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 Baldwin Place (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 Baldwin Place. 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 Baldwin Place ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Baldwin Place: Baldwin Pl. (or less commonly used: Baldwin Plc.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Baldwin Place. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Baldwin Place.
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 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.
Baldwin Place is primarily located in Putnam County. A portion of Baldwin Place extends into Westchester 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 Baldwin Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baldwin Place:
- Putnam County (The home county of Baldwin Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Mahopac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mahopac Mines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Crafts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Tompkins Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Adams Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Putnam Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continental Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Brewster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Dykemans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Garrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glenclyffe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Shenandoah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Wiccopee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- East Fishkill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Beacon Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Fishkill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Groveville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Brinckerhoff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Stormville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beacon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Hopewell Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Highland Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fort Montgomery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Firthcliffe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- New Windsor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Gate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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
- 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 Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Haverstraw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thiells
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Upper Nyack
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Pomona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Cottage
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage
- Germonds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Germonds is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germonds
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Marlboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plattekill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Sylva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ardonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Clintondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Modena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Wallkill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Shenorock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Granite Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lincolndale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Heritage Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Shrub Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Somers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Mohegan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Yorktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Yorktown Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Ridgefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
- Ridgefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- 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
- Banksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Banksville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Danbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Topstone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Topstone is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topstone
- West Redding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- High Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
- Branchville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Bridgewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Bridgewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Milford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gaylordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- New Milford
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Bulls Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Roxbury Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- Northville
(27 miles [43.5 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 Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- South Britain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Southbury
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Saint Josephs Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Josephs Village is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Josephs Village
- Park Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- West Norwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Norwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwood
- Mahwah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahwah is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah
- River Vale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- River Vale is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
- Ho-Ho-Kus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus
- Ackermans Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baldwin Place, see our County-by-County Page for Baldwin Place.
Cemeteries Near Baldwin Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baldwin Place.
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 Baldwin Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baldwin Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mahopac Falls Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Methodist Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lawson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Amawalk Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Warren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beverly Hills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tompkins Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ivandell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Crane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Free Grave Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- King David Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Baldwin Place had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baldwin Place, with the one closest to Baldwin Place listed first.
- Jefferson Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shrub Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahopac Mines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Yorktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Amawalk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Somers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tompkins Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Crafts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Adams Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Yorktown Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Purdys
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Croton Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Putnam Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Katonah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baldwin Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baldwin Place.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Baldwin Place ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baldwin Place.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Baldwin Place. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Baldwin Place and those printed in the larger area surrounding Baldwin Place.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> of Baldwin Place.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Baldwin Place:
- 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
- Litchfield County
- New Haven County
- Bergen 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 Baldwin Place, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baldwin Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |