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 Carmel (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 Carmel. 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 Carmel ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Carmel was referred to as Carmel Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Carmel. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carmel.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 doctors 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.
Carmel is located in Putnam County and is the County Seat.
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 Carmel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carmel:
- Putnam County (The home county of Carmel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Lake Carmel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Crafts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Brewster Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Dykemans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Brewster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Mahopac
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Towners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Farmers Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Deforest Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peach Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Green Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Stormville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Pawling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Pawling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Fishkill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Wiccopee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Beekman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Poughquag
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sylvan Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sylvan Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake
- Brinckerhoff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Hopewell Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 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 Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- West Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Highland Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Fort Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Newburgh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Balmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Firthcliffe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- New Windsor
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- Vails Gate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall
(19 miles [30.6 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 Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Haverstraw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Thiells
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Upper Nyack
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Pomona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Cottage
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage
- Germonds
(26 miles [41.8 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 Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Marlboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(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
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plattekill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Clintondale
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Sylva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Modena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley
(27 miles [43.5 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)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Heritage Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lincolndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Somers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shenorock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goldens Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Twin Lakes Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Shrub Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mohegan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Yorktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Cross River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Ball Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Danbury
(10 miles [16.1 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
- New Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
- Sherman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brookfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sherman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- West Redding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Bridgewater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Bridgewater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Milford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gaylordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- New Milford
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Northville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Roxbury Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- South Britain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Southbury
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bowers Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill
- Southford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Southford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,250 people
- Middlebury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Middlebury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,829 people
- Middlebury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Seymour
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,326 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carmel, see our County-by-County Page for Carmel.
Cemeteries Near Carmel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carmel.
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 Carmel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carmel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Raymond Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kelly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gilead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Free Grave Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Methodist Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Patterson Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kent Cliffs Baptist Church Burying Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tompkins Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (425 more) ...
- Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahopac Falls Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsclift 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 Carmel had a population of 588 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Tilly Foster
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tilly Foster is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly Foster
- Crafts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Dykemans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Mahopac Mines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Brewster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Cliffs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Cliffs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cliffs
- Croton Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Towners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Farmers Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Ludingtonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ludingtonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludingtonville
- Tompkins Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Patterson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Patterson
- Holmes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Baldwin Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carmel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carmel.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Carmel ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carmel.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Carmel. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Carmel and those printed in the larger area surrounding Carmel.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> of Carmel.
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 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 Carmel:
- 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
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- New Haven 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 Carmel, 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 from Point A (ie- Carmel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |