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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 Lackawack (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 Lackawack. 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 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.

Lackawack is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.

Below are the counties that are near Lackawack. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lackawack:

  • Ulster County     (The home county of Lackawack)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lackawack, with the one closest to Lackawack listed first.
    • Napanoch
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wawarsing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellenville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Port Ben
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Port Ben is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ben
    • Kerhonkson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cragsmoor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
    • Spring Glen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Accord
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bull Run
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Bull Run is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
    • Crawford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Crawford is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Walker Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rutsonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lackawack, with the one closest to Lackawack listed first.
    • Fleischmanns
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Margaretville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Arena ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Arena is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
    • Denver
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Halcottsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lackawack, with the one closest to Lackawack listed first.
    • Hyde Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Fairview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Fairview is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Rhinecliff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Staatsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Crown Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
    • Haviland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Haviland is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
    • Poughkeepsie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Arlington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Rhinebeck
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Spackenkill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
    • Pleasant Plains
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
    • Hughsonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lackawack, with the one closest to Lackawack listed first.
    • Spruceton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Spruceton is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
    • West Kill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Platte Clove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Lackawack, with the one closest to Lackawack listed first.
    • Pine Bush
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Searsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Searsville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
    • Montgomery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Walden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Andrew
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
    • Scotchtown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Washington Heights
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Washington Heights is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
    • Michigan Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
    • Otisville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Port Orange
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Port Orange is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Orange
    • Leptondale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Leptondale is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
    • Maybrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lackawack, with the one closest to Lackawack listed first.
    • Grahamsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Curry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Curry is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Woodridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodbourne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Summitville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Neversink
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Claryville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Wild
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • South Fallsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Divine Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
    • Thompsonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hurleyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Pike County (PA)
    • Millrift
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift

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

Cemeteries Near Lackawack ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lackawack.

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 Lackawack - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Furman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fantine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Bush Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Rural Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rochester Reformed Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Palentown Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Poplar Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Accord Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fallsburg Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitfield Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Krumville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (199 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lackawack had a population of 170 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Ulster Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ulster Heights is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulster Heights
  • Napanoch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wawarsing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ellenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pataukunk
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pataukunk is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataukunk
  • Mombaccus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mombaccus is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mombaccus
  • Dairyland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dairyland is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
  • Kerhonkson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sundown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Tabasco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tabasco is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabasco
  • Grahamsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain Dale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Spring Glen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mettacahonts
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Mettacahonts is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mettacahonts
    • Liebhardt
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Liebhardt is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebhardt

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

Newspapers Published in Lackawack ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lackawack.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lackawack, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lackawack.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lackawack:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lackawack) 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 Lackawack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.