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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 Cairo (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 Cairo. 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.

Cairo is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.

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

  • Greene County     (The home county of Cairo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Woodstock
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Woodstock is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
    • South Cairo
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • South Cairo is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
    • Round Top
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gayhead
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Gayhead is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
    • Cairo Junction
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
    • Leeds
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Surprise
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Kiskatom
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Kiskatom is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
    • Jefferson Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
    • Greenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Catskill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Catskill is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • Haines Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • South Westerlo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • South Westerlo is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
    • Medusa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alcove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Dormansville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Dormansville is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
    • Aquetuck
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Aquetuck is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
    • Coeymans Hollow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooksburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Cooksburg is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
    • Potter Hollow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
    • Preston Hollow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Preston - Potter Hollow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Westerlo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ravena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Hudson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • North Germantown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North Germantown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
    • Greenport Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
    • Lorenz Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
    • Germantown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rossman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Rossman is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
    • Stottville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Burden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Burden is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
    • Hollowville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Kinderhook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Churchtown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Churchtown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
    • Glenco Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Grand Gorge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Roxbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Denver
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Fleischmanns
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Tivoli
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cruger Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
    • Upper Red Hook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
    • Red Hook
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jackson Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
    • Rock City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Rock City is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Mount Ross
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
    • Rhinebeck
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Rhinecliff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Milan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Milan is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Wurtemburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
    • Pine Plains
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rensselaer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Schodack Landing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Castleton-on-Hudson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Nassau
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <1>
    • Schodack Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
    • East Greenbush
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • East Schodack
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Couse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Couse is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
    • Hampton Manor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
    • Rensselaer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Luther
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Luther is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Best
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Best is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
    • Brainard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Schoharie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Bates
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bates is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
    • Manorkill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
    • Livingstonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
    • Broome Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
    • Franklinton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
    • West Conesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
    • North Blenheim
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Breakabeen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
    • Middleburgh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gallupville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Schoharie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Quarryville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Quarryville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Malden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Malden is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden has also been known as:
      • Malden-on-Hudson
    • Saugerties
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Daisy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Daisy is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Glasco
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • High Woods
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • High Woods is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
    • Mount Marion
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Mount Marion Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
    • Woodstock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Shady
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Shady is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
    • Ruby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bearsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • North Egremont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
    • Alford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Egremont Plain
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
    • Egremont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
    • Mount Washington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people

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

Cemeteries Near Cairo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cairo.

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

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

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

  • Cairo Village Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Village Cemetery
    • The Cairo Village Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cairo Cemetery
  • Round Top Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandy Plain Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Acra Village Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Weekes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Butler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gayhead Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Freehold Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Webber Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (356 more) ...
    • Waldron - Brandon Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Palmer Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Leeds Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

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 Cairo had a population of 573 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • South Cairo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • South Cairo is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
  • Cairo Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
  • Gayhead
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gayhead is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
  • Acra
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lawrenceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lawrenceville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
  • Result
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Result is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Result
  • Freehold
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Leeds
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • South Durham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • South Durham is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Durham
  • Greenville Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Greenville Center is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Center
  • Surprise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Kiskatom
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kiskatom is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cairo ...

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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cairo.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cairo. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cairo and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cairo.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> of Cairo.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Cairo:

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 Cairo, 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- Cairo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.