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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 Millerton (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 Millerton. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Millerton 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 Millerton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millerton:

  • Dutchess County     (The home county of Millerton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millerton, with the one closest to Millerton listed first.
    • Spencer Corners
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
    • Irondale
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Irondale is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
    • Leedsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Leedsville is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
    • Smithfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
    • Bethel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Bethel is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Amenia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pine Plains
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Amenia Union
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union
    • Wassaic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Bangall
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lithgow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lithgow is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithgow
    • Stanfordville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Ross
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millerton, with the one closest to Millerton listed first.
    • Ancramdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Weed Mines
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
    • Ancram
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Copake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Silvernails
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Silvernails is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
    • Copake Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Suydam ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Suydam is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
    • Copake Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Copake Lake is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
    • Craryville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Elizaville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Taghkanic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • West Taghkanic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
    • Glenco Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millerton, with the one closest to Millerton listed first.
    • Catskill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Catskill is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • Athens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
    • Kiskatom
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kiskatom is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
    • Leeds
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Palenville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Putnam County
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millerton, with the one closest to Millerton listed first.
    • Malden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Malden is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden has also been known as:
      • Malden-on-Hudson
    • East Kingston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • East Kingston is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
    • Glasco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Ponck Hockie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
    • Connelly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Esopus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Kingston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Lake Katrine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Port Ewen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Saugerties
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Mount Marion Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
    • Mount Marion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millerton, with the one closest to Millerton listed first.
    • Sherman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
    • Sherman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Hartford County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millerton, with the one closest to Millerton listed first.
    • Bloomfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • West Hartland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Hartland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,113 people
    • Burlington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millerton, with the one closest to Millerton listed first.
    • Ore Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
    • Lakeville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Salisbury
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
    • Salisbury
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sharon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Amesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
    • Lime Rock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
    • Falls Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Taconic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Lakes
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Sharon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
    • South Canaan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • South Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
    • Ellsworth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millerton, with the one closest to Millerton listed first.
    • Mount Washington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
    • Clayton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Gomorrah
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
    • Sheffield
      (13 miles [20.9 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
    • Egremont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
    • South Egremont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
    • Egremont Plain
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
    • Mill River
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
    • North Egremont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
    • Southfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Southfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield
    • Great Barrington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
    • New Marlborough
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • New Marlborough is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Marlborough
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,450 people
  • Hampden County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millerton, with the one closest to Millerton listed first.
    • Tolland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Tolland is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • West Granville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • West Granville is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville

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

Cemeteries Near Millerton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millerton.

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

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

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

  • Irondale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Bryan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Bernard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • The Square Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Smithfield Burying Grounds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Amenia Island Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bolland District Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hunt Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • East Street Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sharon Eastside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (267 more) ...
    • Dutcher Bridge Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Chapinville Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ellsworth Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Millerton had a population of 638 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Millerton had a population of 911 people.

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

  • Irondale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Irondale is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • Ore Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
  • Mount Riga
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Mount Riga is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Riga
  • Lakeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Shekomeko
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Shekomeko is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shekomeko
  • Sharon Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sharon Station is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Station
  • Sharon Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sharon Valley is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Valley
  • Sharon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Salisbury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
  • Leedsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Leedsville is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
  • Lime Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Boston Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Boston Corner is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Corner
    • Bethel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Bethel is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Amenia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Millerton ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millerton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Millerton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Millerton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Millerton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of Millerton.

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 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 Millerton:

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