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 Walden (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 Walden. 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 Walden ...
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 Walden: E. Walden
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.
East Walden 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 Walden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Walden:
- Orange County (The home county of East Walden)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Saint Andrew
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Walden
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Leptondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Orange Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Cronomer Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Gardnertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Montgomery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Britain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Maybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Beaverdam Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam Lake
- Denniston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Searsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Beacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Groveville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Hughsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Glenham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wappingers Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Fishkill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Spackenkill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Myers Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Poughkeepsie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Cold Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Garrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Continental Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Farmers Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Adams Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Putnam Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Mahopac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Crafts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Haverstraw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sloatsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wesley Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- New Hempstead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Ramapo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Hillburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montebello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montebello is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Woodridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Wild
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Thompsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- South Fallsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbourne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hurleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Wallkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Hurley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Plattekill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sylva
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Bruynswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Gardiner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Modena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dwaarkill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Ardonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Rutsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Ulsterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Marlboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clintondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Peekskill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Verplanck
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Montrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crugers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Granite Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenorock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodybrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodybrook is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodybrook
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Vernon Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Highland Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Walden, see our County-by-County Page for East Walden.
Cemeteries Near East Walden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Walden.
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 Walden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Walden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Wallkill Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Berea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Berea Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Montgomery.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63961 <3>
- Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Montgomery.
- The Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goodwill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #173116 <3>
- Brick Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Germantown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mulford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Belknap Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Rossville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plattekill Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plattekill Valley Community Grounds
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Walden had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Walden, with the one closest to East Walden listed first.
- Saint Andrew
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Walden
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Berea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berea is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Coldenham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coldenham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldenham
- Saint Elmo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Elmo is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Wallkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Coldenham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Coldenham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Coldenham
- Leptondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Montgomery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Maybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Britain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Sylva
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- New Hurley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Neelytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Neelytown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelytown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Walden. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Walden.
Newspapers Published in East Walden ...
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 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Walden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Walden, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Walden.
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 Walden:
- 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
- Sussex 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Walden) 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 Walden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |