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 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 East 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.
Name Variations for East Park ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Park: E. Park
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Park. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Park.
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 doctors 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.
East 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 East Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Park:
- Dutchess County (The home county of East Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Haviland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Hyde Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Staatsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Poughkeepsie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hibernia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hibernia is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Wurtemburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Manchester Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Red Oaks Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Elizaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancramdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ancram
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Burden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- North Germantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- West Taghkanic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Glenco Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Taghkanic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weed Mines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Churchtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Platte Clove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Palenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kiskatom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Catskill
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Haines Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Tannersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Leptondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Balmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cronomer Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Gardnertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Orange Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Saint Andrew
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Newburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Walden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Bush
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Denniston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Nelsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Patterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Towners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Tompkins Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Garrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Dykemans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Glenclyffe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Brewster Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Crafts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Sullivan County
- Summitville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Esopus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Plutarch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Rifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Port Ewen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Creeklocks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Creeklocks is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeklocks
- Lefever Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lefever Falls is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefever Falls
- Tillson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Binnewater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Binnewater is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnewater
- Connelly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clintondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Sherman
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Kent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Milford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kent
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Sharon
(24 miles [38.6 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
- South Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gaylordsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Merwinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Ellsworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- North Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
- Ore Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- East Kent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Park, see our County-by-County Page for East Park.
Cemeteries Near East Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East 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 East Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stoutenberg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Beaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ascension Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peters Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Poughkeepsie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1432561 <3>
- Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hutton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beth-El Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Temple Beth-El Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery of Loyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery of Loyd
- The Union Cemetery of Loyd has also been known as:
- Lloyd Union Cemetery
- Lloyd Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65110 <3>
- Old Presbyterian Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, East Park had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Park, with the one closest to East Park listed first.
- Hyde Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
- Gretna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gretna is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- Esopus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Staatsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Netherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Netherwood is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherwood
- Pleasant Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ulster Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Poughkeepsie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Arlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salt Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clinton Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton Hollow is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Hollow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Park.
Newspapers Published in East 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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Park, 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 East Park.
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 professional and volunteer 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 East Park:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Park) 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 East Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |