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 Kaisertown (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 Kaisertown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Kaisertown is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Passaic (NJ), Sussex (NJ), Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Pike (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Kaisertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kaisertown:
- Orange County (The home county of Kaisertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Montgomery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Campbell Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stony Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Searsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Michigan Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
- Scotchtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamptonburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hamptonburgh is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptonburgh
- Kipps
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kipps is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps
- Girarde
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Girarde is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girarde
- Walden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
- East Middletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Middletown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Middletown
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Beacon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Groveville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Beacon Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Glenham
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hughsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wappingers Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fishkill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Brinckerhoff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Spackenkill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Myers Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Wiccopee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Poughkeepsie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Cold Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nelsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Garrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Continental Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Putnam Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Tompkins Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Farmers Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Mahopac Mines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Mahopac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Sloatsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pomona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thiells
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Mount Ivy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- West Haverstraw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Hillburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wesley Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- Montebello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Montebello is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
- Haverstraw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hempstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wurtsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Glen Wild
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Fallsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbourne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrels Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
- Hurleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Ulsterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Wallkill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Walker Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bruynswick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Crawford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Rutsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- New Hurley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Sylva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Cragsmoor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Gardiner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plattekill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Glen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Buchanan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Verplanck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crugers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodybrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodybrook is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodybrook
- Croton-on-Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Yorktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Granite Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bergen County (NJ)
- Mahwah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mahwah is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah
- Passaic County (NJ)
- West Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Milford is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Vernon Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Highland Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Colesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
- Libertyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- McCoys Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
- Hardistonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hardistonville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville
- Beaver Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Run is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run
- Roys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roys is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Matamoras
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Millrift
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
- Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kaisertown, see our County-by-County Page for Kaisertown.
Cemeteries Near Kaisertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kaisertown.
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 Kaisertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kaisertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Germantown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Reformed Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Montgomery.
- The Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goodwill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #173116 <2>
- Howell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hamptonburgh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Berea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Berea Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Montgomery.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63961 <2>
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Wallkill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Davids Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Kaisertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kaisertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kaisertown, with the one closest to Kaisertown listed first.
- Neelytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neelytown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelytown
- Montgomery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Campbell Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Campbell Hall Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Scotchtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Run
- Searsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Thompson Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bullville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bullville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullville
- Van Keuren
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Van Keuren is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Keuren
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kipps
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kipps is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps
- Hamptonburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hamptonburgh is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptonburgh
- Girarde
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Girarde is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girarde
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kaisertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kaisertown.
Newspapers Published in Kaisertown ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kaisertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kaisertown, 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 Kaisertown.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Kaisertown:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Bergen County
- Passaic County
- Sussex County
- Pike 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kaisertown) 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 Kaisertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |