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 Highland Landing (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 Highland Landing. 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 Highland Landing ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Highland Landing: Highland Lndg. (or less commonly used: Highland Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Highland Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highland Landing.
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 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.
Highland Landing 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 Highland Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland Landing:
- Ulster County (The home county of Highland Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Highland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Lloyd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plutarch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Clintondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Esopus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marlboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ardonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- New Paltz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Modena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plattekill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Elizaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancramdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ancram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- North Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- West Taghkanic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Fairview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Poughkeepsie
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Arlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hyde Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haviland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Manchester Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Spackenkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Crown Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Red Oaks Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Freedom Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Myers Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Platte Clove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Cronomer Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Leptondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Balmville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Gardnertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Orange Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Saint Andrew
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Newburgh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Walden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Denniston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Nelsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Cold Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Patterson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garrison
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Glenclyffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Mahopac Mines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Towners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Adams Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Crafts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Rockland County
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Summitville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bloomingburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wurtsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Shrub Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lake Mohegan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shenorock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Peekskill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lincolndale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Somers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Sherman
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Gaylordsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- South Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
- Sharon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- North Kent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
- Sharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- East Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Highland Landing.
Cemeteries Near Highland Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland Landing.
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 Highland Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Ferris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Presbyterian Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peters Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Poughkeepsie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1432561 <2>
- Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hutton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hicksite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Milton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Union Cemetery of Loyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery of Loyd
- The Union Cemetery of Loyd has also been known as:
- Lloyd Union Cemetery
- Lloyd Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65110 <2>
- Clintondale Friends Ground Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Relyea Ground Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Highland Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highland Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland Landing, with the one closest to Highland Landing listed first.
- Highland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Poughkeepsie
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Arlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Manchester Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Hyde Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clintondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Park is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Park
- Plutarch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- West Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
- Ohioville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ohioville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Stoneco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gretna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gretna is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland Landing.
Newspapers Published in Highland Landing ...
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 159 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland Landing, 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 Highland Landing.
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 helpful 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 Highland Landing:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ulster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield 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 Highland Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Highland Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |