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 Unionville (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 Unionville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Unionville is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Delaware, Orange, Ulster, Pike (PA) & Wayne (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Unionville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Unionville:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Unionville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Curry
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Curry is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Grahamsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Neversink
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Claryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Aden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
- Woodbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Willowemoc
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
- Divine Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
- Debruce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Debruce is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruce
- South Fallsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hurleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Arena ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arena is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Fleischmanns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Margaretville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cooks Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
- Butternut Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
- Denver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Halcottsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Horton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Horton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- New Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Kingston is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
- Andes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chiloway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chiloway is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiloway
- Corbett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corbett is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
- Rock Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- West Kill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spruceton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spruceton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jewett Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jewett Center is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
- Hunter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Platte Clove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Pine Bush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Searsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Paradise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Paradise is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Port Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Port Orange is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Orange
- Otisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cuddebackville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Washington Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Washington Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Scotchtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Montgomery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East Middletown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Middletown
- Finchville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Mechanicstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mechanicstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Bull Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Run is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Branch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Ellenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Napanoch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wawarsing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Port Ben
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Port Ben is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ben
- Kerhonkson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Glen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Ayr
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belle Ayr is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ayr
- Oliverea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cragsmoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Brodhead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brodhead is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- West Shokan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Shokan is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Shokan
- Wayne County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Damascus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milanville is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milanville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Unionville, see our County-by-County Page for Unionville.
Cemeteries Near Unionville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Unionville.
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 Unionville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Unionville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Claryville Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Furman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Soldiers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fallsburg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ferndale Synagogue Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Parksville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Old Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brookside Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (182 more) ...
- Fantine Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Agudas Achim Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fulton Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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>
While we didn't find Unionville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Unionville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Curry
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Curry is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Grahamsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Neversink
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Claryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hasbrouck
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hasbrouck is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasbrouck
- Sundown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Divine Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
- Loch Sheldrake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dairyland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dairyland is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
- Ulster Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ulster Heights is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulster Heights
- Bull Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Run is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Denning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Denning is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Willowemoc
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
- Lackawack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lackawack is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackawack
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Unionville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Unionville.
Newspapers Published in Unionville ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Unionville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Unionville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Unionville.
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 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 Unionville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Ulster County
- Wayne 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 Unionville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Unionville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |