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 West Park (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 West Park. 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.
Name Variations for West Park ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Park: W. Park
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Park. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Park.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and 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.
West Park 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 West Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Park:
- Ulster County (The home county of West Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Esopus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plutarch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Lloyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Rifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Creeklocks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Creeklocks is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeklocks
- Lefever Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lefever Falls is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefever Falls
- Tillson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Paltz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Port Ewen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Binnewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Binnewater is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnewater
- Oakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Elizaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Germantown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ancram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ancramdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- North Germantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- West Taghkanic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Burden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Glenco Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Taghkanic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Churchtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Hyde Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Haviland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Staatsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Pleasant Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Poughkeepsie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rhinecliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wurtemburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Manchester Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Platte Clove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Palenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kiskatom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Haines Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Catskill
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Tannersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Leptondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Cronomer Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Balmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Gardnertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Orange Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Saint Andrew
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Newburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Walden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Bush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Little Britain
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Montgomery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Cold Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Patterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Garrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Towners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Glenclyffe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Mahopac Mines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Crafts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Dykemans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Summitville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomingburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grahamsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Sherman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gaylordsville
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Merwinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Sharon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- South Kent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- North Kent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
- Ore Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Park, see our County-by-County Page for West Park.
Cemeteries Near West Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Park.
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 West Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Ascension Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beaver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stoutenberg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hutton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Pleasant Plains.
- The Crum Elbow Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crum Elbow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64308 <3>
- Union Cemetery of Loyd
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery of Loyd
- The Union Cemetery of Loyd has also been known as:
- Lloyd Union Cemetery
- Lloyd Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65110 <3>
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ferris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peters Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Poughkeepsie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1432561 <3>
- Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosendale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Old Presbyterian Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 in 1895, West Park had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Park, with the one closest to West Park listed first.
- Hyde Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Park is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Park
- Esopus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plutarch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Ulster Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Staatsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gretna
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gretna is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- New Paltz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ohioville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ohioville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
- Poughkeepsie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Remy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Remy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Remy
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Pleasant Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Creeklocks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Creeklocks is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeklocks
- Lefever Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lefever Falls is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefever Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Park.
Newspapers Published in West Park ...
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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Park, 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 West Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 West Park:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ulster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- West Park) 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 West Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |