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 DeWitt Mills (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 DeWitt Mills. 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 DeWitt Mills ...
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 DeWitt Mills: Dewitt Mls. (or less commonly used: Dewitt Mlls.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
DeWitt Mills 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 DeWitt Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to DeWitt Mills:
- Dutchess County (The home county of DeWitt Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Pleasant Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Wurtemburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Staatsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rhinebeck
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rhinecliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Salt Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hyde Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Haviland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Hibernia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hibernia is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Rock City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Milan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Pleasant Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bangall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Elizaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancram
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ancramdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- North Germantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- West Taghkanic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Burden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Glenco Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Taghkanic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Churchtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Weed Mines
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Platte Clove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Palenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Catskill
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Haines Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Tannersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Leeds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Round Top
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Cronomer Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Leptondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Balmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Saint Andrew
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Gardnertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Orange Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Newburgh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Walden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Windsor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Bush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Denniston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Patterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Nelsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Towners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Cold Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Esopus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Port Ewen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Connelly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ponck Hockie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Hillside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Lincoln Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Creeklocks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Creeklocks is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeklocks
- Rifton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plutarch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Lefever Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lefever Falls is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefever Falls
- Tillson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Sherman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ore Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Sharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Bulls Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Kent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
- Lakeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Milford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- North Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
- South Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Gaylordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- Mount Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to DeWitt Mills, see our County-by-County Page for DeWitt Mills.
Cemeteries Near DeWitt Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of DeWitt Mills.
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 DeWitt Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for DeWitt Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Pleasant Plains.
- The Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crum Elbow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64308 <3>
- Wurtemburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg Cemetery
- The Wurtemburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- St. Paul's Wurtemburg Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2178103 <3>
- Beaver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rhinebeck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ascension Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoutenberg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Upton Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Milan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Rhinebeck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- St. Peter's Parish Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montrepose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wiltwyck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find DeWitt Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of DeWitt Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from DeWitt Mills, with the one closest to DeWitt Mills listed first.
- Pleasant Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Staatsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wurtemburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Clinton Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clinton Hollow is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Hollow
- Esopus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Park is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Park
- Schultzville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Schultzville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Ulster Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
- Hyde Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rhinebeck
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gretna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gretna is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Netherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Netherwood is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherwood
- Salt Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bulls Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Head is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Head
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around DeWitt Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around DeWitt Mills.
Newspapers Published in DeWitt Mills ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around DeWitt Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of DeWitt Mills, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for DeWitt Mills.
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 helpful 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 DeWitt Mills:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Ulster County
- Fairfield 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> | 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- DeWitt Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 DeWitt Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |