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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 Stottville (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 Stottville. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Stottville is located in Columbia County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.

Below are the counties that are near Stottville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stottville:

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

Cemeteries Near Stottville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stottville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Swartwout Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swartwout Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swartwout Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hudson City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hudson City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hudson City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cedar Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Claverack Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • West Ghent Reformed Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lampman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lampman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lampman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Athens Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Athens Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Athens Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • German Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Reed Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Stottville had a population of 741 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Columbiaville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbiaville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbiaville
    • Columbiaville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbiaville <3>
  • Hudson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenport Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rossman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
    • Rossman is located in Columbia County
  • Athens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Claverack
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claverack have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claverack
    • Claverack is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claverack <3>
  • Mellenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pulvers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pulvers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulvers
    • Pulvers is located in Columbia County
  • Stuyvesant Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuyvesant Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Falls
    • Stuyvesant Falls is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuyvesant Falls <3>
  • Philmont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Coxsackie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • West Athens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Athens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Athens
    • West Athens is located in Greene County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Humphreysville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humphreysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreysville
      • Humphreysville is located in Columbia County
    • Hollowville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ghent
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ghent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghent
      • Ghent is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ghent <3>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Stottville ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stottville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Stottville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Stottville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Stottville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<6> of Stottville.

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 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 Stottville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stottville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiacountyny.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Stottville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Stottville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stottville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2863, Longitude: -73.7388    









 

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