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 Hebron (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 Hebron. 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 Hebron ...
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 Hebron: W. Hebron
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 and 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.
West Hebron 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 Hebron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Hebron:
- Washington County (The home county of West Hebron)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Hebron, with the one closest to West Hebron listed first.
- Belcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Belcher is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- Salem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cossayuna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Greenwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Argyle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Hebron is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hebron
- Porter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Porter is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- South Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- East Hartford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hartford
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- North Greenwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Hartford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hartford
- Battenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Hebron, with the one closest to West Hebron listed first.
- Buskirk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eagle Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hoosick Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Walloomsac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac
- Hoosick Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Johnsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Valley Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hoosick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Schaghticoke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boyntonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Potter Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Petersburg Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Pittstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Hebron, with the one closest to West Hebron listed first.
- Northumberland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Northumberland is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Jewell Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner
- Schuylerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Glens Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Glens Falls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Glens Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,617 people
- Victory Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Village of Victory
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Gansevoort
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Grangerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grangerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville
- English Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- English Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Gates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Gurn Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gurn Spring is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurn Spring
- Wilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Deans Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Hebron, with the one closest to West Hebron listed first.
- Glens Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Queensbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Glens Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Brayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Lake George
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Luzerne
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bolton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Bolton Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Warrensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Athol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Bolton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bolton
- Stony Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Hebron, with the one closest to West Hebron listed first.
- West Rupert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- Rupert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Sandgate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandgate is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Arlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
- Dorset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dorset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dorset is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Manchester Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Manchester Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
- Manchester Depot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot
- Kansas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kansas is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Hebron, with the one closest to West Hebron listed first.
- Pawlet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pawlet
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Wells
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wells
(16 miles [25.7 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners
- Danby
(18 miles [29 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Middletown Springs
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poultney
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
- South Wallingford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- South Wallingford is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford
- Mount Tabor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Hebron, with the one closest to West Hebron listed first.
- Stratton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stratton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Stratton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stratton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Podunk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Podunk is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk
- West Wardsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamaica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jamaica is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- Weston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Weston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Hebron, see our County-by-County Page for West Hebron.
Cemeteries Near West Hebron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Hebron.
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 Hebron - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Hebron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Hebron, with the one closest to West Hebron listed first.
- Cossayuna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Revolutionary War Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Argyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old North Argyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Argyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Scots Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Continue List (394 more) ...
- West Rupert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moorehouse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorehouse Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moorehouse Cemetery is located outside and to the south of North Hebron.
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that West Hebron had a population of 452 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Hebron, with the one closest to West Hebron listed first.
- Belcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Belcher is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- Cossayuna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- North Argyle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Argyle
- Argyle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- West Rupert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- North Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Hebron is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hebron
- North Greenwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Rupert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- East Hartford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hartford
- South Hartford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hartford
- Battenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Hebron. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Hebron.
Newspapers Published in West Hebron ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Hebron.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Hebron, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Hebron.
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 either 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 Hebron:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Warren County
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Windsor 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 Hebron, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Hebron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |