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 Stuyvesant (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 Stuyvesant. 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 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.
Stuyvesant 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 Stuyvesant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stuyvesant:
- Columbia County (The home county of Stuyvesant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Kinderhook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rossman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Valatie
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Niverville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Lorenz Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ghent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Greenport Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Coeymans
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Coeymans Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alcove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Beckers Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Feura Bush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dormansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- South Westerlo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Bethlehem Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Glenmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Tivoli
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Jackson Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Upper Red Hook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Mount Ross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Red Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rock City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Milan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Coxsackie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Surprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Athens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gayhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Jefferson Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Leeds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Catskill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodstock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Cairo Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Greenbush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Schodack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brainard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Couse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Hampton Manor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Luther
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- East Nassau
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Hoag Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Halfmoon Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Waterford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Halfmoon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Niskayuna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rotterdam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Schenectady
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Duane Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Princetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Bates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Livingstonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Manorkill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Franklinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Gallupville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broome Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Malden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Quarryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- High Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Mount Marion Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Ruby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Katrine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shady is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Woodstock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- Rockdale Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- West Stockbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Alford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Shaker Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Stevens Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- North Egremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Glendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Egremont Plain
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- Egremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- Housatonic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Stockbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
- South Egremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stuyvesant, see our County-by-County Page for Stuyvesant.
Cemeteries Near Stuyvesant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stuyvesant.
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 Stuyvesant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stuyvesant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- Firwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coxsackie Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Family Cemetery
- The Armstrong Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Armstrong - Mead Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Van Zandt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lish Homestead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lampman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (433 more) ...
- Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Requea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hallenbeck - Collerberg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Stuyvesant had a population of 280 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Stuyvesant listed first.
- West Coxsackie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coxsackie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Stuyvesant Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rossman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Kinderhook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Columbiaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Valatie
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Aquetuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Coeymans
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Medway
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Muitzes Kill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muitzes Kill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muitzes Kill
- Schodack Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Athens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Athens is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Athens
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stuyvesant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stuyvesant.
Newspapers Published in Stuyvesant ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stuyvesant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stuyvesant, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stuyvesant.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Stuyvesant:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Berkshire 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 Stuyvesant, 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- Stuyvesant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |