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 Leeds (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 Leeds. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Leeds is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Leeds. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leeds:
- Greene County (The home county of Leeds)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Jefferson Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- South Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Catskill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Cairo Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kiskatom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Cairo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Round Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Coxsackie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Palenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Alcove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Coeymans Hollow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Ravena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coeymans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dormansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Medusa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Cooksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Westerlo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beckers Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lorenz Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Greenport Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- North Germantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Stottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Germantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rossman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Churchtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Hollowville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Glenco Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Mellenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Philmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Tivoli
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Upper Red Hook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Red Hook
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Mount Ross
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Rock City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Rhinebeck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinecliff
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Bethel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Brainard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenbush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Schodack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Couse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Rensselaer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Nassau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Luther
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Bates
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Manorkill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Livingstonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Broome Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Franklinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- West Conesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Quarryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Malden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glasco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Marion Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- High Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Daisy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Ruby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shady
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shady is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zena
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Bearsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Taconic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Salisbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Egremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- North Egremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Mount Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Alford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Egremont Plain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Rockdale Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Great Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Housatonic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Van Deusenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- West Stockbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leeds, see our County-by-County Page for Leeds.
Cemeteries Near Leeds ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leeds.
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 Leeds - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leeds covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Old Leeds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jefferson Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- DuBois Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catskill Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Plain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blackman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weekes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Athens Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Limestreet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Joseph Sax Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Sax Cemetery
- The Joseph Sax Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Family Cemetery
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Webber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Butler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Leeds had a population of 314 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leeds, with the one closest to Leeds listed first.
- Catskill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- West Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Athens is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Athens
- South Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Cairo Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Kiskatom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Greendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greendale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cairo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Linlithgo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
- Gayhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Result
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Result is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Result
- North Germantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leeds. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leeds.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Leeds ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leeds.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Leeds. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Leeds and those printed in the larger area surrounding Leeds.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of Leeds.
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 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 Leeds:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Rensselaer County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire 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> | 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 Leeds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Leeds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |