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 Middle Hope (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 Middle Hope. 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 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.
Middle Hope is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Passaic (NJ), Sussex (NJ), Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Pike (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Middle Hope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Middle Hope:
- Orange County (The home county of Middle Hope)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Balmville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Newburgh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gardnertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Cronomer Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Leptondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- New Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orange Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Vails Gate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Andrew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Cornwall Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Denniston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Hughsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beacon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Groveville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Fishkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wappingers Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beacon Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Brinckerhoff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Crown Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Myers Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Wiccopee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Spackenkill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Cold Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Garrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Farmers Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Tompkins Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Continental Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Adams Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Putnam Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Crafts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Haverstraw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Congers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New Hempstead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Wesley Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- Hillcrest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Glen Wild
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Marlboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plattekill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sylva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Oakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Ardonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Clintondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Modena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Wallkill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gardiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Lake Mohegan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Peekskill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Buchanan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shenorock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Montrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Verplanck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Ball Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Sherman
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Danbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- South Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Kent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- New Milford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Middle Hope, see our County-by-County Page for Middle Hope.
Cemeteries Near Middle Hope ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middle Hope.
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 Middle Hope - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Middle Hope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cosman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oldtown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rossville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snake Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (277 more) ...
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Middle Hope 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 Middle Hope, with the one closest to Middle Hope listed first.
- Roseton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roseton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseton
- Newburgh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Hamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Marlboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cronomer Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Groveville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hughsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leptondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- New Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fishkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wappingers Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Stoneco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- East Coldenham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Coldenham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Coldenham
- Dutchess Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dutchess Junction is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Middle Hope. See our List of 1890's Communities around Middle Hope.
Newspapers Published in Middle Hope ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middle Hope.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Middle Hope, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Middle Hope.
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 Middle Hope:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield 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> | 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> | 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 Middle Hope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Middle Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |