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 Allen Corners (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 Allen Corners. 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 Allen Corners ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Allen Corners: Allen Cors.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Allen Corners is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Fairfield (CT), Dutchess, Orange, Rockland & Westchester.
Below are the counties that are near Allen Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Allen Corners:
- Putnam County (The home county of Allen Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Lake Carmel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Mahopac Mines
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Crafts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Tompkins Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dykemans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Patterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Towners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Brewster Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Brewster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- Shenandoah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Stormville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Wiccopee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Green Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Hopewell Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brinckerhoff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Fishkill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beekman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Pawling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beacon Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Glenham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- West Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Newburgh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Balmville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- New Windsor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Montgomery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Orrs Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- Vails Gate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cornwall
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haverstraw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thiells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Congers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Upper Nyack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- New City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Pomona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New City Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New City Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
- Valley Cottage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- Marlboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Plattekill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Clintondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Lloyd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Modena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Wallkill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- Heritage Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Shenorock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lincolndale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shrub Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Somers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Goldens Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Yorktown Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crompond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- Ball Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- New Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Sherman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brookfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
- Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brookfield Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Bulls Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Gaylordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- New Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- New Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Bridgewater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Kent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- South Britain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Southbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Southbury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
- Southbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bowers Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill
- Southford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Southford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Allen Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Allen Corners.
Cemeteries Near Allen Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allen Corners.
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 Allen Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Allen Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- Kent Cliffs Baptist Church Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Smalley Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Russell Mead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kent - Fishkill Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Free Grave Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ludingtonville Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ballard Ground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tompkins Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (390 more) ...
- Kelly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Allen Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Allen Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Allen Corners, with the one closest to Allen Corners listed first.
- Kent Cliffs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kent Cliffs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cliffs
- Farmers Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Ludingtonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ludingtonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludingtonville
- Carmel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Tompkins Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Crafts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- East Fishkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Tilly Foster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tilly Foster is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly Foster
- West Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Patterson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Patterson
- Holmes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Stormville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dykemans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Towners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Allen Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Allen Corners.
Newspapers Published in Allen Corners ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Allen Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Allen Corners, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Allen Corners.
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 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 Allen Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Rockland County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- New Haven 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 Allen Corners, 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 from Point A (ie- Allen Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |