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 South Highland (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 South Highland. 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 South Highland ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Highland: S. Highland
You might be interested in other communities that are also named South Highland. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Highland.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
South Highland is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Fairfield (CT), Dutchess, Orange, Rockland & Westchester.
Below are the counties that are near South Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Highland:
- Putnam County (The home county of South Highland)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Garrison
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Continental Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Glenclyffe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Putnam Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Tompkins Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Mahopac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crafts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Farmers Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Lake Carmel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Beacon Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Beacon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glenham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Groveville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Fishkill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brinckerhoff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Wiccopee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Shenandoah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Hughsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Hopewell Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wappingers Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Myers Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Highland Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Firthcliffe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- New Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orrs Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- West Cornwall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Cornwall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cornwall
- Mountainville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Gate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woodbury is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Thiells
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haverstraw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Congers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New City Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New City Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
- New Square
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Square is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 people
- New Hempstead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Wesley Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- Sullivan County
- Bloomingburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Marlboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Plattekill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sylva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Wallkill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Ardonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- New Hurley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Clintondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Modena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gardiner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Lake Mohegan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Peekskill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crompond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shrub Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Buchanan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Shenorock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Verplanck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lincolndale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crugers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Ball Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Ridgefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
- Banksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banksville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Danbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- New Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- High Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- High Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
- Topstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Topstone is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topstone
- West Redding
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Branchville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Gaylordsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- New Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Bulls Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Bridgewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Kent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Mahwah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mahwah is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah
- Park Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Saint Josephs Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Josephs Village is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Josephs Village
- West Norwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Norwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwood
- River Vale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- River Vale is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
- Ackermans Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills
- Ho-Ho-Kus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus
- Ridgewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgewood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people
- Campgaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Campgaw is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw
- Wortendyke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wortendyke is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortendyke
- Wyckoff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyckoff is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckoff
- Passaic County (NJ)
- West Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Milford is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Highland, see our County-by-County Page for South Highland.
Cemeteries Near South Highland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Highland.
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 South Highland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Highland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Graymoor Society of the Atonement Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Peacedale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Cold Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Assumption Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beverly Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (400 more) ...
- King David Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lawson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find South Highland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Highland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Highland, with the one closest to South Highland listed first.
- Garrison
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Highland Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Putnam Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Fort Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Jones Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jones Point is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
- Peekskill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shrub Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Jefferson Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Highland. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Highland.
Newspapers Published in South Highland ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Highland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Highland, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Highland.
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 either 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 South Highland:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield County
- Bergen County
- Passaic 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> | 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 South Highland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |