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 Bullet Hole (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 Bullet Hole. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Bullet Hole 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 Bullet Hole. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bullet Hole:
- Putnam County (The home county of Bullet Hole)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Tompkins Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Mahopac
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Crafts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Putnam Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continental Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Farmers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Lake Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Garrison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cold Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenclyffe
(8 miles [12.9 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 Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Shenandoah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Wiccopee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Brinckerhoff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- East Fishkill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Beacon Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Fishkill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Groveville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Stormville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beacon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Haven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Hopewell Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(12 miles [19.3 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 Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- West Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Highland Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Fort Montgomery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Windsor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newburgh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Firthcliffe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Mountainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- Vails Gate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall
(14 miles [22.5 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 Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haverstraw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Thiells
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Congers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- New City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Pomona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Nyack
(20 miles [32.2 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 Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New City Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
- Valley Cottage
(20 miles [32.2 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 Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Marlboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plattekill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Sylva
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ardonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Clintondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Modena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Wallkill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(26 miles [41.8 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 Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Jefferson Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Shrub Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shenorock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Granite Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lincolndale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Yorktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Somers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Ball Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Danbury
(16 miles [25.7 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
- New Fairfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield
(16 miles [25.7 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
- 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
- Ridgefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Topstone
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Topstone is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topstone
- West Redding
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Banksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Banksville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Branchville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- 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
- Gaylordsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- New Milford
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- 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)
- Bulls Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- South Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northville
(26 miles [41.8 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 Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- South Britain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Southbury
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Saint Josephs Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Josephs Village is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Josephs Village
- Mahwah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mahwah is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah
- Park Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- West Norwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Norwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwood
- River Vale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- River Vale is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bullet Hole, see our County-by-County Page for Bullet Hole.
Cemeteries Near Bullet Hole ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bullet Hole.
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 Bullet Hole - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bullet Hole covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mahopac Falls Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tompkins Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Free Grave Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- King David Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly Hills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (418 more) ...
- Union Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kent Cliffs Baptist Church Burying Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Amawalk Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Bullet Hole in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bullet Hole.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bullet Hole, with the one closest to Bullet Hole listed first.
- Tompkins Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Adams Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Jefferson Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shrub Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crafts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Kent Cliffs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kent Cliffs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cliffs
- Putnam Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Somers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Amawalk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Croton Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tilly Foster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tilly Foster is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly Foster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bullet Hole. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bullet Hole.
Newspapers Published in Bullet Hole ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bullet Hole.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bullet Hole, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bullet Hole.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Bullet Hole:
- 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> | 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 Bullet Hole, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bullet Hole) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |