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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 Elting Corners (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 Elting Corners. 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 Elting Corners ...

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 Elting Corners: Elting Cors.

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 and 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.

Elting Corners is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.

Below are the counties that are near Elting Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elting Corners:

  • Ulster County     (The home county of Elting Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Lloyd
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lloyd is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
    • Plutarch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Plutarch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
    • New Paltz
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Clintondale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Highland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ardonia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ardonia is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
    • Oakes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oakes is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
    • Rifton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Tillson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Esopus
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Milton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Modena
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mohonk Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Elizaville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Silvernails
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Silvernails is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
    • Germantown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • North Germantown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • North Germantown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
    • Ancram
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ancramdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Burden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Burden is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
    • Suydam ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Suydam is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
    • West Taghkanic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Fairview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Fairview is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Hyde Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Poughkeepsie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Haviland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Haviland is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
    • Arlington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Crown Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
    • Spackenkill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
    • Staatsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Manchester Bridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
    • Red Oaks Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
    • Pleasant Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Plains
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
    • Wappingers Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
    • Platte Clove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
    • Palenville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Leptondale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Leptondale is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
    • Cronomer Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
    • Saint Andrew
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
    • Balmville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Balmville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
    • Gardnertown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Gardnertown is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
    • Orange Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Orange Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
    • Walden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Newburgh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Pine Bush
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Britain
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Little Britain is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
    • New Windsor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Montgomery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Searsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Searsville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Cold Spring
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Nelsonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
    • 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
    • Garrison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Glenclyffe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
    • Lake Carmel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
    • Tompkins Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
    • Mahopac Mines
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
    • Patterson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Adams Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
    • Continental Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Continental Village is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
    • Towners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Towners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
    • Crafts
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Crafts is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
  • Rockland County
    • Doodletown ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Doodletown is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Summitville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bloomingburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Wurtsboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grahamsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Woodridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Yankee Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
    • Woodbourne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Curry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Curry is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Glen Wild
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Claryville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • South Fallsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Thompsonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Westchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Lake Mohegan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
    • Shrub Oak
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Sherman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
    • Sherman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.
    • Bulls Bridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
    • New Milford
      (27 miles [43.5 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
    • Kent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Gaylordsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Merwinsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
    • South Kent
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Kent
      (30 miles [48.3 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Elting Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elting Corners.

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 Elting Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.

  • Union Cemetery of Loyd
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hutton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Clintondale Friends Ground Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Relyea Ground Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Paltz Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • East Plattekill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Old Presbyterian Ground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ferris Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Modena Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dubois Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (242 more) ...
    • Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rosendale Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Elting Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elting Corners.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Elting Corners, with the one closest to Elting Corners listed first.

  • Ohioville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ohioville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
  • Plutarch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Plutarch is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
  • New Paltz
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Clintondale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Springtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Springtown is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
  • Ardonia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ardonia is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
  • Highland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Libertyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Libertyville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
  • Forest Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Glen is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Oakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakes is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
  • West Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • West Park is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
  • Modena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Milton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Poughkeepsie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hyde Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Elting Corners ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elting Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elting Corners, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elting Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Elting Corners:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elting Corners) 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 Elting Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.