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 Hervey Street (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 Hervey Street. 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 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.
Hervey Street is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Hervey Street. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hervey Street:
- Greene County (The home county of Hervey Street)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Cornwallville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Norton Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Brooksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksburg
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Windham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Round Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Medusa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cooksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Potter Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Preston Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Rensselaerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Westerlo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dormansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Alcove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Berne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- South Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
- Coeymans Hollow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Germantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Germantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Lorenz Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Rossman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Burden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Greenport Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Stottville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kinderhook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Valatie
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Churchtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Glenco Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Grand Gorge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fleischmanns
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Denver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stamford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Halcottsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hobart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harpersfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Kingston is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
- Margaretville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Kortright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Tivoli
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cruger Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Upper Red Hook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Red Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Rhinebeck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rhinecliff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rock City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenbush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Manor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Schodack Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Couse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Nassau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rensselaer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Schodack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Defreestville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Luther
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Delanson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Duane Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Duanesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Princetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Bates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Manorkill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Livingstonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Broome Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Franklinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- West Conesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- North Blenheim
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Breakabeen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
- Middleburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gallupville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Schoharie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Quarryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Shady
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Shady is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Willow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Malden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Bushnellsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bushnellsville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnellsville
- Daisy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Woodstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saugerties
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Phoenicia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shandaken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bearsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- High Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hervey Street, see our County-by-County Page for Hervey Street.
Cemeteries Near Hervey Street ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hervey Street.
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 Hervey Street - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hervey Street covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- Peter Van Orden Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Durham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Bridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cornwallville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Durham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Society Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Acra Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freehold Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hayes Baldwin Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (411 more) ...
- O'Hara Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hensonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplecrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Hervey Street in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hervey Street.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hervey Street, with the one closest to Hervey Street listed first.
- East Windham
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Windham is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windham
- South Durham
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Durham is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Durham
- East Durham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cornwallville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Acra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freehold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Durham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Durham is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Hensonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Norton Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Windham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medusa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Cooksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- East Jewett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hervey Street. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hervey Street.
Newspapers Published in Hervey Street ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hervey Street.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hervey Street, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hervey Street.
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 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 Hervey Street:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster 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> | 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 Hervey Street, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hervey Street) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |