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 Pine Grove Terrace (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 Grove Terrace. 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 Pine Grove Terrace ...
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 Pine Grove Terrace: Pine Grv. Ter. (or less commonly used: Pine Grv. Terr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Grove Terrace. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Grove Terrace.
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.
Pine Grove Terrace is located in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County: Fairfield (CT), Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Columbia, Orange, Putnam & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Grove Terrace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Grove Terrace:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Pine Grove Terrace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Poughquag
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beekman
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- West Pawling
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Clove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- Green Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Sylvan Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sylvan Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake
- Stormville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arthursburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Arthursburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthursburg
- North Clove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Lagrangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pawling
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hillside Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Lake
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Ancramdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Elizaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Balmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Newburgh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- New Windsor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Leptondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Firthcliffe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Highland Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Patterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Towners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Lake Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Putnam Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Dykemans
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Deforest Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Brewster Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Brewster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Crafts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Mahopac Mines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Tompkins Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Rockland County
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marlboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Highland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Clintondale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Esopus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Plattekill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Plutarch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- New Paltz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Modena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Heritage Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lincolndale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shenorock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Somers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Shrub Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Twin Lakes Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Yorktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Crompond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Sherman
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Danbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Danbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- New Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Bulls Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Gaylordsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- South Kent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
- New Milford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Northville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Chimney Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Candlewood Lake Club
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Heritage Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- South Britain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Southbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Southbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Southbury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
- Southford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Southford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
- Middlebury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Middlebury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,829 people
- Middlebury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bowers Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Grove Terrace, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Grove Terrace.
Cemeteries Near Pine Grove Terrace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Grove Terrace.
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 Pine Grove Terrace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Grove Terrace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Beekman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Flagler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Denis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pawling Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawling Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pawling Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pawling.
- The Pawling Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pawling Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641185 <2>
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- The Hopewell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopewell Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
- Hopewell Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138926 <2>
- Watts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Van Wyck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ballard Ground Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Quaker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Van Dyne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Pine Grove Terrace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Grove Terrace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove Terrace, with the one closest to Pine Grove Terrace listed first.
- Poughquag
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beekman
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Clove Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clove Valley is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove Valley
- West Pawling
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Sylvan Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sylvan Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake
- Green Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Clove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- Stormville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arthursburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Arthursburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthursburg
- Pawling
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Clove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Billings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lagrangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Webatuck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Webatuck is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webatuck
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Grove Terrace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Grove Terrace.
Newspapers Published in Pine Grove Terrace ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Grove Terrace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Grove Terrace, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Grove Terrace.
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 Pine Grove Terrace:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Grove Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Grove Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |