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 Thompson Ridge (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 Thompson Ridge. 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 Thompson Ridge ...
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 Thompson Ridge: Thompson Rdg. (or less commonly used: Thompson Rdge. or Thompson Ridg.)
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 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.
Thompson Ridge is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Passaic (NJ), Sussex (NJ), Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Pike (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Thompson Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thompson Ridge:
- Orange County (The home county of Thompson Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Searsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Pine Bush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Walden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Michigan Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
- Stony Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Campbell Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maybrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- East Middletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Middletown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Middletown
- Hamptonburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hamptonburgh is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptonburgh
- Mechanicstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mechanicstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Beacon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Groveville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Hughsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Glenham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wappingers Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fishkill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Poughkeepsie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brinckerhoff
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Myers Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Cold Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Garrison
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Continental Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Putnam Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Adams Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Farmers Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Sloatsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pomona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thiells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Mount Ivy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- West Haverstraw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wurtsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Glen Wild
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Thompsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Fallsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbourne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hurleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrels Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Ulsterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Walker Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Dwaarkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Cragsmoor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Wallkill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bruynswick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Rutsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Spring Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ellenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Hurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Napanoch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gardiner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Verplanck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Passaic County (NJ)
- West Milford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Milford is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Vernon Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Colesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
- Highland Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Libertyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- McCoys Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Matamoras
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Millrift
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
- Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkers Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thompson Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Thompson Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Thompson Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thompson Ridge.
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 Thompson Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thompson Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Crawford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Howell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brick Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingburg Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bloomington Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Germantown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Montgomery.
- The Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goodwill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #173116 <2>
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Stanton Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Berea Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Berea Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Montgomery.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63961 <2>
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Thompson Ridge had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thompson Ridge, with the one closest to Thompson Ridge listed first.
- Searsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Van Keuren
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Van Keuren is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Keuren
- Bullville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bullville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullville
- Ulsterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Pine Bush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burlingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Circleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Walker Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dwaarkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Crawford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Winterton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winterton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterton
- Crystal Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crystal Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thompson Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thompson Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Thompson Ridge ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thompson Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thompson Ridge, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thompson Ridge.
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 helpful 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 Thompson Ridge:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Passaic County
- Sussex County
- Pike 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Thompson Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Thompson Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |