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 Tuckers Corner (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 Tuckers Corner. 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 Tuckers Corner ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Tuckers Corner: Tuckers Cor. (or less commonly used: Tuckers Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Tuckers Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Tuckers Corner may originally have been Tucker's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Tuckers Corner might be written as Tucker Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Tuckers Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tuckers Corner.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Tuckers Corner is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Tuckers Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tuckers Corner:
- Ulster County (The home county of Tuckers Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Clintondale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Milton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Modena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lloyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Plattekill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sylva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marlboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gardiner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Hurley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Elizaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Crown Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Spackenkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Poughkeepsie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Oaks Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Hughsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wappingers Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Haviland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Hyde Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Myers Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- 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 Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Leptondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Cronomer Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Balmville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Gardnertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Orange Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Saint Andrew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Newburgh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Walden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Windsor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Denniston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Little Britain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Montgomery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Cold Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Farmers Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Garrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Tompkins Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Continental Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Adams Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Lake Carmel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Mahopac Mines
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Putnam Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Glen Wild
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grahamsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woodbourne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Thompsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Lake Mohegan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Crompond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shenorock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Verplanck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lincolndale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Sherman
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Gaylordsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- South Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tuckers Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Tuckers Corner.
Cemeteries Near Tuckers Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tuckers Corner.
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 Tuckers Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tuckers Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- East Plattekill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Relyea Ground Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clintondale Friends Ground Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Presbyterian Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hicksite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Milton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Modena Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plattekill Valley Community Grounds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plattekill Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Rossville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Tuckers Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tuckers Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tuckers Corner, with the one closest to Tuckers Corner listed first.
- Clintondale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Milton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Modena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sylva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Ohioville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ohioville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
- Marlboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Glen is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- New Hurley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Hamburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- New Paltz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poughkeepsie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tuckers Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tuckers Corner.
Newspapers Published in Tuckers Corner ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tuckers Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tuckers Corner, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tuckers Corner.
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 Tuckers Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ulster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Tuckers Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tuckers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |