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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 Michigan 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 Michigan 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 Michigan 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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Michigan Corners: Michigan Cors.

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 and doctors 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.

Michigan Corners is located in Orange County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties 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 Michigan Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Michigan Corners:

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

Cemeteries Near Michigan Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Michigan 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Wallkill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. James Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pinehill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinehill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinehill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Denton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Denton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Webb Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Webb Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Webb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Slate Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slate Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slate Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hamptonburgh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamptonburgh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamptonburgh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Germantown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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    • Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harrison Meeting House Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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

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

  • Crystal Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Run
    • Crystal Run is located in Orange County
  • Scotchtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Stony Ford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Kipps
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kipps. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps
    • Kipps is located in Orange County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kipps
    • From Michigan Corners to Kipps
  • Circleville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
    • Circleville is located in Orange County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circleville <1>
  • Middletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • New Hampton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Goshen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Goshen is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,337 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goshen <1>
  • Campbell Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Campbell Hall Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell Hall Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Hall Junction
    • Campbell Hall Junction is located in Orange County
  • Fair Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
    • Fair Oaks is located in Orange County
  • Hamptonburgh
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Neelytown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neelytown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelytown
      • Neelytown is located in Orange County
    • Bullville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullville
      • Bullville is located in Orange County
    • Girarde
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Girarde. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girarde
      • Girarde is located in Orange County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Girarde
      • From Michigan Corners to Girarde

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

Newspapers Published in Michigan 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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Michigan Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Michigan Corners, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Michigan Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Michigan Corners:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Michigan Corners. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>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 Michigan Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Michigan Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Michigan Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4669, Longitude: -74.3472    









 

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