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 College Park (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 College Park. 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 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.
College Park 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 College Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to College Park:
- Dutchess County (The home county of College Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.
- Cruger Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Red Hook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Upper Red Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Tivoli
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Rhinebeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Milan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Jackson Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Rhinecliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Wurtemburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Pine Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.
- Aquetuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- South Westerlo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.
- Elizaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- North Germantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- West Taghkanic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Glenco Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Ancram
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Churchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Taghkanic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ancramdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.
- Palenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Kiskatom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Platte Clove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Jefferson Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Cairo Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Leeds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Haines Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tannersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Round Top
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.
- Glasco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Malden
(5 miles [8 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
- Saugerties
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Katrine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Mount Marion Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Ruby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- High Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ponck Hockie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
- Jockey Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jockey Hill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.
- Ore Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Lakeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- 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 east)
- Taconic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Lime Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Twin Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Amesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Falls Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Wangum Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.
- Mount Washington
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Egremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- North Egremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- South Egremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Egremont Plain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- Sheffield
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Ashley Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Alford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Great Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Gomorrah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- Housatonic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Van Deusenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to College Park, see our County-by-County Page for College Park.
Cemeteries Near College Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of College Park.
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 College Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for College Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.
- St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bard College Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Rhinebeck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shookville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elizaville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elizaville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elizaville.
- The Elizaville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coons Cemetery
- Elizaville UMC Cemetery
- Pleasantvale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #529874 <2>
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Teats Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clermont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Viewmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- Mt. Marion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Bush Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 College Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of College Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.
- Red Hook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Barrytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Red Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Cokertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cokertown is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokertown
- Tivoli
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nevis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nevis is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevis
- Glasco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Malden
(5 miles [8 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
- Elizaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clermont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saugerties
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mount Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Rhinebeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around College Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around College Park.
Newspapers Published in College Park ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around College Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of College Park, 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 College Park.
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 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 College Park:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Greene 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 College Park, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- College Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |