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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 Kerleys Corners (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 Kerleys Corners. 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 Kerleys Corners ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Kerleys Corners: Kerleys Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Kerleys Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kerleys Corners may originally have been Kerley's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kerleys Corners might be written as Kerley Corners.

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 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.

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

  • Dutchess County     (The home county of Kerleys Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kerleys Corners, with the one closest to Kerleys Corners listed first.
    • Upper Red Hook
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
    • Red Hook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cruger Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
    • Tivoli
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jackson Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
    • Rock City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Rock City is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Milan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Milan is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Mount Ross
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
    • Rhinebeck
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Wurtemburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
    • Pine Plains
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rhinecliff
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kerleys Corners, with the one closest to Kerleys Corners listed first.
    • Aquetuck
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Aquetuck is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
    • Alcove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Coeymans Hollow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Coeymans
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Ravena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • South Westerlo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • South Westerlo is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
    • Medusa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kerleys Corners, with the one closest to Kerleys Corners listed first.
    • Elizaville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Germantown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • North Germantown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • North Germantown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
    • Silvernails
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Silvernails is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
    • Burden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Burden is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
    • West Taghkanic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
    • Suydam ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Suydam is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
    • Glenco Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
    • Ancram
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Churchtown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Churchtown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
    • Taghkanic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ancramdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kerleys Corners, with the one closest to Kerleys Corners listed first.
    • Catskill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Catskill is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • Kiskatom
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kiskatom is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
    • Palenville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
    • Platte Clove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
    • Leeds
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Athens
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Cairo Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
    • Haines Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • South Cairo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • South Cairo is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
    • Round Top
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Tannersville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Rensselaer County
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kerleys Corners, with the one closest to Kerleys Corners listed first.
    • Malden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Malden is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden has also been known as:
      • Malden-on-Hudson
    • Saugerties
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glasco
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Marion Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
    • Mount Marion
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • East Kingston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • East Kingston is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
    • Lake Katrine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ruby
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Quarryville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Quarryville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Lincoln Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • High Woods
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • High Woods is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
    • Kingston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kerleys Corners, with the one closest to Kerleys Corners listed first.
    • Ore Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
    • Lakeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Salisbury
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
    • Salisbury
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Taconic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sharon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Lakes
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Amesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
    • Lime Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
    • Sharon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
    • Falls Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Canaan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kerleys Corners, with the one closest to Kerleys Corners listed first.
    • Mount Washington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Egremont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
    • South Egremont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
    • North Egremont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
    • Egremont Plain
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
    • Sheffield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
    • Alford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Ashley Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
    • Great Barrington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
    • Van Deusenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
    • Clayton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Gomorrah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah

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

Cemeteries Near Kerleys Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kerleys Corners.

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 Kerleys Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Elizaville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elizaville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elizaville.
    • The Elizaville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Coons Cemetery
    • Elizaville UMC Cemetery
    • Pleasantvale Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #529874 <3>
  • Bard College Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clermont Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Viewmont Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Shookville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Teats Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Germantown Reformed Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (266 more) ...
    • Old Rhinebeck Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cheriot Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mt. View 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.<4>

While we didn't find Kerleys Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kerleys Corners.

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

  • Upper Red Hook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
  • Nevis
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Nevis is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevis
  • Cokertown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cokertown is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokertown
  • Elizaville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Red Hook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clermont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Tivoli
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Barrytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Manorton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Manorton is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorton
  • Blue Store
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Blue Store is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Store
  • Rock City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rock City is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
  • Jackson Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Snyderville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Snyderville is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyderville
    • Malden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Malden is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden has also been known as:
      • Malden-on-Hudson
    • Saugerties
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Kerleys Corners ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kerleys Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kerleys Corners, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kerleys Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Kerleys Corners:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Kerleys Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Kerleys Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.