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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 New Forge (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 New Forge. 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 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 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.

New Forge is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.

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

  • Columbia County     (The home county of New Forge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Forge, with the one closest to New Forge listed first.
    • Suydam ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Suydam is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
    • Taghkanic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • West Taghkanic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
    • Glenco Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
    • Ancram
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Copake Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Copake Lake is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
    • Churchtown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Churchtown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
    • Copake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hollowville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Craryville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Silvernails
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Silvernails is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
    • Copake Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ancramdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Forge, with the one closest to New Forge listed first.
    • Aquetuck
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Aquetuck is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
    • Coeymans
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Ravena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Coeymans Hollow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Alcove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • South Westerlo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Westerlo is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
    • Selkirk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • South Bethlehem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Forge, with the one closest to New Forge listed first.
    • Mount Ross
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
    • Jackson Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
    • Pine Plains
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bethel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Bethel is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Upper Red Hook
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
    • Irondale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Irondale is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
    • Milan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Milan is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Red Hook
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rock City is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Tivoli
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Millerton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Spencer Corners
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
    • Cruger Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Forge, with the one closest to New Forge listed first.
    • Athens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Catskill
      (12 miles [19.3 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
    • Jefferson Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
    • Leeds
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kiskatom
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Kiskatom is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
    • Coxsackie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cairo Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
    • South Cairo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • South Cairo is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
    • Palenville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cairo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Round Top
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Platte Clove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
    • Gayhead
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Gayhead is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
  • Rensselaer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Forge, with the one closest to New Forge listed first.
    • Schodack Landing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Brainard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Nassau
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <1>
    • Castleton-on-Hudson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • East Nassau
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
    • Schodack Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Forge, with the one closest to New Forge listed first.
    • Malden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Malden is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden has also been known as:
      • Malden-on-Hudson
    • Glasco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Saugerties
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Mount Marion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Quarryville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Quarryville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Mount Marion Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
    • East Kingston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • East Kingston is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
    • Lake Katrine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • High Woods
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • High Woods is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
    • Ruby
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Ponck Hockie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
    • Jockey Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jockey Hill is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Forge, with the one closest to New Forge listed first.
    • Taconic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ore Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
    • Twin Lakes
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Lakeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Salisbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
    • Salisbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Canaan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • North Canaan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
    • Wangum Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
    • Amesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
    • Lime Rock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
    • Sharon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Falls Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Forge, with the one closest to New Forge listed first.
    • Mount Washington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Egremont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
    • South Egremont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
    • North Egremont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
    • Egremont Plain
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
    • Sheffield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
    • Alford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Ashley Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
    • Great Barrington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
    • Van Deusenville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
    • Housatonic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
    • Rockdale Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
    • Clayton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton

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

Cemeteries Near New Forge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Forge.

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 New Forge - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ancram Old Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ancram Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West Copake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Copake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Niver Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Elizaville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elizaville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elizaville.
    • The Elizaville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Coons Cemetery
    • Elizaville UMC Cemetery
    • Pleasantvale Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #529874 <2>
  • Old St. Bridget's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hillsdale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Clermont Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Claverack Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (274 more) ...
    • Church of Nativity Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Teats Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Williams Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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>

While we didn't find New Forge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Forge.

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

  • Suydam ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Suydam is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
  • Taghkanic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • West Taghkanic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
  • Snyderville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Snyderville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyderville
  • Gallatinville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gallatinville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatinville
  • Ancram
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West Copake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • West Copake is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Copake
  • Glenco Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
  • Churchtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Churchtown is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
  • Livingston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Silvernails
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Silvernails is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
  • Copake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Craryville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollowville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Manorton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Manorton is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorton

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

Newspapers Published in New Forge ...

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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Forge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Forge, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Forge.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 New Forge:

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 New Forge, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Forge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.