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 Coleman Station (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 Coleman Station. 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 Coleman Station ...
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 Coleman Station: Coleman Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Coleman Station is located in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County: Fairfield (CT), Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Columbia, Orange, Putnam & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Coleman Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coleman Station:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Coleman Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- Millerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leedsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leedsville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
- Irondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Spencer Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
- Amenia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smithfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Amenia Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Wassaic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lithgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lithgow is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithgow
- Pine Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bangall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- Ancramdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weed Mines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Ancram
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silvernails
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Copake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Copake Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Copake Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Copake Lake is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
- Elizaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taghkanic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Taghkanic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Craryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- Catskill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Kiskatom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- Patterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Towners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Farmers Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Putnam Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- East Kingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Esopus
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ponck Hockie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
- Port Ewen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Glasco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Connelly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lake Katrine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Malden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Highland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- Sherman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ball Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Brookfield Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- New Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hartford County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Burlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Hartland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,748 people
- Hartland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,113 people
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- Sharon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Sharon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lime Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Ellsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Salisbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Cornwall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Amesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Falls Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cornwall Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- Mount Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Ashley Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Clayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Gomorrah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- Sheffield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Egremont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- South Egremont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Mill River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
- Egremont Plain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- North Egremont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Southfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Southfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield
- Great Barrington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Hampden County (MA)
- Tolland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tolland is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coleman Station, see our County-by-County Page for Coleman Station.
Cemeteries Near Coleman Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coleman Station.
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 Coleman Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coleman Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Amenia Island Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Irondale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smithfield Burying Grounds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bolland District Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bryan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Square Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Amenia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Eastside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Skiff Mtn. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (277 more) ...
- Hunt Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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>
While we didn't find Coleman Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coleman Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coleman Station, with the one closest to Coleman Station listed first.
- Sharon Station
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sharon Station is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Station
- Sharon Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sharon Valley is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Valley
- Sharon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leedsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leedsville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
- Millerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smithfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Amenia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ore Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Irondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Shekomeko
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shekomeko is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shekomeko
- Amenia Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ellsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Lime Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Mount Riga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Riga is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Riga
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coleman Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coleman Station.
Newspapers Published in Coleman Station ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coleman Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coleman Station, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coleman Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Coleman Station:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Ulster County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire County
- Hampden 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 Coleman Station, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coleman Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |