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 Circleville (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 Circleville. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Circleville 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 Circleville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Circleville:
- Orange County (The home county of Circleville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Scotchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Michigan Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
- Washington Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- East Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Middletown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Middletown
- Mechanicstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mechanicstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
- Searsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Stony Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Bush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Campbell Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kipps
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kipps is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Beacon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Groveville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Beacon Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Glenham
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Hughsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wappingers Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fishkill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Spackenkill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Myers Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Poughkeepsie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Cold Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nelsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Garrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glenclyffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Continental Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Putnam Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Sloatsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Stony Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thiells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montebello
(29 miles [46.7 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
- 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
- West Haverstraw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Haverstraw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hempstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wurtsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summitville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Rock Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Wild
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Fallsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrels Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
- Woodbourne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hurleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Ulsterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Walker Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Crawford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Spring Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dwaarkill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Bruynswick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Rutsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Wallkill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ellenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Napanoch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Hurley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Gardiner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Verplanck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crugers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Passaic County (NJ)
- West Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Milford is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Vernon Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Colesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
- Highland Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Libertyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- McCoys Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
- Hardistonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hardistonville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville
- Beaver Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Run is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run
- Roys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roys is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys
- Pellettown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pellettown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown
- Wykertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wykertown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown
- Armstrong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Layton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Matamoras
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millrift
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
- Milford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parkers Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
- Conashaugh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Circleville, see our County-by-County Page for Circleville.
Cemeteries Near Circleville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Circleville.
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 Circleville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Circleville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomingburg Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallkill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crawford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Germantown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Howell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- Stanton Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Denton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Circleville had a population of 120 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Circleville, with the one closest to Circleville listed first.
- Fair Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fair Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Scotchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bullville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bullville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullville
- Howells
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Run
- Thompson Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winterton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Winterton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterton
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Searsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Burlingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Van Keuren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Van Keuren is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Keuren
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Wurtsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Kipps
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kipps is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Circleville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Circleville.
Newspapers Published in Circleville ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Circleville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Circleville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Circleville.
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 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 Circleville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Passaic County
- Sussex 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 Circleville, 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- Circleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |