins Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
    • Harrower
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Harrower is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
    • Rockton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Rockton is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
    • Fort Johnson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Amsterdam
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Tribes Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cranesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Auriesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fonda
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Fonda is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fonda <1>
    • Fultonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Randall
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Randall is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
    • Burtonsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
  • Saratoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stever Mill, with the one closest to Stever Mill listed first.
    • Hagedorns Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
    • Whiteside Corners
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
    • Mosherville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
    • Galway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Batchellerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
    • Edinburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Birchton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Birchton is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
    • West Charlton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
    • Rock City Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Harmony Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
    • Milton Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
    • Charlton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Charlton is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
    • Porter Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Schenectady County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stever Mill, with the one closest to Stever Mill listed first.
    • Glenville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pattersonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Rotterdam Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mariaville Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
    • Mariaville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Rynex Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
    • Stoodley Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
    • Braman Corners
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
    • East Glenville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
    • Alplaus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Scotia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Scotia is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,618 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <1>
    • Aqueduct
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
  • Schoharie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stever Mill, with the one closest to Stever Mill listed first.
    • Esperance
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Central Bridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Argusville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Argusville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
    • Gallupville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Schoharie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Howes Cave
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharon Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawyersville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
    • Leesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Leesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stever Mill, with the one closest to Stever Mill listed first.
    • Harrisburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Harrisburg is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Lake Luzerne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Stony Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • West Glens Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
  • Washington County
    • Crandall Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners

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

Cemeteries Near Stever Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stever Mill.

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 Stever Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stever Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Union Mills Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Vail Mills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hageman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Village Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Perth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hagadorn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Yates Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Munsonville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • West Galway Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Foster Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Community Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (405 more) ...
    • Mayfield Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hagaman Mills Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Old Hagaman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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.<2>

While we didn't find Stever Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stever Mill.

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

  • Broadalbin
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Mills Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
  • Union Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Mills is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
  • North Broadalbin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
  • Perth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Perth is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
  • Hagedorns Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
  • Benedict
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Benedict is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
  • Munsonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Munsonville is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsonville
  • North Galway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • North Galway is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Galway
  • Mayfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cranberry Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
  • Barkersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Barkersville is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkersville
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Rockton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Rockton is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
    • Galway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mosherville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville

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

Newspapers Published in Stever Mill ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stever Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stever Mill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stever Mill.

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 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 Stever Mill:

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>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 Stever Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Stever Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.