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 Haviland Hollow (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 Haviland Hollow. 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.
Name Variations for Haviland Hollow ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Haviland Hollow: Haviland Holw. (or less commonly used: Haviland Hlw. or Haviland Hllw.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Haviland Hollow is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Fairfield (CT), Dutchess, Orange, Rockland & Westchester.
Below are the counties that are near Haviland Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haviland Hollow:
- Putnam County (The home county of Haviland Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- Towners
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Patterson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deforest Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Putnam Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Brewster Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Dykemans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Lake Carmel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Brewster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peach Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Peach Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
- Farmers Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Crafts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Mahopac Mines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- Pawling
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Pawling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Green Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Poughquag
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stormville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beekman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Shenandoah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Sylvan Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvan Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake
- East Fishkill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Dogtail Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
- Clove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- Arthursburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arthursburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthursburg
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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 Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- West Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Highland Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Newburgh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fort Montgomery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Windsor
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Cronomer Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Orrs Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- Vails Gate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haverstraw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Thiells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Congers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Nyack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- Marlboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Highland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plattekill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clintondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Ardonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Sylva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Modena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- Heritage Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Twin Lakes Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Somers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolndale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shenorock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goldens Bridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boutonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boutonville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville
- Cross River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Shrub Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- Ball Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(4 miles [6.4 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sherman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Brookfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,941 people
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- New Milford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Bridgewater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gaylordsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Merwinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- New Milford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Bulls Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Northville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Roxbury Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- South Britain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Southbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Southbury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
- Southbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bowers Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill
- Southford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Southford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
- Oxford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,250 people
- Middlebury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Middlebury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,829 people
- Middlebury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oxford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seymour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,326 people
- Beacon Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beacon Falls is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,230 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Haviland Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Haviland Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Haviland Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haviland Hollow.
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 Haviland Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haviland Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- Old Baptist Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Watts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Fairfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pawling Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawling Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pawling Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pawling.
- The Pawling Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pawling Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641185 <2>
- St. John's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Milltown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Raymond Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (440 more) ...
- Kelly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pembroke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Haviland Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Haviland Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Haviland Hollow, with the one closest to Haviland Hollow listed first.
- Towners
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Ball Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Patterson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Patterson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Patterson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Patterson
- Dykemans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- New Fairfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holmes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pawling
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilly Foster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilly Foster is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly Foster
- Brewster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Plain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Plain is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Plain
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Quaker Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Quaker Hill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
- Ludingtonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ludingtonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludingtonville
- Sherman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haviland Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haviland Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Haviland Hollow ...
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 Haviland Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haviland Hollow, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haviland Hollow.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Haviland Hollow:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Rockland County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- New Haven 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Haviland Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Haviland Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |