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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 Wallkill Camp (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 Wallkill Camp. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Wallkill Camp is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.

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

  • Ulster County     (The home county of Wallkill Camp)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wallkill Camp, with the one closest to Wallkill Camp listed first.
    • Gardiner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Mohonk Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • New Paltz
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Modena
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Clintondale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kyserike
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Kyserike is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyserike
    • Accord
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • New Hurley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • New Hurley is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
    • Ardonia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ardonia is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
    • Bruynswick
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
    • Rutsonville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
    • Sylva
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sylva is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
  • Columbia County
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wallkill Camp, with the one closest to Wallkill Camp listed first.
    • Fairview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Fairview is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Hyde Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Poughkeepsie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Crown Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
    • Arlington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Haviland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Haviland is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
    • Spackenkill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
    • Wappingers Falls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Manchester Bridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
    • Red Oaks Mill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
    • Staatsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hughsonville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wallkill Camp, with the one closest to Wallkill Camp listed first.
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
    • Platte Clove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wallkill Camp, with the one closest to Wallkill Camp listed first.
    • Leptondale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Leptondale is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
    • Saint Andrew
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
    • Walden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pine Bush
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Orange Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
    • Cronomer Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
    • Searsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Searsville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
    • Gardnertown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Gardnertown is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
    • Montgomery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Balmville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Balmville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
    • Little Britain
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Little Britain is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
    • Maybrook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wallkill Camp, with the one closest to Wallkill Camp listed first.
    • Nelsonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
    • Cold Spring
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Garrison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmers Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
    • Glenclyffe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
    • Tompkins Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
    • Continental Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Continental Village is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
    • Adams Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
    • Lake Carmel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
    • Mahopac Mines
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
    • Putnam Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockland County
    • Doodletown ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Doodletown is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wallkill Camp, with the one closest to Wallkill Camp listed first.
    • Summitville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomingburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Wurtsboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Grahamsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Yankee Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
    • Woodridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Glen Wild
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Woodbourne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Curry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Curry is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Rock Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • South Fallsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Thompsonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Wallkill Camp ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wallkill Camp.

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 Wallkill Camp - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Dubois Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Paltz Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Modena Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bruynswick Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Hurley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clintondale Friends Ground Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Accord Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mulford Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • East Plattekill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Relyea Ground Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery of Loyd
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (212 more) ...

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>

While we didn't find Wallkill Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wallkill Camp.

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

  • Forest Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Forest Glen is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Libertyville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Libertyville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
  • Gardiner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mohonk Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Modena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Paltz
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rutsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
  • Bruynswick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
  • New Hurley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • New Hurley is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
  • Ardonia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ardonia is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
  • Clintondale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ohioville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ohioville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Springtown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Springtown is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
    • Accord
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kyserike
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Kyserike is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyserike

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

Newspapers Published in Wallkill Camp ...

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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wallkill Camp.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wallkill Camp, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wallkill Camp.

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 Wallkill Camp:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wallkill Camp) 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 Wallkill Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.