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 Swartoutville (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 Swartoutville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Swartoutville 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 Swartoutville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swartoutville:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Swartoutville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Wiccopee
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Brinckerhoff
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- East Fishkill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Hopewell Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Myers Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Shenandoah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Fishkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Lake
- Wappingers Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hughsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Arthursburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Arthursburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthursburg
- Beacon Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Balmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Newburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Windsor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Gardnertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Leptondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Orange Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Firthcliffe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Orrs Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- Vails Gate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Nelsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Tompkins Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Lake Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Cold Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mahopac Mines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Patterson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Garrison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Towners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Adams Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Glenclyffe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Crafts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Dykemans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Haverstraw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Congers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New City Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New City Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
- New Hempstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- New Square
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Wesley Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Marlboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plattekill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ardonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Clintondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Sylva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Modena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Gardiner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Paltz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Jefferson Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lake Mohegan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shenorock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shrub Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lincolndale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Somers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Yorktown Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Ball Pond
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Sherman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 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
- New Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Brookfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Ridgefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,941 people
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Gaylordsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Bulls Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Candlewood Lake Club
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- South Kent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- New Milford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Northville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
- Bridgewater
(25 miles [40.2 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swartoutville, see our County-by-County Page for Swartoutville.
Cemeteries Near Swartoutville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swartoutville.
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 Swartoutville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swartoutville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Rombout Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Johnsville Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Van Wyck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fishkill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- First Reformed Protestant Dutch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- The Hopewell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopewell Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
- Hopewell Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138926 <2>
- Middlebush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Van Dyne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Denis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Swartoutville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Swartoutville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Swartoutville, with the one closest to Swartoutville listed first.
- Brinckerhoff
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- East Fishkill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Hopewell Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fishkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Fishkill Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hackensack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Hackensack is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hackensack
- Wappingers Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hughsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Groveville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Stormville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arthursburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Arthursburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthursburg
- Noxon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- New Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Hamburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Swartoutville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swartoutville.
Newspapers Published in Swartoutville ...
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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swartoutville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swartoutville, 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 Swartoutville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Swartoutville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield 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 Swartoutville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swartoutville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |