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 Hortontown (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 Hortontown. 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 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 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.
Hortontown 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 Hortontown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hortontown:
- Putnam County (The home county of Hortontown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Lake Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Tompkins Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Crafts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Patterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Towners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Mahopac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cold Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Adams Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Dykemans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Brewster Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Shenandoah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- East Fishkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Wiccopee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Hopewell Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stormville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brinckerhoff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Fishkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Beacon Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Groveville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Hillside Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hillside Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Lake
- Beekman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 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 Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- West Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cornwall Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Windsor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Newburgh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Highland Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Vails Gate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Gardnertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Orrs Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- West Cornwall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cornwall
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haverstraw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Mount Ivy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Congers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pomona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Upper Nyack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- New City Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New City Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
- New Hempstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- New Square
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Square is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 people
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Marlboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Plattekill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Clintondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Lloyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Modena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Wallkill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gardiner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Jefferson Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Shenorock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shrub Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Lincolndale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Granite Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Somers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Yorktown Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Ball Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sherman
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Brookfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brookfield
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Ridgefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
- Brookfield Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- New Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Lanesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Bulls Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Gaylordsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- New Milford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Kent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Northville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Heritage Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- South Britain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Southbury
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hortontown, see our County-by-County Page for Hortontown.
Cemeteries Near Hortontown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hortontown.
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 Hortontown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hortontown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smalley Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Cliffs Baptist Church Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Mead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kent - Fishkill Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsville Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Free Grave Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ludingtonville Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ballard Ground Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (347 more) ...
- Rombout Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Van Wyck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Hortontown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hortontown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hortontown, with the one closest to Hortontown listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Shenandoah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- East Fishkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Kent Cliffs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Cliffs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cliffs
- Ludingtonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ludingtonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludingtonville
- Stormville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brinckerhoff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Fishkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tompkins Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Glenham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fishkill Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Mahopac Mines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hortontown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hortontown.
Newspapers Published in Hortontown ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hortontown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hortontown, 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 Hortontown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Hortontown:
- 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
- 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> | 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 Hortontown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Hortontown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |