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 Oak Hill Landing (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 Oak Hill Landing. 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 Oak Hill Landing ...
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.
Another variation: Oakhill Landing.
- A typical abbreviation for Oak Hill Landing: Oak Hill Lndg. (or less commonly used: Oak Hill Lndng.)
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 northwest 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 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.
Oak Hill Landing 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 Oak Hill Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Hill Landing:
- Columbia County (The home county of Oak Hill Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Burden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- North Germantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenport Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Churchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Lorenz Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Glenco Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Hollowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Taghkanic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Taghkanic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elizaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Aquetuck
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Alcove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coeymans Hollow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coeymans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Dormansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Medusa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Cooksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Beckers Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Potter Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Tivoli
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Upper Red Hook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Red Hook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Mount Ross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Rock City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Milan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Pine Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinebeck
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rhinecliff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Wurtemburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Catskill
(Less than 2 miles 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Leeds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kiskatom
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Cairo Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- South Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Palenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Round Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coxsackie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gayhead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Haines Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Brainard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Schodack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Nassau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Couse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Hampton Manor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Luther
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Hoag Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- Sliters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Bates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Manorkill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Livingstonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Malden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Quarryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glasco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Mount Marion Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Ruby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Lake Katrine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Meadows is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Meadows
- Zena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- East Kingston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Ore Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Taconic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wangum Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Amesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Canaan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- North Canaan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Mount Washington
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
- North Egremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Alford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Egremont Plain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Van Deusenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Great Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Housatonic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Rockdale Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Sheffield
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Glendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- West Stockbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Hill Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Hill Landing.
Cemeteries Near Oak Hill Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Hill Landing.
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 Oak Hill Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Hill Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- DuBois Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Valley View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Catskill Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Church of Nativity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gardner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckley's Corner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Germantown Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Cheriot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Oak Hill Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Hill Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Hill Landing, with the one closest to Oak Hill Landing listed first.
- Greendale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greendale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Linlithgo
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
- Catskill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Burden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- North Germantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Humphreysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Humphreysville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreysville
- Leeds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cheviot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cheviot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviot
- Livingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenport Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kiskatom
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- West Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Hill Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Hill Landing.
Newspapers Published in Oak Hill Landing ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Hill Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Hill Landing, 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 Oak Hill Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Oak Hill Landing:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire 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 Oak Hill Landing, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Hill Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |