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 Claverack (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 Claverack. 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.
Claverack is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Claverack. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Claverack:
- Columbia County (The home county of Claverack)
- The following are listed by their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Greenport Center
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Hollowville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lorenz Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Churchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Philmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stottville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mellenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martindale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Glenco Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Taghkanic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Harlemville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harlemville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Aquetuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Coeymans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coeymans Hollow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alcove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- South Westerlo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Beckers Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Dormansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Medusa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Feura Bush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Westerlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Jackson Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Upper Red Hook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Tivoli
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Cruger Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Pine Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Red Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Rock City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Irondale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Millerton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Leeds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coxsackie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cairo Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Kiskatom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- South Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Gayhead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Medway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Cairo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Palenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Round Top
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brainard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Schodack
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Nassau
(24 miles [38.6 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
- East Greenbush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hoag Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- Luther
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Couse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Hampton Manor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Malden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Quarryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Ruby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Lake Katrine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Sawkill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sawkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawkill
- Sweet Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Meadows is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Meadows
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Taconic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Lakeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Salisbury
(23 miles [37 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
- Salisbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wangum Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Amesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Clayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- North Canaan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Falls Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Egremont
(15 miles [24.1 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
- North Egremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Alford
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Mount Washington
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Housatonic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Rockdale Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Van Deusenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Great Barrington
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sheffield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- West Stockbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Claverack, see our County-by-County Page for Claverack.
Cemeteries Near Claverack ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Claverack.
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 Claverack - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Claverack covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Claverack Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cedar Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckley's Corner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swartwout Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Athens Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Church of Nativity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- German Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Ghent Reformed Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Catskill Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Claverack had a population of 321 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Claverack, with the one closest to Claverack listed first.
- Greenport Center
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Hollowville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Humphreysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Humphreysville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreysville
- Churchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Philmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mellenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stottville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greendale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Glenco Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Martindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martindale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pulvers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pulvers is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulvers
- Linlithgo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
- Burden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Claverack. See our List of 1890's Communities around Claverack.
Newspapers Published in Claverack ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Claverack.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Claverack, 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 Claverack.
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 Claverack:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer 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> | 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 Claverack, 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- Claverack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |