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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 Valley Cottage (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 Valley Cottage. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rockland County: Bergen (NJ), Passaic (NJ), Orange, Putnam & Westchester.

Below are the counties that are near Valley Cottage. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valley Cottage:

  • Rockland County     (The home county of Valley Cottage)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.
    • Central Nyack
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • West Nyack
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Nyack have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nyack
      • West Nyack is located in Rockland County
    • Bardonia
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Germonds
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Germonds. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germonds
      • Germonds is located in Rockland County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Germonds
      • From Valley Cottage to Germonds
    • Upper Nyack
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Nyack have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack
      • Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
    • Congers
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Congers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congers
      • Congers is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Congers <3>
    • New City Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New City Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
      • New City Park is located in Rockland County
    • New City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
      • New City is located in Rockland County
    • Nyack
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Blauvelt
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • South Nyack
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Nyack have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack
      • South Nyack is located in Rockland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
    • Nanuet
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bronx County
  • Dutchess County
  • Greene County
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwall-on-Hudson came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
      • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
  • Kings County
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.
    • Sands Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sands Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
      • Sands Point is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,802 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sands Point <3>
    • Baxter Estates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxter Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Estates
      • Baxter Estates is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
    • Kings Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Manorhaven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manorhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven
      • Manorhaven is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
    • Port Washington North
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Washington North have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Washington North
      • Port Washington North is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,160 people
    • Bayville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen Cove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Great Neck
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck
      • Great Neck is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Neck <3>
    • Lattingtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lattingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattingtown
      • Lattingtown is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
    • Plandome Manor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plandome Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plandome Manor
      • Plandome Manor is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
    • Port Washington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Saddle Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Rock
      • Saddle Rock is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saddle Rock <3>
  • New York County
  • Orange County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.
    • Continental Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Continental Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
      • Continental Village is located in Putnam County
    • Putnam Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Putnam Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Valley
      • Putnam Valley is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Putnam Valley <3>
    • Adams Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Glenclyffe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Garrison
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cold Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Tompkins Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Mahopac
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mahopac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac
      • Mahopac is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mahopac <3>
    • Nelsonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
    • Mahopac Mines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crafts
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crafts. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
      • Crafts is located in Putnam County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Crafts
      • From Valley Cottage to Crafts
    • Brewster
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
      • Brewster is located in Putnam County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,334 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewster <3>
  • Queens County
  • Suffolk County
    • Lloyd Harbor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lloyd Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor
      • Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
  • Westchester County
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.
    • Banksville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Glenville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenwich
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwich have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
      • Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
    • Greenwich
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Belle Haven
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Cos Cob
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Riverbank
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riverbank. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
      • Riverbank is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Riverbank
      • From Valley Cottage to Riverbank
    • High Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
      • High Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • North Stamford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Old Greenwich
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Stamford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stamford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
      • Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
    • Stamford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Bergen County (NJ)
  • Essex County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.
    • Brookdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadow Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
      • Meadow Village is located in Essex County (NJ)
    • Montclair Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Essex County (NJ)
    • Nutley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nutley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley
      • Nutley is located in Essex County (NJ)
    • Upper Montclair
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Belleville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Essex County (NJ)
    • Montclair
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Verona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Verona is located in Essex County (NJ)
    • Caldwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hudson County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.
    • North Bergen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Guttenberg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Secaucus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Union City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • West New York
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West New York have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York
      • West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
    • Weehawken
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weehawken have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken
      • Weehawken is located in Hudson County (NJ)
    • Hoboken
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Kearny
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Harrison
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Communipaw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Jersey City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Morris County (NJ)
  • Passaic County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.
    • Paterson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Haskell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Athenia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Passaic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Borough of Woodland Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borough of Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park
      • Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County (NJ)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
    • Clifton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Singac
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Singac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac
      • Singac is located in Passaic County (NJ)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Singac
      • From Valley Cottage to Singac
    • The Village at Little Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Village at Little Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village at Little Falls
      • The Village at Little Falls is located in Passaic County (NJ)
    • Wayne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
      • Wayne is located in Passaic County (NJ)
    • West Milford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
      • West Milford is located in Passaic County (NJ)
    • Macopin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Sussex County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.
    • Highland Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
      • Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
    • Vernon Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vernon Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
      • Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valley Cottage, see our County-by-County Page for Valley Cottage.

Cemeteries Near Valley Cottage ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valley Cottage.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valley Cottage covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.

  • Mt. Moor Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Moor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Moor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nyack Rural Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Rural Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gethsemane Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gethsemane Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gethsemane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nanuet True Reformed Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • High View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the High View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the High View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Catherines Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Catherines Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Catherines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Temple Israel Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Israel Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Temple Israel Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Repose Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rockland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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    • Sparta Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sparta Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sparta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Peter's Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dale Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dale Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Valley Cottage had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Valley Cottage, with the one closest to Valley Cottage listed first.

  • Bardonia
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • West Nyack
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Nyack have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nyack
    • West Nyack is located in Rockland County
  • Rockland Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Lake
    • Rockland Lake is located in Rockland County
  • Germonds
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Germonds. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germonds
    • Germonds is located in Rockland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Germonds
    • From Valley Cottage to Germonds
  • Nyack
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Upper Nyack
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Nyack have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack
    • Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
  • Congers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Congers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congers
    • Congers is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Congers <3>
  • New City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
    • New City is located in Rockland County
  • Nanuet
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Blauvelt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • South Nyack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Nyack have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack
    • South Nyack is located in Rockland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
  • Orangeburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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    • Grand View-on-Hudson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • New Hampstead
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hampstead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampstead
      • New Hampstead is located in Rockland County
    • Spring Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Rockland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,258 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <3>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valley Cottage. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley Cottage.

Newspapers Published in Valley Cottage ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley Cottage.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valley Cottage, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valley Cottage.

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 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 Valley Cottage:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Valley Cottage. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rockland County: www.co.rockland.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>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 Valley Cottage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Valley Cottage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valley Cottage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1184, Longitude: -73.9555    









 

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