Changes in Town Names in New York State

Changes In Names Of New York State Towns

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Did your ancestors live in Sint Sink or Oldenbarnevelet, but now you can't even find the town on the map??

The purpose of this page is to help you locate these long lost locations by:

Helping you find the new names of "old" towns that have their changed names:
- For Towns whose names started with the letters A and B; click here: (namesa_b.htm)
- For Towns whose names started with the letters C, D, E: click here: (names c_e.htm)
- For Towns whose names started with the letters F, G, H; click here: (namesf_h.htm)
- For Towns whose names started with the letters I, J, K and L; click here: (namesi_l.htm)
- For Towns whose names started with the letters M and N; click here: (namesm_n.htm)
- For Towns whose names started with the letters O, P, Q and R; click here: (nameso_r.htm)
- For Towns whose names started with the letters S and T; click here: (namess_t.htm)
- For Towns whose names started with the letters U, V, W, X, Y and Z; click here: (namesu_z.htm)
On these pages the letter F. after the name of the town, refers to French's Gazetteer as the authority
The letter W. Means Authority of Prof. or Mrs. A.M. Wright, who have verified all the French references.
Helping you find what county to look for to find a town that may still exist
- If you know the name of a town, but not where its located, try the USGS website

Thanks to John W. Ladwig for sharing this information with us.

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