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 Viewmonte (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 Viewmonte. 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.
Viewmonte is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Viewmonte. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Viewmonte:
- Columbia County (The home county of Viewmonte)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Germantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Germantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Elizaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Taghkanic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Glenco Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Churchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Taghkanic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Greenport Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Hollowville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Alcove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Coeymans Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Coeymans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Medusa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Dormansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Potter Hollow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Preston Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Tivoli
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Red Hook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Cruger Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Red Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Rock City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Milan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Mount Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Rhinebeck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rhinecliff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Pine Plains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Catskill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Kiskatom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Jefferson Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Palenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cairo Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Platte Clove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- South Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Haines Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Round Top
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tannersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Schoharie County
- Manorkill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Malden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Mount Marion Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Lake Katrine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Jockey Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jockey Hill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Daisy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Ore Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Lakeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Salisbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Taconic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Amesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Falls Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wangum Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Sharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Mount Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Egremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- North Egremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- South Egremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Egremont Plain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- Alford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Sheffield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Ashley Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Great Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Van Deusenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Housatonic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Rockdale Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Viewmonte, see our County-by-County Page for Viewmonte.
Cemeteries Near Viewmonte ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Viewmonte.
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 Viewmonte - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Viewmonte covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Viewmont Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clermont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Germantown Reformed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cheriot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Valley View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Church of Nativity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Bard College Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elizaville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elizaville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elizaville.
- The Elizaville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coons Cemetery
- Elizaville UMC Cemetery
- Pleasantvale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #529874 <2>
- Gardner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Viewmonte in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Viewmonte.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Viewmonte, with the one closest to Viewmonte listed first.
- Germantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clermont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Store
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Store is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Store
- Cheviot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cheviot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviot
- Tivoli
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nevis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nevis is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevis
- Manorton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Manorton is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorton
- North Germantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- West Camp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Malden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Upper Red Hook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Burden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Katsbaan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Katsbaan is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katsbaan
- Glasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Viewmonte. See our List of 1890's Communities around Viewmonte.
Newspapers Published in Viewmonte ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Viewmonte.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Viewmonte, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Viewmonte.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Viewmonte:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire 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 Viewmonte, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Viewmonte) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |