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 Glastenbury (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 Glastenbury. 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 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.
Glastenbury is located in Bennington County .
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bennington County : Berkshire (MA) , Franklin (MA) , Rensselaer (NY) , Washington (NY) , Rutland , Windham & Windsor .
Below are the counties that are near Glastenbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glastenbury:
Bennington County (The home county of Glastenbury)
The following are listed by their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Glastenbury (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Glastenbury is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastenbury Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
Sunderland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Sunderland is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
Kansas (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Kansas is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Shaftsbury (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Arlington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Shaftsbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
Arlington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Arlington is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
Woodford Hollow (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow South Shaftsbury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury Woodford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Woodford is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
Woodford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
North Bennington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
North Bennington is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
Paper Mill Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village Rutland County
The following are listed by their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Danby Four Corners (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners Danby (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Danby is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
Pawlet (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Pawlet (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Pawlet is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawlet Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
Mount Tabor (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
South Wallingford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
South Wallingford is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford Wells (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Wells (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Wells is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Somerset (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Somerset is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
Stratton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Stratton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
Podunk (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Podunk is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk West Wardsboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Dover (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
West Dover (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
West Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Wardsboro (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
Goose City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Goose City is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose City Wilmington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Wilmington is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Wilmington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
South Wardsboro (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
South Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wardsboro Wardsboro (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Windsor County
The following are listed by their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Simonsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Simonsville is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville Andover (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Andover is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
Weston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Weston is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
Andover (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Chester Depot (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Chester Depot is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot Chester (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Chester is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
Chester (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Berkshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Briggsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville North Adams (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
North Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
Williamstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
Greylock (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock Florida (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Florida is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
Drury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Drury is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury Zylonite (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Zylonite is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite Adams (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
Renfrew (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Renfrew is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew Savoy Center (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Savoy Center is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy Center Arnoldville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Arnoldville is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldville New Ashford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
New Ashford is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
Town Crest Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Town Crest Village is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Crest Village Franklin County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Monroe Bridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge Monroe (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Monroe is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
Rowe (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Rowe is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
North Heath (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
North Heath is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heath Dell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Dell is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Heath (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Heath is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
Charlemont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Charlemont is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlemont Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
Elm Grove (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Elm Grove is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Colrain (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Colrain is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colrain Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
Foundry Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Foundry Village is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry Village Griswoldville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Griswoldville is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville Leyden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Leyden is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leyden Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
Shattuckville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Shattuckville is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shattuckville Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Walloomsac (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac Hoosick Junction (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction Hoosick Falls (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Hoosick (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Petersburg Junction (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction Eagle Bridge (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Buskirk (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Potter Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill Boyntonville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville Johnsonville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Pittstown (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown Grafton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Berlin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Saratoga County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Northumberland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Northumberland is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland Schuylerville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Victory Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Village of Victory (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Village of Victory is located in Saratoga County (NY) 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 Gates (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Gates is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Grangerville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Grangerville is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville Jewell Corner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner Stillwater (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Deans Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners Ketchums Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Ketchums Corners is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchums Corners Stillwater Center (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Stillwater Center is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Center Washington County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
White Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Anaquassacook (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Anaquassacook is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook Cambridge (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Center White Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Center White Creek is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek Coila (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Coila is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila Salem (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Battenville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Battenville is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville East Greenwich (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
East Greenwich is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Center Cambridge (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Center Cambridge is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge Archdale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Archdale is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale Fly Summit (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Fly Summit is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit Cossayuna (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Greenwich (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Greenwich is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glastenbury, see our County-by-County Page for Glastenbury .
Cemeteries Near Glastenbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glastenbury.
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 Glastenbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glastenbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Maple Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Waite Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Little Rhode Island Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Elwell Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Somerset Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Matteson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Evergreen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
St. Columban Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Wilder Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Spencer Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Center Shaftsbury Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Continue List (440 more) ...
Lawrence Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
South Shaftsbury Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 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, Glastenbury had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glastenbury, with the one closest to Glastenbury listed first.
Somerset (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Somerset is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset East Arlington (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Shaftsbury (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Arlington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
South Shaftsbury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury Sunderland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Sunderland is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland Woodford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
North Bennington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
North Bennington is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
Stratton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton West Arlington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
West Arlington is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Arlington White Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Bennington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (19 more) ...
Searsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Searsburg is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg West Wardsboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Sandgate (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Sandgate is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glastenbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glastenbury .
Newspapers Published in Glastenbury ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glastenbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glastenbury, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Glastenbury.
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 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 Glastenbury:
Websites specific to Vermont Pages specific to Bennington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Rutland County Windham County Windsor County Berkshire County Franklin County Rensselaer County Saratoga County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glastenbury. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glastenbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Glastenbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.