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 Walden (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 Walden. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Walden is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Passaic (NJ), Sussex (NJ), Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Pike (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Walden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walden:
- Orange County (The home county of Walden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Saint Andrew
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Montgomery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Orange Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Maybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cronomer Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Gardnertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Pine Bush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Britain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Searsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Beaverdam Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverdam Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam Lake
- Campbell Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Beacon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Glenham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Groveville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Hughsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Wappingers Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fishkill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Brinckerhoff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Myers Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Poughkeepsie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Cold Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Garrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Continental Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Adams Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Putnam Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Farmers Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Mahopac Mines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Mahopac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts
(27 miles [43.5 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 Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Thiells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stony Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ivy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Sloatsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Haverstraw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ramapo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ramapo is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
- Wesley Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- Hillburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montebello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montebello is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Glen Wild
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Woodridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Fallsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbourne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Wallkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Hurley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Sylva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Bruynswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Plattekill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dwaarkill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Gardiner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Modena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rutsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Ulsterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Ardonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Crawford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Buchanan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Verplanck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Montrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crugers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Woodybrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodybrook is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodybrook
- Croton-on-Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Vernon Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Highland Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Lake is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Colesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colesville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Matamoras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millrift
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walden, see our County-by-County Page for Walden.
Cemeteries Near Walden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walden.
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 Walden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- Wallkill Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Berea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Berea Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Montgomery.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63961 <3>
- Brick Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brick Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Montgomery.
- The Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goodwill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #173116 <3>
- Germantown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mulford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Hurley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Belknap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rossville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Walden had a population of 2,132 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Walden had a population of 6,620 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
- East Walden
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Walden is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Walden
- Berea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Berea is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Coldenham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coldenham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldenham
- Saint Andrew
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Montgomery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Elmo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Elmo is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Wallkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Coldenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Coldenham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Coldenham
- Leptondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Maybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Hurley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Neelytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Neelytown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelytown
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Little Britain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Cronomer Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Sylva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walden.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Walden ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walden.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Walden. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Walden and those printed in the larger area surrounding Walden.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> of Walden.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Walden:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Sussex County
- Pike 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> | 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- Walden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Walden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |