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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 Hobart (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 Hobart. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

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

  • Delaware County     (The home county of Hobart)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Stamford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • South Kortright
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harpersfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • North Kortright
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • North Kortright is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kortright
    • Bovina
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Bovina is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
    • Roxbury
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Grand Gorge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bovina Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Simpsonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Simpsonville is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
    • New Kingston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • New Kingston is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
    • Halcottsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Denver
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Potter Hollow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
    • Cooksburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Cooksburg is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
    • Preston - Potter Hollow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Preston Hollow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Medusa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Rensselaerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Red Falls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Red Falls is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Falls
    • Lexington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • West Kill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jewett
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jewett Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jewett Center is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
    • Windham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Spruceton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Spruceton is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
    • Brooksburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Brooksburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksburg
    • Hunter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cornwallville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Oak Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Tannersville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Norton Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Norton Hill is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Schenevus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Worcester
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Maryland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Colliersville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Calcutta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Calcutta is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
    • Portlandville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Decatur
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Decatur is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
    • Westford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Milford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Westville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Westville is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
    • Oneonta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • West End
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • West End is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
    • Middlefield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Middlefield is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
  • Schoharie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • South Jefferson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
    • Jefferson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • West Conesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
    • North Blenheim
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Summit
      (14 miles [22.5 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>
    • Breakabeen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
    • Broome Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
    • Manorkill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
    • Beards Hollow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Beards Hollow is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beards Hollow
    • Richmondville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Vintonton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Vintonton is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintonton
    • Bates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Bates is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
    • Franklinton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Lew Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lew Beach is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lew Beach
    • Beaverkill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Beaverkill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverkill
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Highmount
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bushnellsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bushnellsville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnellsville
    • Pine Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Belle Ayr
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Belle Ayr is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ayr
    • Big Indian
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shandaken
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oliverea
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Phoenicia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Branch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Branch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Willow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hobart ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hobart.

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

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

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

  • Locust Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Grant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Narrow Notch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Decker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stamford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sackrider Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Harpersfield Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Roses Brook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • 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]<3> 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 <2>
  • Cowley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stevens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (362 more) ...
    • Wetmore Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Maynard Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Peck Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hobart had a population of 561 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hobart had a population of 387 people.

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

  • South Kortright
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stamford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harpersfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • North Kortright
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • North Kortright is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kortright
  • South Gilboa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • South Gilboa is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gilboa
  • Bloomville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bovina
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bovina is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
  • Roxbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • South Jefferson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
  • North Harpersfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • North Harpersfield is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Harpersfield
  • Grand Gorge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jefferson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bovina Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Kortright
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • West Kortright is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kortright
    • New Kingston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • New Kingston is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hobart ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hobart.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hobart. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hobart and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hobart.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Hobart.

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 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 Hobart:

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