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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 Hardscrabble (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 Hardscrabble. 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 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.

Hardscrabble is located in Delaware 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 Delaware County: Broome, Chenango, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster & Wayne (PA).

Below are the counties that are near Hardscrabble. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hardscrabble:

  • Delaware County     (The home county of Hardscrabble)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardscrabble, with the one closest to Hardscrabble listed first.
    • Roxbury
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Grand Gorge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hobart
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stamford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Denver
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • South Kortright
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Halcottsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bovina
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bovina is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
    • Harpersfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • New Kingston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • New Kingston is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
    • Bloomville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Bovina Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardscrabble, with the one closest to Hardscrabble listed first.
    • Potter Hollow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
    • Preston - Potter Hollow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooksburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Cooksburg is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
    • Preston Hollow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Medusa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Rensselaerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • South Westerlo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • South Westerlo is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
    • South Berne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • South Berne is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
    • Berne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Westerlo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardscrabble, with the one closest to Hardscrabble listed first.
    • Red Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Red Falls is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Falls
    • Lexington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • West Kill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jewett
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jewett Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jewett Center is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
    • Windham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Spruceton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Spruceton is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
    • Brooksburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Brooksburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksburg
    • Hunter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cornwallville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Oak Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Tannersville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardscrabble, with the one closest to Hardscrabble listed first.
    • Schenevus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Worcester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Maryland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Calcutta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Calcutta is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
    • Decatur
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Decatur is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
    • Colliersville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Portlandville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Westford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Milford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Westville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Westville is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
    • Oneonta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • South Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • South Valley is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
  • Schoharie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardscrabble, with the one closest to Hardscrabble listed first.
    • South Jefferson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
    • West Conesville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
    • Jefferson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • North Blenheim
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Manorkill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
    • Broome Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
    • Breakabeen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
    • Summit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Summit is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summit <1>
    • Bates
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bates is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
    • Beards Hollow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Beards Hollow is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beards Hollow
    • Franklinton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
    • Livingstonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardscrabble, with the one closest to Hardscrabble listed first.
    • Lew Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Lew Beach is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lew Beach
    • Beaverkill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaverkill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverkill
    • Claryville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Willowemoc
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
    • Debruce
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Debruce is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruce
    • Parkston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Parkston is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkston
    • Deckertown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Deckertown is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckertown
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardscrabble, with the one closest to Hardscrabble listed first.
    • Highmount
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pine Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bushnellsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bushnellsville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnellsville
    • Big Indian
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Shandaken
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Belle Ayr
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Belle Ayr is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ayr
    • Oliverea
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Phoenicia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Branch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Branch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Willow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Boiceville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady

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

Cemeteries Near Hardscrabble ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardscrabble.

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

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

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

  • UMC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Roxbury Village Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Decker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Narrow Notch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Tyler Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Yellow Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Roses Brook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Brook Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Roses Brook Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of South Kortright.
    • The Roses Brook Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
    • Rose Brook Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65859 <3>
  • Stamford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Schemehorn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Vega Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Gorge Main Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Peck Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (337 more) ...
    • Grant Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Locust Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Hardscrabble in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hardscrabble.

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

  • Roxbury
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Grand Gorge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hobart
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stamford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • South Gilboa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • South Gilboa is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gilboa
  • Prattsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • South Kortright
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bovina
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bovina is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
  • Halcottsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • West Conesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
  • Gilboa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • South Jefferson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • New Kingston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • New Kingston is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
    • Red Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Red Falls is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Falls
    • Harpersfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Hardscrabble ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardscrabble.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hardscrabble, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hardscrabble.

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 Hardscrabble:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hardscrabble) 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 Hardscrabble, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.