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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 Snyderville (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 Snyderville. 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.

Snyderville is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.

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

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Snyderville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
    • Elizaville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • West Taghkanic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
    • Suydam ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Suydam is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
    • Glenco Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
    • Churchtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Churchtown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
    • Taghkanic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Burden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Burden is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
    • Silvernails
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Silvernails is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
    • Ancram
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Germantown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • North Germantown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • North Germantown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
    • Hollowville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
    • Aquetuck
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Aquetuck is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
    • Coeymans
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Ravena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Alcove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Coeymans Hollow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • South Westerlo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • South Westerlo is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
    • Selkirk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Dormansville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dormansville is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
    • Medusa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
    • Jackson Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
    • Upper Red Hook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
    • Mount Ross
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
    • Tivoli
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Rock City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Rock City is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Cruger Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
    • Red Hook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Milan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Milan is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Pine Plains
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bethel is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Rhinebeck
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bangall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
    • Catskill
      (10 miles [16.1 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
    • Jefferson Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
    • Athens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Kiskatom
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kiskatom is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
    • Leeds
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Palenville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cairo Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
    • South Cairo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Cairo is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
    • Platte Clove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
    • Coxsackie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cairo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Haines Falls
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Rensselaer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
    • Schodack Landing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Castleton-on-Hudson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Nassau
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <1>
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
    • Malden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Malden is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden has also been known as:
      • Malden-on-Hudson
    • Glasco
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Saugerties
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Mount Marion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Quarryville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Quarryville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Mount Marion Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
    • East Kingston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • East Kingston is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
    • Lake Katrine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • High Woods
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • High Woods is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
    • Ruby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Ponck Hockie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
    • Ore Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
    • Salisbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
    • Salisbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Taconic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Lakeville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Lakes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Sharon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Amesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
    • Lime Rock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
    • Canaan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Falls Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sharon
      (22 miles [35.4 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
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
    • Mount Washington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Egremont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
    • South Egremont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
    • North Egremont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
    • Egremont Plain
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
    • Alford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Sheffield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
    • Ashley Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
    • Great Barrington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
    • Van Deusenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
    • Housatonic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
    • Clayton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton

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

Cemeteries Near Snyderville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Snyderville.

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

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

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

  • St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Elizaville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elizaville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elizaville.
    • The Elizaville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Coons Cemetery
    • Elizaville UMC Cemetery
    • Pleasantvale Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #529874 <2>
  • Clermont Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Church of Nativity Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Viewmont Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Shookville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Teats Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ancram Old Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ancram Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Livingston Reformed Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Germantown Reformed Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (280 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Snyderville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Manorton
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Manorton is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorton
  • Elizaville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • West Taghkanic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
  • Blue Store
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Store is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Store
  • Clermont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Nevis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nevis is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevis
  • Jackson Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
  • Suydam ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Suydam is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
  • Glenco Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
  • Livingston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Upper Red Hook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
  • Cokertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cokertown is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokertown
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Gallatinville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gallatinville is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatinville
    • Mount Ross
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
    • Silvernails
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Silvernails is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails

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

Newspapers Published in Snyderville ...

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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Snyderville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Snyderville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Snyderville.

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 Snyderville:

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 Snyderville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Snyderville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.