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 Moores Mill (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 Moores Mill. 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 Moores Mill ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Moores Mill: Moores Ml. (or less commonly used: Moores Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Moores Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Moores Mill may originally have been Moore's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Moores Mill might be written as Moore Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Moores Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moores Mill.
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.
Moores Mill 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 Moores Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moores Mill:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Moores Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Verbank Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Verbank Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbank Village
- Verbank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lagrangeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freedom Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Camby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Camby is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby
- North Clove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Pleasant Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- Arthursburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Arthursburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthursburg
- Noxon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- Beekman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Hillside Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hillside Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Lake
- Manchester Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Silvernails
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancramdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ancram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elizaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Weed Mines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- West Taghkanic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Copake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Copake Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glenco Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Taghkanic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 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 Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Balmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cronomer Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Leptondale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Newburgh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- New Windsor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Cornwall Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Firthcliffe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Vails Gate
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Patterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Towners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Dykemans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Putnam Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Brewster Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Deforest Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Crafts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Mahopac Mines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Tompkins Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Nelsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Brewster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rockland County
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Milton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Marlboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Esopus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clintondale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Plutarch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Ardonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Rifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Paltz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Plattekill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Connelly
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Heritage Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Shenorock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lincolndale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shrub Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Somers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Crompond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Peekskill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Sherman
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 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
- New Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,941 people
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- 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 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- South Kent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kent
(15 miles [24.1 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
- East Kent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
- North Kent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
- Ellsworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Sharon
(18 miles [29 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
- Sharon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Marble Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Heritage Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- South Britain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southbury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
- Berkshire County (MA)
- Mount Washington
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moores Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Moores Mill.
Cemeteries Near Moores Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moores Mill.
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 Moores Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moores Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Clove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nine Partners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Temple Beth-El Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beth-El Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haight Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Van Dyne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Denis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Beekman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 <4>
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (280 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- The Hopewell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopewell Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
- Hopewell Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138926 <4>
- Flagler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Moores Mill had a population of 142 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Verbank Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Verbank Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbank Village
- Billings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Verbank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Lagrangeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- North Clove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Camby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Camby is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby
- Pleasant Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Noxon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- Arthursburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Arthursburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthursburg
- Clove Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clove Valley is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove Valley
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- South Millbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Millbrook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Millbrook
- Washington Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Washington Hollow is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Hollow
- Manchester Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moores Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moores Mill.
Newspapers Published in Moores Mill ...
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 164 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moores Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moores Mill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moores Mill.
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 Moores Mill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- New Haven County
- Berkshire County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Moores Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Moores Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |