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 Flint (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 Flint. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Flint 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 Flint. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flint:
- Ulster County (The home county of Flint)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint, with the one closest to Flint listed first.
- New Hurley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Sylva
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Modena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gardiner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Plattekill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ardonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Bruynswick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Clintondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Rutsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Marlboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Paltz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint, with the one closest to Flint listed first.
- Crown Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Hughsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Poughkeepsie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Wappingers Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Beacon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Red Oaks Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Beacon Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Glenham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Groveville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint, with the one closest to Flint listed first.
- Saint Andrew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Leptondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Walden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Orange Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Gardnertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Pine Bush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Balmville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Montgomery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Searsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Little Britain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Maybrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Newburgh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint, with the one closest to Flint listed first.
- Cold Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville
(17 miles [27.4 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- 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
- Continental Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Tompkins Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Adams Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Putnam Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- 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
- Mahopac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts
(28 miles [45.1 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 Flint, with the one closest to Flint listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint, with the one closest to Flint listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Glen Wild
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woodridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grahamsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Woodbourne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- South Fallsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Curry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Curry is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Hurleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint, with the one closest to Flint listed first.
- Lake Mohegan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Peekskill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shrub Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crompond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Montrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Verplanck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shenorock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Crugers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flint, see our County-by-County Page for Flint.
Cemeteries Near Flint ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flint.
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 Flint - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flint covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flint, with the one closest to Flint listed first.
- New Hurley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mulford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plattekill Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plattekill Valley Community Grounds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Modena Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dubois Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rossville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Plattekill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wallkill Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Relyea Ground Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Clintondale Friends Ground Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berea Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cosman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Flint in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flint.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flint, with the one closest to Flint listed first.
- New Hurley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Sylva
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Modena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wallkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gardiner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Elmo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Elmo is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Saint Andrew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Leptondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Ardonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Forest Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest Glen is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Bruynswick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Walden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- East Walden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Walden is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Walden
- Clintondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Libertyville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flint. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flint.
Newspapers Published in Flint ...
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 148 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flint.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flint, 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 Flint.
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 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 Flint:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ulster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Westchester 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flint) 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 Flint, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |