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 Knapps Corner (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 Knapps Corner. 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 Knapps Corner ...
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 Knapps Corner: Knapps Cor. (or less commonly used: Knapps Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Knapps Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Knapps Corner may originally have been Knapp's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Knapps Corner might be written as Knapp Corner.
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 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.
Knapps Corner 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 Knapps Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knapps Corner:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Knapps Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Spackenkill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Crown Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Red Oaks Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Wappingers Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Myers Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Hughsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Poughkeepsie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Manchester Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Noxon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- Brinckerhoff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Fishkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Elizaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- 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 Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Balmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cronomer Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Leptondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Newburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- New Windsor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Saint Andrew
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Cornwall Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Firthcliffe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Vails Gate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Nelsonville
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Garrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Lake Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Mahopac Mines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Patterson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Continental Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Crafts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Towners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Haverstraw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(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 Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Milton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clintondale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Ardonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Plattekill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sylva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Modena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Paltz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- New Hurley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Jefferson Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lake Mohegan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Shenorock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Peekskill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Lincolndale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Somers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Sherman
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Brookfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kent
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Candlewood Lake Club
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- New Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knapps Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Knapps Corner.
Cemeteries Near Knapps Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knapps Corner.
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 Knapps Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knapps Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Middlebush Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Milton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Van Dyne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cosman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- LaGrange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Presbyterian Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Knapps Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knapps Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knapps Corner, with the one closest to Knapps Corner listed first.
- Stoneco
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- Wappingers Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Hackensack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Hackensack is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hackensack
- Marlboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Hughsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Milton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fishkill Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
- Poughkeepsie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Manchester Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Roseton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roseton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseton
- Brinckerhoff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Noxon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knapps Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knapps Corner.
Newspapers Published in Knapps Corner ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knapps Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knapps Corner, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knapps Corner.
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 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 Knapps Corner:
- 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> | 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 Knapps Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Knapps Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |