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 Pleasant Ridge (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 Pleasant Ridge. 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 Pleasant Ridge ...
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 Pleasant Ridge: Pleasant Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Rdge. or Pleasant Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Ridge.
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.
Pleasant Ridge 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 Pleasant Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Ridge:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Pleasant Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Clove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- North Clove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Poughquag
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Pawling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Beekman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Camby
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Camby is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby
- Green Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Sylvan Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake
- Dogtail Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
- Pawling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arthursburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Arthursburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthursburg
- Lagrangeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Ancramdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancram
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Elizaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Weed Mines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(23 miles [37 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 Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Balmville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Newburgh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Cornwall Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Leptondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Orange Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Firthcliffe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Highland Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Patterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Towners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Farmers Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Lake Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Putnam Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Deforest Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Dykemans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Brewster Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Brewster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crafts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Mahopac Mines
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Tompkins Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Rockland County
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 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 Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Highland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Marlboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Lloyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Esopus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Ardonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Clintondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Plattekill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Modena
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Paltz
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Heritage Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lincolndale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Shenorock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Somers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Shrub Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Lake Mohegan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Yorktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Crompond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Sherman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- Ball Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hawleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,941 people
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Gaylordsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- South Kent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kent
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Northville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- East Kent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
- Lanesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- 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
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Heritage Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- South Britain
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Southbury
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Southbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middlebury
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Southford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Southford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
- 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
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,250 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Ridge.
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 Pleasant Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Clove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beekman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flagler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Denis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pawling Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
- Valley View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Watts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bulls Bridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Haight Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- North Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gaylordsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Pleasant Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Clove Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clove Valley is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove Valley
- Clove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- North Clove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Poughquag
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beekman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- West Pawling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Webatuck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Webatuck is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webatuck
- South Dover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Dover is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Dover Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dover Furnace is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Furnace
- Sylvan Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake
- Green Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Chestnut Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Camby
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Camby is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby
- Arthursburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Arthursburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthursburg
- Pawling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Ridge ...
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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Ridge, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Ridge.
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 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 Pleasant Ridge:
- 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- Pleasant Ridge) 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 Pleasant Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |