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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 Dwarf Orchard 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 Dwarf Orchard 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 northeast 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 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.

Dwarf Orchard Park 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 Dwarf Orchard Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dwarf Orchard Park:

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Dwarf Orchard Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Niverville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Valatie
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Kinderhook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Chatham Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
    • North Chatham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • North Chatham is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
    • Rock City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Rock City is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Rossman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Rossman is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
    • Chatham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Riders Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
    • Ghent
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • New Concord
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • New Concord is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
    • Moorhouse Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Coeymans
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ravena
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Aquetuck
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Aquetuck is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
    • Selkirk
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Beckers Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
    • South Bethlehem
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
    • Coeymans Hollow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Alcove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Glenmont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Bethlehem Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
    • Feura Bush
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Delmar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Tivoli
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jackson Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
    • Mount Ross
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
    • Upper Red Hook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
    • Cruger Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
    • Pine Plains
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Coxsackie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Medway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Medway is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
    • Athens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Surprise
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Leeds
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gayhead
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Gayhead is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
    • Catskill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Catskill is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • Jefferson Heights
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
    • South Cairo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Cairo is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
    • Greenville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cairo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodstock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodstock is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
  • Rensselaer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Schodack Landing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nassau
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <1>
    • Castleton-on-Hudson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Schodack Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
    • East Schodack
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Brainard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • East Greenbush
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Luther
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Luther is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • East Nassau
      (12 miles [19.3 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
    • Hoag Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
    • Best
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Best is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
    • Couse
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Couse is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
  • Saratoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Waterford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Halfmoon Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
    • Halfmoon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Groom Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
    • Clifton Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Schenectady County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Niskayuna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Rotterdam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Schenectady
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Aqueduct
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
    • Duane Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
    • Princetown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Princetown is located in Schenectady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
  • Schoharie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Bates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bates is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
    • Livingstonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Malden
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Quarryville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Saugerties
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Glasco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Marion Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
    • Mount Marion
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • Taconic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwarf Orchard Park, with the one closest to Dwarf Orchard Park listed first.
    • Richmond
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
    • West Stockbridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
    • Shaker Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Stevens Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
    • Rockdale Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
    • Alford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Hancock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
    • Glendale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Housatonic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
    • North Egremont
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
    • Lenox
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Lenox is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
    • Egremont Plain
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain

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

Cemeteries Near Dwarf Orchard Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dwarf Orchard 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 Dwarf Orchard Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Prospect Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Valatie Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • North Chatham Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Van Zandt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Firwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shufelt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Patrick's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patrick's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Coeymans.
    • The St. Patrick's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Patrick Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66143 <2>
  • Requea Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (424 more) ...
    • Chatham Rural Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Nassau - Schodack Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Coeymans.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64729 <2>

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 Dwarf Orchard Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dwarf Orchard Park.

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

  • Valatie
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Niverville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Kinderhook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sunnyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnyside is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Chatham Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
  • Muitzes Kill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Muitzes Kill is located in Rensselaer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muitzes Kill
  • Stuyvesant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stuyvesant Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Schodack Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • New Baltimore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rossman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rossman is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
  • Chatham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Dwarf Orchard 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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dwarf Orchard Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dwarf Orchard Park, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dwarf Orchard 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 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 Dwarf Orchard Park:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dwarf Orchard Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Dwarf Orchard Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.