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 Sharon Station (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 Sharon Station. 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 Sharon Station ...
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 Sharon Station: Sharon Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 and doctors 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.
Sharon Station 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 Sharon Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sharon Station:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Sharon Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- Leedsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Leedsville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
- Amenia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Amenia Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union
- Smithfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Irondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Spencer Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
- Wassaic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lithgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lithgow is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithgow
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Bangall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mabbettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mabbettsville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabbettsville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- Ancramdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ancram
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silvernails
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Weed Mines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Copake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Copake Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Copake Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Copake Lake is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
- Elizaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Taghkanic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Taghkanic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Craryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- Catskill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- Patterson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Towners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Putnam Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Farmers Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Deforest Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Lake Carmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- East Kingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Esopus
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ponck Hockie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
- Port Ewen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Glasco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Connelly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Malden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Katrine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- Sherman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- Brookfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ball Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Brookfield Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Hartford County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Burlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Hartland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,748 people
- Hartland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,113 people
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- Sharon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Ore Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Lakeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Lime Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- West Cornwall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cornwall Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Falls Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- Mount Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Ashley Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Gomorrah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- Sheffield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- South Egremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Egremont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- Mill River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
- Egremont Plain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- Southfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Southfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield
- North Egremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- New Marlborough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Marlborough is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,450 people
- Hampden County (MA)
- Tolland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tolland is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sharon Station, see our County-by-County Page for Sharon Station.
Cemeteries Near Sharon Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharon Station.
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 Sharon Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sharon Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Amenia Island Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bolland District Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smithfield Burying Grounds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Amenia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bryan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Square Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ellsworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Skiff Mtn. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Eastside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Good Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hunt Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Sharon Station had a population of 42 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sharon Station, with the one closest to Sharon Station listed first.
- Leedsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Leedsville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
- Sharon Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sharon Valley is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Valley
- Sharon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Amenia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amenia Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union
- Millerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smithfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Wassaic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Amenia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Amenia is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amenia
- Irondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Ore Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Shekomeko
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shekomeko is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shekomeko
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Lithgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lithgow is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithgow
- Ellsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Lakeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sharon Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharon Station.
Newspapers Published in Sharon Station ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharon Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharon Station, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sharon Station.
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 helpful 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 Sharon Station:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Ulster County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire County
- Hampden 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 Sharon Station, 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- Sharon Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |