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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 Barnegat (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 Barnegat. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Barnegat is located in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County: Fairfield (CT), Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Columbia, Orange, Putnam & Ulster.

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

  • Dutchess County     (The home county of Barnegat)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Crown Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
    • Spackenkill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
    • Wappingers Falls
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hughsonville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Poughkeepsie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Red Oaks Mill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
    • Myers Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
    • Arlington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Manchester Bridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
    • Noxon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Noxon is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
    • Fairview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Fairview is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Brinckerhoff
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Elizaville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Silvernails
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Silvernails is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
  • Greene County
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • 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 Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Balmville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Balmville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
    • Cronomer Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
    • Leptondale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Leptondale is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
    • Newburgh
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Gardnertown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Gardnertown is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
    • Orange Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
    • New Windsor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • 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
    • Cornwall Landing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • 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 south)
    • Vails Gate
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Walden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Cold Spring
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Nelsonville
      (14 miles [22.5 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
    • Garrison
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Tompkins Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
    • Glenclyffe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
    • Lake Carmel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
    • Mahopac Mines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
    • Patterson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Adams Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
    • Continental Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Continental Village is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
    • Crafts
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Crafts is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
  • Rockland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Doodletown ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Doodletown is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
    • Stony Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Thiells
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • West Haverstraw
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
    • Haverstraw
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Bloomingburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Summitville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wurtsboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Milton
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Marlboro
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakes
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Oakes is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
    • Highland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Clintondale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Plattekill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ardonia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ardonia is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
    • Lloyd
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lloyd is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
    • Modena
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sylva
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Sylva is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
    • New Paltz
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • New Hurley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • New Hurley is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
  • Westchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Jefferson Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
    • Lake Mohegan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
    • Shrub Oak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Crompond
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Peekskill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
    • Shenorock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Yorktown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Yorktown is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
    • Granite Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincolndale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Somers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Buchanan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Sherman
      (23 miles [37 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Ball Pond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
    • New Fairfield
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Danbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
    • Brookfield
      (30 miles [48.3 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
    • Danbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danbury <1>
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barnegat, with the one closest to Barnegat listed first.
    • Bulls Bridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
    • New Milford
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Merwinsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
    • South Kent
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Kent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Kent
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Candlewood Lake Club
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
    • Chimney Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
    • Lanesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
    • New Milford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • East Kent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent

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

Cemeteries Near Barnegat ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barnegat.

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 Barnegat - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Milton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hicksite Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Middlebush Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Cosman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Presbyterian Ground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (270 more) ...

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 Barnegat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barnegat.

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

  • Stoneco
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
  • Milton
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Marlboro
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Wappingers Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Oakes is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
  • New Hamburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • New Hamburg is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
  • Hughsonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • New Hackensack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • New Hackensack is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hackensack
  • Poughkeepsie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Middle Hope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Roseton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Roseton is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseton
  • Manchester Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Arlington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brinckerhoff
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
    • Fishkill Plains
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains

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

Newspapers Published in Barnegat ...

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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barnegat.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barnegat, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barnegat.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Barnegat:

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 Barnegat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Barnegat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.