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 North Highland (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 North Highland. 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 North Highland ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Highland: N. Highland
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Highland. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Highland.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
North Highland is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Fairfield (CT), Dutchess, Orange, Rockland & Westchester.
Below are the counties that are near North Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Highland:
- Putnam County (The home county of North Highland)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Nelsonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Tompkins Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Continental Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Putnam Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Farmers Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Mahopac Mines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Mahopac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Lake Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Beacon Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Groveville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beacon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fishkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brinckerhoff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Wiccopee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Hughsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Wappingers Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Myers Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Hopewell Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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 North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Cornwall Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Newburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Highland Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Firthcliffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Balmville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Orrs Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- Vails Gate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cornwall
- Cronomer Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Denniston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Haverstraw
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(18 miles [29 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
- Mount Ivy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Congers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New Hempstead
(22 miles [35.4 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
- New Square
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Square is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 people
- Wesley Hills
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Germonds
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Germonds is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germonds
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Marlboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Milton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plattekill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Sylva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Ardonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- New Hurley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Wallkill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clintondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Modena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lloyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Gardiner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Lake Mohegan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Peekskill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Shenorock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Buchanan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Verplanck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lincolndale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Ball Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- 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)
- Danbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Ridgefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brookfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Banksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banksville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Topstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Topstone is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topstone
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Bulls Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Gaylordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- New Milford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Lanesville
(26 miles [41.8 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)
- South Kent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Kent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Mahwah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mahwah is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah
- Park Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Highland, see our County-by-County Page for North Highland.
Cemeteries Near North Highland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Highland.
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 North Highland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Highland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- North Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cold Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Cold Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Dell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (344 more) ...
- First Reformed Protestant Dutch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fishkill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oldtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 North Highland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Highland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
- Nelsonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Groveville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Dutchess Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dutchess Junction is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Junction
- Cornwall Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fishkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Highland Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brinckerhoff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Orrs Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Highland. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Highland.
Newspapers Published in North Highland ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Highland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Highland, 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 North Highland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 North Highland:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield County
- Bergen 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 North Highland, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |