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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 Potterville (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 Potterville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Potterville is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.

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

  • Ulster County     (The home county of Potterville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potterville, with the one closest to Potterville listed first.
    • Port Ben
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Port Ben is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ben
    • Wawarsing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Kerhonkson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bull Run
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bull Run is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
    • Napanoch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Accord
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Ellenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Kripplebush
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Kripplebush is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kripplebush
    • Brodhead
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Brodhead is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
    • Kyserike
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Kyserike is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyserike
    • Olivebridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • West Shokan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Shokan is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Shokan
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potterville, with the one closest to Potterville listed first.
    • Fleischmanns
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Margaretville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Arena ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Arena is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
    • Denver
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Halcottsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • New Kingston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • New Kingston is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potterville, with the one closest to Potterville listed first.
    • Rhinecliff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hyde Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Staatsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Fairview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Fairview is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Haviland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Haviland is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
    • Rhinebeck
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Poughkeepsie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Arlington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Plains
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
    • Wurtemburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
    • Crown Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
    • Spackenkill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potterville, with the one closest to Potterville listed first.
    • Spruceton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Spruceton is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
    • Platte Clove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
    • West Kill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hunter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Jewett Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jewett Center is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
    • Lexington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Haines Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tannersville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Palenville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jewett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potterville, with the one closest to Potterville listed first.
    • Pine Bush
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Searsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Searsville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
    • Saint Andrew
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
    • Walden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Leptondale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Leptondale is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
    • Scotchtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Orange Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Orange Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
    • Maybrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Michigan Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
    • Cronomer Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
    • Gardnertown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Gardnertown is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potterville, with the one closest to Potterville listed first.
    • Grahamsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Curry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Curry is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Claryville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodbourne
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Neversink
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Woodridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Summitville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • South Fallsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Aden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Aden is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
    • Divine Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
    • Glen Wild
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hurleyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Potterville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Potterville.

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 Potterville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Furman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Palentown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Bush Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fantine Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Rochester Reformed Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Krumville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Accord Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Whitfield Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rural Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Tongore Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Benton - Bar Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • High Falls Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (205 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.<4>

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

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

  • Lackawack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lackawack is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackawack
  • Mombaccus
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mombaccus is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mombaccus
  • Pataukunk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pataukunk is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataukunk
  • Tabasco
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Tabasco is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabasco
  • Wawarsing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Kerhonkson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Liebhardt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Liebhardt is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebhardt
  • Samsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sundown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ulster Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ulster Heights is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulster Heights
  • Napanoch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mettacahonts
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mettacahonts is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mettacahonts
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bull Run
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bull Run is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
    • Whitfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Whitfield is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
    • Krumville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Krumville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumville

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

Newspapers Published in Potterville ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Potterville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Potterville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Potterville.

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 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 Potterville:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Potterville) 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 Potterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.