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 New Hamburg (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 Hamburg. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Hamburg 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 New Hamburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Hamburg:
- Dutchess County (The home county of New Hamburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Wappingers Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hughsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Myers Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Crown Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Spackenkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brinckerhoff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Fishkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oaks Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Beacon Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Beacon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Groveville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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 New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Balmville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Newburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Gardnertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Leptondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- New Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Cornwall Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vails Gate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Firthcliffe
(11 miles [17.7 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 New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Cold Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Farmers Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Garrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Tompkins Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Lake Carmel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Mahopac Mines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Adams Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Continental Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Putnam Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crafts
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Haverstraw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Congers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New Hempstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Wesley Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Marlboro
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Plattekill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ardonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Sylva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clintondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Modena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- New Hurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Gardiner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Lake Mohegan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Crompond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Peekskill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shenorock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Granite Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lincolndale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Somers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Ball Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Sherman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Brookfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Brookfield Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Ridgefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Kent
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Lanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- New Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Northville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Hamburg, see our County-by-County Page for New Hamburg.
Cemeteries Near New Hamburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Hamburg.
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 Hamburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Hamburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Middlebush Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fishkill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cosman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- First Reformed Protestant Dutch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rombout Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hicksite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Hamburg had a population of 573 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Hughsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wappingers Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marlboro
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Roseton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roseton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseton
- Stoneco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- Middle Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fishkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brinckerhoff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- New Hackensack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Hackensack is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hackensack
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Groveville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cronomer Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Newburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fishkill Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Hamburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Hamburg.
Newspapers Published in New Hamburg ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hamburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Hamburg, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Hamburg.
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 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 New Hamburg:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield 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> | 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 Hamburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Hamburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |