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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 Onteora Park (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 Onteora Park. 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 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.

Onteora Park is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.

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

  • Greene County     (The home county of Onteora Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteora Park, with the one closest to Onteora Park listed first.
    • Tannersville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Haines Falls
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunter
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Round Top
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooksburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brooksburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksburg
    • Platte Clove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
    • Palenville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cairo Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
    • Cairo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Windham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kiskatom
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Kiskatom is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
    • Jewett Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jewett Center is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
    • Jewett
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteora Park, with the one closest to Onteora Park listed first.
    • Cooksburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Cooksburg is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
    • Medusa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Potter Hollow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
    • Preston Hollow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Preston - Potter Hollow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • South Westerlo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • South Westerlo is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
    • Dormansville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Dormansville is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
    • Rensselaerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Westerlo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Alcove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Coeymans Hollow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Aquetuck
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Aquetuck is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
    • Ravena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteora Park, with the one closest to Onteora Park listed first.
    • North Germantown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • North Germantown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
    • Germantown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Burden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Burden is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
    • Hudson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Lorenz Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
    • Greenport Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
    • Glenco Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
    • Stottville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Churchtown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Churchtown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
    • Rossman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Rossman is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
    • Elizaville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollowville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • West Taghkanic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteora Park, with the one closest to Onteora Park listed first.
    • Grand Gorge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fleischmanns
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Denver
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Roxbury
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Halcottsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Margaretville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Stamford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • New Kingston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • New Kingston is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
    • Hobart
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Bovina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Bovina is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteora Park, with the one closest to Onteora Park listed first.
    • Tivoli
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cruger Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
    • Upper Red Hook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
    • Red Hook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rhinecliff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rhinebeck
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Rock City is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Jackson Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
    • Milan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Milan is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Mount Ross
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
    • Wurtemburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
    • Staatsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Plains
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rensselaer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteora Park, with the one closest to Onteora Park listed first.
    • Schodack Landing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Castleton-on-Hudson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Schoharie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteora Park, with the one closest to Onteora Park listed first.
    • Manorkill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
    • Bates
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bates is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
    • West Conesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
    • Livingstonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
    • Broome Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
    • Franklinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
    • North Blenheim
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Breakabeen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
    • South Jefferson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
    • Middleburgh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sullivan County
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteora Park, with the one closest to Onteora Park listed first.
    • Shady
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Shady is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
    • Quarryville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Quarryville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Willow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Daisy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Daisy is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Bearsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Woodstock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • High Woods
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • High Woods is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
    • Malden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Malden is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden has also been known as:
      • Malden-on-Hudson
    • Saugerties
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Phoenicia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Glenford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mount Marion Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
    • Bushnellsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Bushnellsville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnellsville

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

Cemeteries Near Onteora Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Onteora Park.

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 Onteora Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • All Souls Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Souls Church Cemetery
    • The All Souls Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • All Souls Onteora Park Church Cemetery
    • Onteora Church Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Aaron Haines Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Haines Falls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hunter Village Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Mary's of the Mtn. Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Francis De Sales Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • East Jewett Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Maplecrest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Beach Farm Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mill Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodwin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (323 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>

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

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

  • Tannersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • East Jewett
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Haines Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hunter
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Edgewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Platte Clove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
  • Palenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hensonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawrenceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lawrenceville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
  • Acra
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • South Durham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • South Durham is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Durham
  • West Saugerties
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • West Saugerties is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Saugerties
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Saxton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Saxton is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
    • Cairo Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
    • Cairo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Onteora Park ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Onteora Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Onteora Park, 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 Onteora Park.

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 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 Onteora Park:

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 Onteora Park, 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- Onteora Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.