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 Fair Oaks (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 Fair Oaks. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Fair Oaks 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 Fair Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fair Oaks:
- Orange County (The home county of Fair Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Washington Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Washington Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Scotchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Middletown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Middletown
- Mechanicstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mechanicstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
- Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Michigan Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
- Searsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- New Hampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Stony Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Otisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Campbell Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kipps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kipps is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks 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)
- Hughsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Fishkill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wappingers Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Brinckerhoff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Myers Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Poughkeepsie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 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 Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Cold Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Nelsonville
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenclyffe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Continental Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Putnam Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Sloatsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Thiells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Stony Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Hills
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- New Hempstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Suffern
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Viola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wurtsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summitville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Yankee Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Rock Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Wild
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Fallsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrels Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
- Woodbourne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hurleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Walker Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ulsterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Spring Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Crawford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Dwaarkill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Rutsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Wallkill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ellenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bruynswick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Napanoch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Hurley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Gardiner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Buchanan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Verplanck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Passaic County (NJ)
- West Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Milford is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Vernon Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Colesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
- Highland Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Libertyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- McCoys Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
- Hardistonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hardistonville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville
- Beaver Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Run is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run
- Roys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roys is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys
- Pellettown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pellettown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown
- Wykertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wykertown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown
- Armstrong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Layton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Augusta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Augusta is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Matamoras
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millrift
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
- Milford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh
- Lackawaxen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westcolang
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fair Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for Fair Oaks.
Cemeteries Near Fair Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fair Oaks.
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 Fair Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fair Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bloomingburg Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomington Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wallkill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pinehill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Denton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stanton Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Terre Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fair Oaks had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Circleville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Howells
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bullville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bullville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullville
- Winterton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Winterton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterton
- Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Run
- Thompson Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burlingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Stony Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Searsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Wurtsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Haven is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
- Otisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fair Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fair Oaks.
Newspapers Published in Fair Oaks ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fair Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fair Oaks, 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 Fair Oaks.
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 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 Fair Oaks:
- 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
- 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 Fair Oaks, 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- Fair Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |