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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 Baileys Gap (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 Baileys Gap. 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 Baileys Gap ...

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.

While the name of this community is Baileys Gap, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Baileys Gap may originally have been Bailey's Gap.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Baileys Gap might be written as Bailey Gap.

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.

Baileys Gap is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.

Below are the counties that are near Baileys Gap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baileys Gap:

  • Ulster County     (The home county of Baileys Gap)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Oakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Oakes is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
    • Lloyd
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lloyd is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
    • Highland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Clintondale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Milton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ardonia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ardonia is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
    • New Paltz
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Modena
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Plutarch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Plutarch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
    • Marlboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Plattekill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sylva
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sylva is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Elizaville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Silvernails
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Silvernails is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
    • Ancramdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Poughkeepsie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fairview
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairview is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Crown Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
    • Arlington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Spackenkill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
    • Manchester Bridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
    • Red Oaks Mill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
    • Haviland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Haviland is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
    • Hyde Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wappingers Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hughsonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Myers Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
    • Platte Clove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Leptondale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Leptondale is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
    • Balmville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Balmville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
    • Cronomer Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
    • Gardnertown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Gardnertown is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
    • Orange Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
    • Saint Andrew
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
    • Newburgh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Walden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • New Windsor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Denniston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Denniston is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
    • Little Britain
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Britain is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
    • Montgomery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Cold Spring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Nelsonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
    • Farmers Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
    • Garrison
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Glenclyffe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
    • Tompkins Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
    • Lake Carmel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
    • Mahopac Mines
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
    • Patterson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Adams Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
    • Continental Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Continental Village is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
    • Crafts
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Crafts is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
  • Rockland County
    • Doodletown ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Doodletown is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Summitville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bloomingburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Wurtsboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Grahamsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Woodridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Yankee Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
    • Glen Wild
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Westchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Shrub Oak
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lake Mohegan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
    • Jefferson Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
    • Crompond
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Peekskill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
    • Shenorock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Buchanan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Yorktown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Yorktown is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
    • Granite Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincolndale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Somers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Sherman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
    • Sherman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Ball Pond
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
    • New Fairfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.
    • Bulls Bridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
    • New Milford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
    • Gaylordsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Merwinsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
    • Kent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • South Kent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Kent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
    • Sharon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Kent
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
    • North Kent
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
    • Sharon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baileys Gap, see our County-by-County Page for Baileys Gap.

Cemeteries Near Baileys Gap ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baileys Gap.

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 Baileys Gap - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baileys Gap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.

  • Old Presbyterian Ground
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Ferris Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Clintondale Friends Ground Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Relyea Ground Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • East Plattekill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hicksite Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Milton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery of Loyd
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hutton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (247 more) ...
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Modena Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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>

While we didn't find Baileys Gap in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baileys Gap.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Baileys Gap, with the one closest to Baileys Gap listed first.

  • Oakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Oakes is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
  • Highland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Clintondale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Ardonia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ardonia is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
  • Milton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Poughkeepsie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ohioville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ohioville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
  • Modena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Stoneco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
  • Arlington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • New Paltz
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sylva
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sylva is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Plutarch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Plutarch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
    • Marlboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Manchester Bridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baileys Gap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baileys Gap.

Newspapers Published in Baileys Gap ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baileys Gap.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baileys Gap, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baileys Gap.

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 Baileys Gap:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Baileys Gap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Baileys Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.