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 Castle High Estates (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 Castle High Estates. 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 Castle High Estates ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Castle High Estates: Castle High Ests.
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.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Castle High Estates 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 Castle High Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Castle High Estates:
- Orange County (The home county of Castle High Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates listed first.
- South Centerville
(Less than 2 miles 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cuddebackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Otisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- 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
- Port Jervis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Big Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Island is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Putnam County
- Cold Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates listed first.
- Sloatsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Hillburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Suffern
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Hills
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Thiells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Ivy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Tallman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Viola
(29 miles [46.7 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 Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Pond Eddy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Summitville
(17 miles [27.4 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)
- 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)
- Eldred
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates listed first.
- Ulsterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Walker Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Crawford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Dwaarkill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Ellenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wallkill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Rutsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Napanoch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Hurley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates listed first.
- Mahwah
(28 miles [45.1 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 Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Woodport is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport
- Butler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Butler is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Hurdtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hurdtown is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown
- Hibernia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hibernia is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Lake Telemark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Telemark is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Telemark
- 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 Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates 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 south)
- 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 Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates listed first.
- Colesville
(8 miles [12.9 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 south)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
- Highland Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- 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
- Roys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Roys is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys
- Hardistonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hardistonville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville
- Pellettown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pellettown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown
- Wykertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wykertown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown
- Armstrong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Layton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Warren County (NJ)
- Millbrook ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millbrook is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Monroe County (PA)
- Bushkill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates listed first.
- Matamoras
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Millrift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
- Milford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Conashaugh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh
- Parkers Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
- Delaware
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Lackawaxen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westcolang
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Lords Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rowland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Masthope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Masthope is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Egypt Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Egypt Mills is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Castle High Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Castle High Estates.
Cemeteries Near Castle High Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Castle High Estates.
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 Castle High Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Castle High Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Minisink Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stewartown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Seeley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old School Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Unionville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ridgebury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pinehill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Agudath Achim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Denton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Castle High Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Castle High Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Castle High Estates, with the one closest to Castle High Estates listed first.
- South Centerville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- South Centerville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville
- Westtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Johnson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Slate Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Guymard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Guymard is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guymard
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ridgebury
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ridgebury is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Godeffroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Huguenot
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cuddebackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wilcox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilcox is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Roses Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roses Point is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Point
- Otisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tristates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tristates is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristates
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Castle High Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Castle High Estates.
Newspapers Published in Castle High Estates ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Castle High Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Castle High Estates, 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 Castle High Estates.
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 Castle High Estates:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Putnam 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 Castle High Estates, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Castle High Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |