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 Greenville (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 Greenville. 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 Greenville ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Greenville: W. Greenville
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Greenville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Greenville.
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 hospitals 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 Greenville is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near West Greenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Greenville:
- Greene County (The home county of West Greenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Norton Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Surprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gayhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Oak Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Cornwallville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Cairo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Round Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Cairo Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Brooksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksburg
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- South Westerlo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Medusa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dormansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Westerlo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alcove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coeymans Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rensselaerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Preston Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Potter Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Aquetuck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Reidsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Reidsville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Rossman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Hudson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kinderhook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lorenz Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Stottville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valatie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Niverville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Germantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Germantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Chatham Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Mellenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Grand Gorge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Roxbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stamford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Denver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fleischmanns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Tivoli
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Upper Red Hook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Red Hook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- Burtonsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Greenbush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Manor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Rensselaer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Couse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Nassau
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Schodack
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Luther
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Defreestville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Sliters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Groom Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Halfmoon Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Duane Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Delanson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Duanesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Princetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Rotterdam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Niskayuna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Braman Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Mariaville Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Rynex Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Schenectady
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Scotia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mariaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Livingstonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Bates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Manorkill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Franklinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Broome Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Gallupville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburgh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Conesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- Breakabeen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
- North Blenheim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Schoharie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Central Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Howes Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Quarryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Malden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Shady
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shady is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Glasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- High Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Mount Marion Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Willow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bearsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bushnellsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bushnellsville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnellsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Greenville, see our County-by-County Page for West Greenville.
Cemeteries Near West Greenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Greenville.
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 Greenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Greenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Locust Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Craw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- O'Hara Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shepard Family Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Christian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freehold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waldron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blaisdell Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westerlo Central Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (478 more) ...
- Stone Bridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Durham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 West Greenville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Greenville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Greenville, with the one closest to West Greenville listed first.
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Norton Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Greenville Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville Center is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Center
- South Westerlo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- East Durham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freehold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Surprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Medusa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gayhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Result
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Result is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Result
- Grapeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grapeville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeville
- Oak Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cornwallville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Durham is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Durham
- Dormansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Greenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Greenville.
Newspapers Published in West Greenville ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Greenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Greenville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Greenville.
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 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 West Greenville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster 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 West Greenville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Greenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |