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 West Cambridge (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 West Cambridge. 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 West Cambridge ...
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 West Cambridge: W. Cambridge
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Cambridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Cambridge.
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 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.
West Cambridge 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 West Cambridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Cambridge:
- Washington County (The home county of West Cambridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Center Cambridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Fly Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Archdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- North Easton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Center White Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Cambridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coila
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Crandall Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- White Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Anaquassacook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Anaquassacook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook
- East Greenwich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Cohoes
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Green Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Latham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watervliet
(21 miles [33.8 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>
- Menands
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Loudonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Colonie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Roessleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Albany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westmere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Buskirk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eagle Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosick Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Valley Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoosick Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Schaghticoke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walloomsac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
- Boyntonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Pittstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Potter Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Hoosick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Victory Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Schuylerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Village of Victory
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Stillwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Grangerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- Northumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Deans Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Ketchums Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ketchums Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchums Corners
- Stillwater Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stillwater Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Center
- Mechanicville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bluffs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Saratoga Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saratoga Lake is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Lake
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Aqueduct
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Alplaus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Niskayuna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Glenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Schenectady
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rotterdam Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Glens Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Williamstown
(23 miles [37 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock
- Briggsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Briggsville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- North Adams
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zylonite is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite
- Renfrew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Renfrew is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- North Bennington
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Shaftsbury
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Paper Mill Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Shaftsbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Bennington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Old Bennington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Bennington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kansas
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Sandgate
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Pownal Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Pawlet
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Somerset
(26 miles [41.8 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
(29 miles [46.7 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 West Cambridge, see our County-by-County Page for West Cambridge.
Cemeteries Near West Cambridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Cambridge.
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 West Cambridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Cambridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- Brownell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Hoosick Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fraser Burial Site
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwich Protestant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stillwater Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (448 more) ...
- Fairmount Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 in 1895, West Cambridge had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Cambridge, with the one closest to West Cambridge listed first.
- South Cambridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cambridge
- Center Cambridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Fly Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- South Easton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- South Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- Archdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- North Easton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Easton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Crandall Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- Johnsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eagle Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Center White Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Cambridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Coila
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- West Hoosick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Hoosick is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hoosick
- Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Cambridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Cambridge.
Newspapers Published in West Cambridge ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Cambridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Cambridge, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Cambridge.
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 West Cambridge:
- 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
- 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> | 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- West Cambridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 West Cambridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |