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 Hudson Heights (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 Hudson Heights. 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 Hudson Heights ...
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 Hudson Heights: Hudson Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hudson Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hudson Heights.
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.
Hudson Heights is located in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County: Fairfield (CT), Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Columbia, Orange, Putnam & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Hudson Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hudson Heights:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Hudson Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Poughkeepsie
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fairview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Arlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Manchester Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Spackenkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Crown Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Red Oaks Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Hyde Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haviland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Myers Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Noxon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Elizaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ancramdale
(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
- Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Platte Clove
(30 miles [48.3 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 Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Leptondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Balmville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- 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
- Gardnertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Orange Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Saint Andrew
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Newburgh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Windsor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Walden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Firthcliffe
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Denniston
(18 miles [29 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 Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Nelsonville
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Lake Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Patterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garrison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Mahopac Mines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Towners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Adams Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Continental Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Crafts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Rockland County
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 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 Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Summitville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bloomingburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Highland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oakes
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Milton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lloyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Clintondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marlboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Plutarch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Ardonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Esopus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Paltz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Modena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plattekill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sylva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Jefferson Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lake Mohegan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Shenorock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peekskill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Lincolndale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Somers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Sherman
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(23 miles [37 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)
- East Kent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
- 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 northeast)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- New Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hudson Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Hudson Heights.
Cemeteries Near Hudson Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hudson Heights.
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 Hudson Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hudson Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ferris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Presbyterian Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Milton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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 northeast)
- Hicksite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hutton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beth-El Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hudson Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hudson Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hudson Heights, with the one closest to Hudson Heights listed first.
- Poughkeepsie
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakes
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Highland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Milton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Manchester Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Stoneco
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- Hyde Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clintondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marlboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Hackensack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hackensack is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hackensack
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- East Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Park is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Park
- Ohioville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ohioville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
- West Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hudson Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hudson Heights.
Newspapers Published in Hudson Heights ...
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 166 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hudson Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hudson Heights, 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 Hudson Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Hudson Heights:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster 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 Hudson Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Hudson Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |