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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 Coxsackie (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 Coxsackie. 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 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 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.

Coxsackie is located in Greene County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties 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 Coxsackie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coxsackie:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coxsackie, see our County-by-County Page for Coxsackie.

Cemeteries Near Coxsackie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coxsackie.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coxsackie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coxsackie, with the one closest to Coxsackie listed first.

  • Coxsackie Village Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coxsackie Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coxsackie Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Reed Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Armstrong Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hallenbeck - Collerberg Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hallenbeck - Collerberg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hallenbeck - Collerberg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lampman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lampman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lampman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Firwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Firwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Firwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Limestreet Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Limestreet Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Limestreet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lish Homestead Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lish Homestead Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lish Homestead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (409 more) ...

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Coxsackie had a population of 1,611 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Coxsackie had a population of 2,689 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Coxsackie, with the one closest to Coxsackie listed first.

  • West Coxsackie
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Coxsackie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Coxsackie
    • West Coxsackie is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Coxsackie <1>
  • Stuyvesant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuyvesant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant
    • Stuyvesant is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuyvesant <1>
  • Columbiaville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbiaville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbiaville
    • Columbiaville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbiaville <1>
  • Rossman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
    • Rossman is located in Columbia County
  • Stuyvesant Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuyvesant Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Falls
    • Stuyvesant Falls is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuyvesant Falls <1>
  • Sunnyside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunnyside is located in Columbia County
  • West Athens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Athens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Athens
    • West Athens is located in Greene County
  • Stottville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kinderhook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Medway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Athens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • New Baltimore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Baltimore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
    • New Baltimore is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Baltimore <1>
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coxsackie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coxsackie.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Coxsackie ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coxsackie.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Coxsackie. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Coxsackie and those printed in the larger area surrounding Coxsackie.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<6> of Coxsackie.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Coxsackie:

The official website for Coxsackie: www.coxsackie.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Coxsackie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coxsackie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coxsackie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3537, Longitude: -73.8047    









 

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