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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 Napanoch (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 Napanoch. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Napanoch is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.

Below are the counties that are near Napanoch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Napanoch:

  • Ulster County     (The home county of Napanoch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Napanoch, with the one closest to Napanoch listed first.
    • Port Ben
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Port Ben is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ben
    • Wawarsing
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Ellenville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kerhonkson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cragsmoor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
    • Crawford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Crawford is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Spring Glen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Accord
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Walker Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dwaarkill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
    • Rutsonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
    • Bruynswick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
  • Delaware County
    • Fleischmanns
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Napanoch, with the one closest to Napanoch listed first.
    • Hyde Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Crown Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
    • Fairview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Fairview is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Poughkeepsie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Staatsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Arlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Haviland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Haviland is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
    • Spackenkill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
    • Rhinecliff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hughsonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Wappingers Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Beacon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <1>
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Napanoch, with the one closest to Napanoch listed first.
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
    • Platte Clove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Napanoch, with the one closest to Napanoch listed first.
    • Pine Bush
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Searsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Searsville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
    • Walden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Andrew
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
    • Scotchtown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Leptondale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Leptondale is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
    • Michigan Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
    • Stony Ford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Stony Ford is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
    • Washington Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Washington Heights is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
    • Maybrook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Orange Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
  • Putnam County
    • Nelsonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Napanoch, with the one closest to Napanoch listed first.
    • Summitville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Grahamsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodbourne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Glen Wild
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wurtsboro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Curry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Curry is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Bloomingburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • South Fallsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Neversink
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Thompsonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pike County (PA)
    • Millrift
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift

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

Cemeteries Near Napanoch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Napanoch.

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

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

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

  • Fantine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pine Bush Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Poplar Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rochester Reformed Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Furman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Accord Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitfield Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Palentown Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bruynswick Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanton Memorial Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Crawford Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (199 more) ...

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 Napanoch had a population of 633 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Wawarsing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Ellenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lackawack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lackawack is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackawack
  • Kerhonkson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pataukunk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pataukunk is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataukunk
  • Mombaccus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mombaccus is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mombaccus
  • Spring Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Crawford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Crawford is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
  • Ulster Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ulster Heights is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulster Heights
  • Walker Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Accord
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mettacahonts
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mettacahonts is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mettacahonts
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Phillipsport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dwaarkill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
    • Rutsonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville

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

Newspapers Published in Napanoch ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Napanoch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Napanoch, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Napanoch.

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 Napanoch:

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 Napanoch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Napanoch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.