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 Van Keurens (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 Van Keurens. 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 doctors 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.
Van Keurens 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 Van Keurens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Van Keurens:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Van Keurens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Crown Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Spackenkill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Red Oaks Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Poughkeepsie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wappingers Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Hughsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Myers Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Noxon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- Freedom Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Brinckerhoff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Silvernails
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Elizaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 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 Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Balmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cronomer Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Leptondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Newburgh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gardnertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Orange Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Saint Andrew
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- New Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Walden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vails Gate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Nelsonville
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Cold Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Garrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Tompkins Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Glenclyffe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Mahopac Mines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Patterson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Towners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Continental Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Crafts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Milton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Marlboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clintondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Ardonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Plattekill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Modena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sylva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- New Paltz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gardiner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Hurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Shrub Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lake Mohegan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Crompond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Peekskill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Shenorock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Granite Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lincolndale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Somers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Sherman
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 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
- New Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Danbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kent
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Chimney Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- New Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- East Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
- North Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Van Keurens, see our County-by-County Page for Van Keurens.
Cemeteries Near Van Keurens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Van Keurens.
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 Van Keurens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Van Keurens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Hicksite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Milton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Presbyterian Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Middlebush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ferris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Cosman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Van Keurens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Van Keurens.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Van Keurens, with the one closest to Van Keurens listed first.
- Stoneco
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- Milton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Marlboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Hamburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Wappingers Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poughkeepsie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hughsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hackensack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Hackensack is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hackensack
- Manchester Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Middle Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roseton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseton
- Fishkill Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Van Keurens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Van Keurens.
Newspapers Published in Van Keurens ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Van Keurens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Van Keurens, 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 Van Keurens.
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 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 Van Keurens:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- 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 Van Keurens, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Van Keurens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |