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 Gardnertown (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 Gardnertown. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Gardnertown 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 Gardnertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gardnertown:
- Orange County (The home county of Gardnertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Cronomer Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Orange Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Balmville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Leptondale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Newburgh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Andrew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- New Windsor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Britain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Denniston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Vails Gate
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam Lake
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Beacon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Groveville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Beacon Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Glenham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hughsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fishkill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Wappingers Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brinckerhoff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Wiccopee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Myers Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Spackenkill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Cold Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville
(9 miles [14.5 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Continental Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Tompkins Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Farmers Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Adams Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Putnam Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Mahopac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts
(21 miles [33.8 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 Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pomona
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(23 miles [37 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
- Haverstraw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- New Hempstead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Sloatsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wesley Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- Congers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Montebello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Montebello is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Glen Wild
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Plattekill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sylva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Marlboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wallkill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Ardonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Modena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gardiner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clintondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Bruynswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Lake Mohegan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Peekskill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Crompond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shrub Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Verplanck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Yorktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Crugers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shenorock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Ball Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- 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)
- New Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Sussex County (NJ)
- Vernon Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gardnertown, see our County-by-County Page for Gardnertown.
Cemeteries Near Gardnertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gardnertown.
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 Gardnertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gardnertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Belknap Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Belknap Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Snake Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oldtown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rossville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cosman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Plattekill Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plattekill Valley Community Grounds
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Gardnertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gardnertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gardnertown, with the one closest to Gardnertown listed first.
- Cronomer Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- East Coldenham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Coldenham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Coldenham
- Leptondale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Newburgh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Britain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- New Windsor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roseton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roseton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseton
- Saint Andrew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- East Walden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Walden is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Walden
- Coldenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coldenham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldenham
- Denniston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Vails Gate Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vails Gate Junction is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Gate Junction
- Vails Gate
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint Elmo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elmo is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gardnertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gardnertown.
Newspapers Published in Gardnertown ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gardnertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gardnertown, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gardnertown.
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 Gardnertown:
- 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
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield County
- Sussex 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 Gardnertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gardnertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |