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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 Smallwood (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 Smallwood. 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 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 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.

Smallwood is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Delaware, Orange, Ulster, Pike (PA) & Wayne (PA).

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

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

Cemeteries Near Smallwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smallwood.

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

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

  • Mongaup Valley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mongaup Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mongaup Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pintler Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pintler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pintler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Temple Beth El Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Beth El Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Temple Beth El Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stewart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stewart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stewart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Van Keuren Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Van Keuren Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Van Keuren Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lyon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Soule Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soule Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soule Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • General Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the General Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the General Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fulton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fulton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fulton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (130 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.<5>

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

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

  • White Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
    • White Lake is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Lake <1>
  • Mongaup Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bethel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Bethel is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethel <1>
  • Maplewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Maplewood is located in Sullivan County
  • Bushville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
    • Bushville is located in Sullivan County
  • Monticello
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Briscoe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Briscoe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
    • Briscoe is located in Sullivan County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Briscoe
    • From Smallwood to Briscoe
  • Forestburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
    • Forestburg is located in Sullivan County
  • Kenoza Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenoza Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoza Lake
    • Kenoza Lake is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenoza Lake <1>
  • Fosterdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fosterdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterdale
    • Fosterdale is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fosterdale <1>
  • Cochecton Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Thompsonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Smallwood ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smallwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smallwood, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smallwood.

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 Smallwood:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Smallwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sullivan County: www.co.sullivan.ny.us/

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<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 Smallwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smallwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smallwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6624, Longitude: -74.8179    









 

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