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 Peach Lake (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 Peach Lake. 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 Peach Lake ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Peach Lake: Peach Lk.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Peach Lake is primarily located in Putnam County. A portion of Peach Lake extends into Westchester 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 Peach Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peach Lake:
- Putnam County (The home county of Peach Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- Brewster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brewster Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Deforest Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Dykemans
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Putnam Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Crafts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Towners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Lake Carmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Mahopac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mahopac Mines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Patterson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tompkins Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- Pawling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Pawling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Shenandoah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Green Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Stormville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poughquag
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Beekman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Sylvan Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvan Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake
- Wiccopee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Brinckerhoff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Fishkill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(23 miles [37 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 Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- West Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Highland Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Montgomery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- New Windsor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Newburgh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Balmville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Orrs Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- Vails Gate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cornwall
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Haverstraw
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Congers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Nyack
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- West Haverstraw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Thiells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- New City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Nyack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Nyack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
- Valley Cottage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- Marlboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- Twin Lakes Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Somers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Boutonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boutonville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville
- Cross River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shenorock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lewisboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pound Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- Ridgefield
(5 miles [8 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
- Danbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Danbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Ridgefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Redding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Topstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Topstone is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topstone
- Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,941 people
- New Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- Branchville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Bridgewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Bridgewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russian Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Russian Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
- Roxbury Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- Gaylordsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Merwinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Roxbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
- Roxbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- South Britain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Southbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Southbury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
- Southbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill
- Southford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Southford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
- Oxford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,250 people
- Oxford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Derby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Derby is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
- Derby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Derby is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
- Former name for Derby:
- Birmingham
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <1>
- Middlebury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,829 people
- Middlebury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peach Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Peach Lake.
Cemeteries Near Peach Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peach Lake.
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 Peach Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peach Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- Peach Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quaker Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- June Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Drewsclift Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cat Ridge Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milltown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mills Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Halstead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Plain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Peter Cemetery (New)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kenosia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ivandell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (431 more) ...
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Miry Brook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ellis 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 Peach Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peach Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peach Lake, with the one closest to Peach Lake listed first.
- Salem Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Salem Center is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Center
- North Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Salem is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
- Ridgebury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ridgebury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Brewster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Plain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Plain is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Plain
- Croton Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Purdys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dykemans
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Tilly Foster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tilly Foster is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly Foster
- Somers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Salem is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Salem
- Titicus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Titicus is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titicus
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ridgefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peach Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peach Lake.
Newspapers Published in Peach Lake ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peach Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peach Lake, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peach Lake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Peach Lake:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Rockland County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- New Haven 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 Peach Lake, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peach Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |