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 Ridgebury (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 Ridgebury. 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 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 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.
Ridgebury is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Passaic (NJ), Sussex (NJ), Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Pike (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Ridgebury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ridgebury:
- Orange County (The home county of Ridgebury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- New Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- South Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Centerville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville
- Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Middletown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Middletown
- Mechanicstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
- Big Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Island is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Washington Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Finchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Finchville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Pine Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Island is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Florida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edenville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Beacon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Glenham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Groveville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Fishkill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hughsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Cold Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Garrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glenclyffe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Nelsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Continental Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Putnam Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Sloatsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Hillburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Montebello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montebello is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
- Pomona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Suffern
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Thiells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Viola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Wesley Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- New Hempstead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wurtsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Yankee Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Summitville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Wild
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pond Eddy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Squirrels Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
- Thompsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Barryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Ulsterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Walker Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Crawford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Spring Glen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dwaarkill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Wallkill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Rutsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Ellenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Hurley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Sylva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Buchanan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Verplanck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Peekskill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Crugers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Mahwah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mahwah is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah
- Ackermans Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills
- Campgaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Campgaw is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw
- Wyckoff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyckoff is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckoff
- Morris County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Newfoundland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newfoundland is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland
- Butler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Butler is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Weldon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weldon is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Woodport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Woodport is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport
- Hurdtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hurdtown is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown
- Lake Telemark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Telemark is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Telemark
- Lyonsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lyonsville is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
- Hibernia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hibernia is located in Morris County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Passaic County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- West Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Milford is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Macopin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Macopin is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin
- Haskell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Haskell is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Vernon Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Colesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
- Highland Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Libertyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- McCoys Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
- Hardistonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hardistonville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville
- Beaver Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Run is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run
- Roys
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Roys is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys
- Pellettown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pellettown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown
- Wykertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wykertown is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown
- Armstrong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Augusta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Augusta is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Matamoras
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Millrift
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
- Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Conashaugh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh
- Parkers Glen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
- Delaware
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Lackawaxen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Westcolang
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westcolang is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
- Rowland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ridgebury, see our County-by-County Page for Ridgebury.
Cemeteries Near Ridgebury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ridgebury.
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 Ridgebury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ridgebury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Ridgebury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old School Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stewartown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Denton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pinehill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Webb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wallkill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Minisink Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (211 more) ...
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beth Shalom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ridgebury had a population of 121 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ridgebury, with the one closest to Ridgebury listed first.
- Slate Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Johnson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Centerville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville
- Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Westtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilcox
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wilcox is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- Big Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Island is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Pine Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Island is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Florida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Howells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edenville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Crystal Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ridgebury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ridgebury.
Newspapers Published in Ridgebury ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ridgebury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ridgebury, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ridgebury.
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 Ridgebury:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Bergen County
- Morris County
- Passaic County
- Sussex County
- Pike 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> | 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 Ridgebury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Ridgebury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |