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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 Furnace Woods (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 Furnace Woods. 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.

Newspapers Published in Furnace Woods ...

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 156 newspapers that have been published in the area around Furnace Woods.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Furnace Woods, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Furnace Woods.

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 Furnace Woods:

Cemeteries Near Furnace Woods ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Furnace Woods.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Lent Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lent Cemetery
  • Ackerman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ackerman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ackerman Cemetery
  • Hebrew Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
  • Assumption Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Assumption Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assumption Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • St. Patrick's Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • June Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the June Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the June Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64984 <3>
  • Rose Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • Mt. Rest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Rest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Stony Point.
    • The Mt. Rest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Creek Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Rest Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64840 <3>
  • Mt. Repose Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (439 more) ...
    • St. Peter's Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Graymoor Society of the Atonement Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graymoor Society of the Atonement Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graymoor Society of the Atonement Cemetery
    • Dale Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dale Cemetery

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

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

  • Montrose
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Crugers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crugers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crugers
    • Crugers is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crugers <5>
  • Oscawana
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oscawana have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscawana
    • Oscawana is located in Westchester County
  • Peekskill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Verplanck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Croton-on-Hudson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jones Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
    • Jones Point is located in Rockland County
  • Yorktown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yorktown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
    • Yorktown is located in Westchester County
  • Putnam Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Putnam Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Valley
    • Putnam Valley is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Putnam Valley <5>
  • Stony Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Yorktown Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yorktown Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown Heights
    • Yorktown Heights is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yorktown Heights <5>
  • Shrub Oak
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shrub Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrub Oak
    • Shrub Oak is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shrub Oak <5>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Tomkins Cove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tomkins Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomkins Cove
      • Tomkins Cove is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tomkins Cove <5>
    • West Haverstraw
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Haverstraw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
      • West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
    • Haverstraw
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Furnace Woods. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Westchester County: www.westchestergov.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Furnace Woods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Furnace Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2648, Longitude: -73.8860       In this case, the coordinates for Furnace Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Furnace Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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