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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 Hardenburg (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 Hardenburg. 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.

Hardenburg 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 Hardenburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hardenburg:

  • Ulster County     (The home county of Hardenburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardenburg, with the one closest to Hardenburg listed first.
    • Belle Ayr
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Belle Ayr is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ayr
    • Branch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Branch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Oliverea
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bull Run
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bull Run is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
    • Big Indian
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Highmount
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bushnellsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bushnellsville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnellsville
    • Shandaken
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Phoenicia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • West Shokan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • West Shokan is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Shokan
    • Boiceville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Brodhead
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Brodhead is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardenburg, with the one closest to Hardenburg listed first.
    • Arena ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Arena is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
    • Margaretville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Fleischmanns
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Halcottsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • New Kingston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • New Kingston is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
    • Andes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Denver
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Butternut Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
    • Cooks Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
    • Downsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bovina Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bovina
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Bovina is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
    • Corbett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Corbett is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardenburg, with the one closest to Hardenburg listed first.
    • West Kill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lexington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Spruceton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Spruceton is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
    • Jewett Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jewett Center is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
    • Red Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Falls is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Falls
    • Jewett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Windham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Platte Clove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
    • Tannersville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Schoharie County
    • West Conesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardenburg, with the one closest to Hardenburg listed first.
    • Willowemoc
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
    • Debruce
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Debruce is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruce
    • Lew Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Lew Beach is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lew Beach
    • Claryville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkston is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkston
    • Beaverkill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Beaverkill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverkill
    • Aden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Aden is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
    • Neversink
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Curry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Curry is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Deckertown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Deckertown is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckertown
    • Livingston Manor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Morsston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Morsston is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morsston
    • Parksville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardenburg, with the one closest to Hardenburg listed first.
    • Damascus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Milanville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Milanville is located in Wayne County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milanville

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hardenburg, see our County-by-County Page for Hardenburg.

Cemeteries Near Hardenburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardenburg.

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 Hardenburg - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Banks - Eighmy Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lew Beach Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Davidson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Claryville Reformed Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Haynes Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • The Haynes Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503464 <2>
  • Lake Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Aloysius Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Orchard Street Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Agudas Achim Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ferndale Synagogue Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Parksville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (200 more) ...
    • Sanford Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Old Baptist Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Martin Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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 in 1895, Hardenburg had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Turnwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Turnwood is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnwood
  • Willowemoc
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
  • Belle Ayr
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Belle Ayr is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ayr
  • Debruce
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Debruce is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruce
  • Lew Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lew Beach is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lew Beach
  • Claryville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Frost Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Frost Valley is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Valley
  • Arena ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Arena is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
  • Beaverkill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Beaverkill is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverkill
  • Dunraven
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dunraven is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunraven
  • Denning
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Denning is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
  • Livingston Manor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Neversink
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Curry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Curry is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Branch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Branch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch

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

Newspapers Published in Hardenburg ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardenburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hardenburg, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hardenburg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Hardenburg:

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 Hardenburg, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hardenburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.