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 Fairview (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 Fairview. 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 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.
Fairview 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 Fairview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairview:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Fairview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Poughkeepsie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Arlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haviland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Manchester Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Hyde Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spackenkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Oaks Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Crown Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Freedom Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Noxon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- Pleasant Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Myers Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Elizaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancram
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ancramdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- 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
- West Taghkanic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Burden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Glenco Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Balmville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cronomer Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Leptondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Newburgh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gardnertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Orange Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Saint Andrew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- New Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Walden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Vails Gate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Denniston
(20 miles [32.2 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 Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Nelsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Cold Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Garrison
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Tompkins Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Towners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Glenclyffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Adams Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Crafts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Dykemans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Rockland County
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 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 Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Summitville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bloomingburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wurtsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Plutarch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Esopus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clintondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marlboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ardonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- New Paltz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plattekill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Modena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Shrub Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lake Mohegan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shenorock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Crompond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lincolndale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Peekskill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Somers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Sherman
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 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
- New Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gaylordsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- South Kent
(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
- 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
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Ellsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Sharon
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Northville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairview, see our County-by-County Page for Fairview.
Cemeteries Near Fairview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.
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 Fairview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Ferris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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 <2>
- Peters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Presbyterian Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beth-El Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Temple Beth-El Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hutton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Stoutenberg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Milton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Fairview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Poughkeepsie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Arlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Manchester Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Park is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Park
- Hyde Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gretna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gretna is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- Plutarch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Clintondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stoneco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- Esopus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairview.
Newspapers Published in Fairview ...
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 170 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairview, 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 Fairview.
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 Fairview:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester 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> | 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Fairview) 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 Fairview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |