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 Bushville (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 Bushville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Bushville is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Passaic (NJ), Sussex (NJ), Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Pike (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Bushville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bushville:
- Orange County (The home county of Bushville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- South Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Centerville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville
- Finchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Finchville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Shin Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shin Hollow is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Hollow
- Huguenot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cuddebackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Port Jervis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Otisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Port Orange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Port Orange is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Orange
- Pine Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Island is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- New Hampton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Newport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newport is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Sparrow Bush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- Sloatsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Montebello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montebello is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
- Suffern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Thiells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Airmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Airmont is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,767 people
- Mount Ivy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Tallman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Viola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- Pond Eddy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Yankee Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Bloomingburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Summitville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Squirrels Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
- Glen Wild
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eldred
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Yulan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- Ulsterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Walker Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Glen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Crawford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Dwaarkill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Ellenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wallkill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Rutsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Napanoch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Hurley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Port Ben
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Port Ben is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ben
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- Mahwah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahwah is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah
- Campgaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Campgaw is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw
- Morris County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- Newfoundland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newfoundland is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland
- Weldon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Weldon is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Woodport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Woodport is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport
- Hurdtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hurdtown is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown
- Lake Telemark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Telemark is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Telemark
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Butler is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Hibernia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hibernia is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Lyonsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lyonsville is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
- Passaic County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- West Milford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Milford is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Macopin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Macopin is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin
- Haskell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haskell is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- Colesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
- Vernon Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Libertyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- McCoys Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
- Roys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roys is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys
- Highland Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Beaver Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beaver Run is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run
- Pellettown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pellettown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown
- Wykertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wykertown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown
- Armstrong
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Armstrong is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Hardistonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hardistonville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville
- Layton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Normanook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Normanook is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanook
- Warren County (NJ)
- Millbrook ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Monroe County (PA)
- Bushkill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- Matamoras
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Millrift
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
- Milford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Conashaugh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh
- Parkers Glen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
- Delaware
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Lackawaxen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westcolang
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Lords Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rowland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Masthope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Masthope is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Egypt Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Egypt Mills is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Kimble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kimble is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimble
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bushville, see our County-by-County Page for Bushville.
Cemeteries Near Bushville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bushville.
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 Bushville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bushville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- Seeley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Minisink Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stewartown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Unionville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old School Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Agudath Achim Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ridgebury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinehill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wantage Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bushville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bushville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bushville, with the one closest to Bushville listed first.
- Westtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Centerville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville
- Johnson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Guymard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Guymard is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guymard
- Slate Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Huguenot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Godeffroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Tristates
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tristates is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristates
- Cuddebackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roses Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roses Point is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Point
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Wilcox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilcox is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- Ridgebury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgebury is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Port Jervis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bushville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bushville.
Newspapers Published in Bushville ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bushville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bushville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bushville.
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 Bushville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Bergen County
- Morris County
- Passaic County
- Sussex County
- Warren County
- Monroe County
- Pike 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 Bushville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bushville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |