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 Millbrook Heights (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 Millbrook Heights. 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 Millbrook Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Millbrook Heights: Millbrook Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Millbrook Heights 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 Millbrook Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millbrook Heights:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Millbrook Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Millbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Verbank Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Verbank Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbank Village
- Verbank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mabbettsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mabbettsville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabbettsville
- Camby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camby is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby
- Shunpike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shunpike is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shunpike
- Hibernia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Salt Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Clove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lithgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lithgow is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithgow
- Clove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Silvernails
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancramdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ancram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elizaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Weed Mines
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Copake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Taghkanic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Copake Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Copake Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Copake Lake is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
- Glenco Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Taghkanic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Balmville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cronomer Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Leptondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Newburgh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- New Windsor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Cornwall Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Saint Andrew
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vails Gate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Patterson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Towners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Lake Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Putnam Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Deforest Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Dykemans
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Brewster Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Brewster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crafts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Mahopac Mines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Tompkins Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Oakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Esopus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Port Ewen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Connelly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ponck Hockie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
- Marlboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clintondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Heritage Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Shenorock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lincolndale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shrub Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Somers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Sherman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 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
- 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hawleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Kent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Kent
(13 miles [20.9 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
- South Kent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gaylordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Merwinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Ellsworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- North Kent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
- Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- East Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Mount Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Ashley Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Clayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Gomorrah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- Sheffield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Millbrook Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Millbrook Heights.
Cemeteries Near Millbrook Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millbrook Heights.
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 Millbrook Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millbrook Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- Nine Partners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Haight Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Upton Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stanford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford Cemetery
- The Stanford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Standfordville United Church of Christ Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66374 <2>
- Beth-El Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Beth-El Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Valley View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Pleasant Plains.
- The Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crum Elbow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64308 <2>
- Peters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (280 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peters Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Poughkeepsie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1432561 <2>
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beekman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Millbrook Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Millbrook Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millbrook Heights, with the one closest to Millbrook Heights listed first.
- South Millbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Millbrook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Millbrook
- Millbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Verbank Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Verbank Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbank Village
- Verbank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Washington Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Hollow is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Hollow
- Camby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camby is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby
- Littlerest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Littlerest is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlerest
- Mabbettsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mabbettsville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabbettsville
- Moores Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moores Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Mill
- Chestnut Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Shunpike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shunpike is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shunpike
- Hibernia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Clove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Clinton Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millbrook Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millbrook Heights.
Newspapers Published in Millbrook Heights ...
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 182 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millbrook Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millbrook Heights, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millbrook Heights.
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 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 Millbrook Heights:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford 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> | 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millbrook Heights) 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 Millbrook Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |