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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 Red Hook (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 Red Hook. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Red Hook is located in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County: Fairfield (CT), Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Columbia, Orange, Putnam & Ulster.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Red Hook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Hook.

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 Red Hook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Old Rhinebeck Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Rhinebeck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Rhinebeck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bard College Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Shookville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shookville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shookville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Teats Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teats Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Teats Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rhinebeck Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rhinebeck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rhinebeck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elizaville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Bush Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Bush Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Bush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wurtemburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Milan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (250 more) ...
    • Clermont Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clermont Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clermont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Red Hook had a population of 935 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Red Hook had a population of 1,935 people.

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

  • Upper Red Hook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Barrytown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barrytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrytown
    • Barrytown is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barrytown <2>
  • Rock City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Rock City is located in Dutchess County
  • Cokertown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cokertown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokertown
    • Cokertown is located in Dutchess County
  • Tivoli
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tivoli have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivoli
    • Tivoli is located in Dutchess County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tivoli <2>
  • Nevis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nevis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevis
    • Nevis is located in Columbia County
  • Glasco
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • East Kingston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rhinebeck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Milan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizaville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rhinecliff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Red Hook ...

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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Hook.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Red Hook. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Red Hook and those printed in the larger area surrounding Red Hook.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<6> of Red Hook.

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 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 Red Hook:

The official website for Red Hook: www.redhook.org/

The official website for Dutchess County: www.dutchessny.gov/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<5>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 Red Hook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Red Hook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Red Hook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9951, Longitude: -73.8756    









 

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