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 East Middletown (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 East Middletown. 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 East Middletown ...
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 East Middletown: E. Middletown
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Middletown. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Middletown.
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 northeast 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 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.
East Middletown is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Passaic (NJ), Sussex (NJ), Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Pike (PA).
Below are the counties that are near East Middletown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Middletown:
- Orange County (The home county of East Middletown)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Mechanicstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mechanicstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
- Washington Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Washington Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Middletown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Scotchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Michigan Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
- Goshen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kipps
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kipps is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps
- Stony Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Campbell Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hamptonburgh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hamptonburgh is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptonburgh
- South Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Centerville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville
- Otisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Beacon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Groveville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Glenham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fishkill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hughsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Wappingers Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brinckerhoff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Wiccopee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Myers Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Spackenkill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Poughkeepsie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Cold Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Glenclyffe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Nelsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Garrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Continental Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Putnam Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Adams Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Sloatsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Hillburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Mount Ivy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thiells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- Montebello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montebello is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
- Stony Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Suffern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Viola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- West Haverstraw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wurtsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summitville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yankee Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Rock Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Wild
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Fallsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrels Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
- Pond Eddy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hurleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Ulsterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Walker Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Crawford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Spring Glen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dwaarkill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Wallkill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Rutsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Ellenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Hurley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Napanoch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gardiner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Buchanan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Verplanck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crugers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Mohegan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Croton-on-Hudson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodybrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodybrook is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodybrook
- Bergen County (NJ)
- Mahwah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mahwah is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah
- Morris County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Newfoundland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Newfoundland is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland
- Butler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Butler is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Passaic County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- West Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Milford is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Macopin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Macopin is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin
- Haskell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Haskell is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Vernon Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Colesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
- Highland Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Libertyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- McCoys Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
- Hardistonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hardistonville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville
- Beaver Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Run is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run
- Roys
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Roys is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys
- Pellettown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pellettown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown
- Wykertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wykertown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown
- Armstrong
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Augusta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Augusta is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Layton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Matamoras
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Millrift
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
- Milford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Parkers Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
- Conashaugh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh
- Lackawaxen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Middletown, see our County-by-County Page for East Middletown.
Cemeteries Near East Middletown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Middletown.
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 East Middletown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Middletown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pinehill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Denton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wallkill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ridgebury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old School Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find East Middletown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Middletown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Middletown, with the one closest to East Middletown listed first.
- Middletown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Scotchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crystal Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Run
- Ridgebury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgebury is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Goshen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Circleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Howells
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fair Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Slate Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kipps
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kipps is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps
- Stony Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Winterton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winterton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterton
- Mount Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- South Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Centerville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Middletown. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Middletown.
Newspapers Published in East Middletown ...
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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Middletown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Middletown, 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 East Middletown.
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 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 East Middletown:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Bergen County
- Morris County
- Passaic County
- Sussex County
- Pike 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 East Middletown, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Middletown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |