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 Cauterskill (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 Cauterskill. 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.
Cauterskill 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 Cauterskill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cauterskill:
- Greene County (The home county of Cauterskill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- Catskill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Leeds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kiskatom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Cairo Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Cairo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Round Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- Aquetuck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Alcove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coeymans Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Coeymans
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dormansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Medusa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Westerlo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cooksburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Potter Hollow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- North Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Greenport Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Lorenz Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Churchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Stottville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenco Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Hollowville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rossman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- West Taghkanic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- Tivoli
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Upper Red Hook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Red Hook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Rock City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Mount Ross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Milan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Rhinebeck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rhinecliff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Greenbush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brainard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Schodack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Couse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- East Nassau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Luther
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- Manorkill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Bates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Livingstonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Broome Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Franklinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- West Conesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- Malden
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Quarryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Marion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- High Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Mount Marion Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Daisy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Ruby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Katrine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- Taconic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Salisbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Lakeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- Egremont
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- North Egremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Alford
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Housatonic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Rockdale Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Van Deusenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Great Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- West Stockbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cauterskill, see our County-by-County Page for Cauterskill.
Cemeteries Near Cauterskill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cauterskill.
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 Cauterskill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cauterskill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- DuBois Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Catskill Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jefferson Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Leeds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gardner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Joseph Sax Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Sax Cemetery
- The Joseph Sax Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Family Cemetery
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Church of Nativity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Buckley's Corner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Athens Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Cauterskill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cauterskill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cauterskill, with the one closest to Cauterskill listed first.
- Catskill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Leeds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greendale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Kiskatom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- North Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Linlithgo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
- Cairo Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Athens is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Athens
- South Cairo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Saxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cauterskill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cauterskill.
Newspapers Published in Cauterskill ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cauterskill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cauterskill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cauterskill.
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 Cauterskill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Rensselaer County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire 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 Cauterskill, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cauterskill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |