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 Wright (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 Wright. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Wright 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 Wright. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wright:
- Washington County (The home county of Wright)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Dresden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dresden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
- Chubbs Dock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chubbs Dock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubbs Dock
- Huletts Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hampton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Comstock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Granville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Granville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Granville
- Truthville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Truthville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truthville
- Middle Granville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Ann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Granville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hartford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Ticonderoga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ironville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ironville is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Port Henry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moriah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Severance
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Schroon Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Witherbee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Witherbee is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witherbee
- Blue Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Ridge is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Loch Muller
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Loch Muller is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Muller
- Westport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Boreas River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Boreas River is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boreas River
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Hague
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sabbath Day Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sabbath Day Point is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabbath Day Point
- Adirondack
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Bolton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bolton
- Brant Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverbank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverbank is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
- Pottersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bolton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Chestertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Addison County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Orwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Orwell is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- Orwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Shoreham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Shoreham is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shoreham
- Richville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Shoreham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shoreham is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Shoreham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Whiting
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Leicester Junction is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester Junction
- Bridport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bridport is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,184 people
- West Cornwall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Cornwall is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cornwall
- Bridport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Benson Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Benson Landing is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Landing
- Benson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benson is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Benson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sudbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sudbury is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- West Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- West Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
- Hubbardton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbardton is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- West Castleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Castleton is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Castleton
- Fair Haven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Brandon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brandon is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
- Brandon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Castleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Castleton is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,490 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,085 people
- Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Emerson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Emerson is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wright, see our County-by-County Page for Wright.
Cemeteries Near Wright ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wright.
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 Wright - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wright covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Lakeview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadow Knoll Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Mary's Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Ticonderoga.
- The St. Mary's Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alexandria Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66086 <2>
- Peter Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jennison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carter Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lapell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Lake View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Cemetery
- The Lake View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- St. Genevieve Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Putnam Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Wright had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Fort Ticonderoga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Ticonderoga is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ticonderoga
- Putnam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Putnam is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Baldwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Baldwin is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Putnam Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Orwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ticonderoga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benson Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Benson Landing is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Landing
- Street Road
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Street Road is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street Road
- Hague
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Shoreham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Shoreham is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shoreham
- Richville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Shoreham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dresden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dresden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
- Sudbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wright. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wright.
Newspapers Published in Wright ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wright.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wright, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wright.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Wright:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Essex County
- Warren County
- Addison County
- Rutland 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 Wright, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Wright) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |