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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 Pine Bush (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 Pine Bush. 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 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.

Pine Bush is located in Orange County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Orange County: Passaic (NJ), Sussex (NJ), Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Pike (PA).

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

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

Cemeteries Near Pine Bush ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Bush.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Howell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crawford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crawford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crawford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brick Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brick Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brick Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brick Reformed Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brick Reformed Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brick Reformed Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bruynswick Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bruynswick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bruynswick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mulford Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mulford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mulford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bloomington Rural Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Germantown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harrison Meeting House Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Goodwill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodwill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodwill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Wallkill Valley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallkill Valley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallkill Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Poplar Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poplar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Berea Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pine Bush had a population of 800 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Van Keuren
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Keuren have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Keuren
    • Van Keuren is located in Orange County
  • Ulsterville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Thompson Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Ridge
    • Thompson Ridge is located in Orange County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson Ridge <1>
  • Searsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Crawford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Crawford is located in Ulster County
  • Dwaarkill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Burlingham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlingham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingham
    • Burlingham is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlingham <1>
  • Rutsonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Walker Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bullville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullville
    • Bullville is located in Orange County
  • Bruynswick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Montgomery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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    • Walden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Walden is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <1>
    • Wallkill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Circleville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circleville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
      • Circleville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circleville <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Pine Bush ...

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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Bush.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Bush, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Bush.

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 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 Pine Bush:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pine Bush. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>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 Pine Bush, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Pine Bush) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Bush. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6092, Longitude: -74.3005    









 

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