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 Wiley Shelter (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 Wiley Shelter. 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 and hospitals 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.
Wiley Shelter 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 Wiley Shelter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wiley Shelter:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Wiley Shelter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Dogtail Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
- Pawling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dover Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Clove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- West Pawling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Clove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- Poughquag
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Camby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camby is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby
- Beekman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Green Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Sylvan Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sylvan Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake
- Verbank Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Verbank Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbank Village
- Stormville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Ancramdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Silvernails
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Weed Mines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Balmville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Newburgh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cornwall Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- New Windsor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Gardnertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Firthcliffe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Vails Gate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Orange Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Patterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Towners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Putnam Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Deforest Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Dykemans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Farmers Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Lake Carmel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Brewster Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Brewster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Peach Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Peach Lake is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
- Crafts
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Mahopac Mines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Mahopac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Highland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marlboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Milton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Esopus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Clintondale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Plutarch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Ardonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Plattekill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Port Ewen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Modena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Paltz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Heritage Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Somers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Lincolndale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shenorock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Goldens Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Boutonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boutonville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville
- Cross River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shrub Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Sherman
(4 miles [6.4 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- Ball Pond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brookfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Brookfield Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Danbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Danbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hawleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,941 people
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hartford County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bristol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,734 people
- Bristol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,748 people
- Burlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Gaylordsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Bulls Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- South Kent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
- New Milford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marble Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Kent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
- Lanesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Heritage Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- South Britain
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Southbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Southbury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
- Southbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Middlebury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Middlebury is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,829 people
- Middlebury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Southford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Southford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
- Bowers Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill
- Waterbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waterville is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,250 people
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Borough of Naugatuck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Borough of Naugatuck is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Naugatuck
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,659 people
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Ashley Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wiley Shelter, see our County-by-County Page for Wiley Shelter.
Cemeteries Near Wiley Shelter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wiley Shelter.
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 Wiley Shelter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wiley Shelter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Gaylordsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Morningside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sherman Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Meetinghouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pawling Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawling Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pawling Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pawling.
- The Pawling Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pawling Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641185 <2>
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. John's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (360 more) ...
- Watts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Valley View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Wiley Shelter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wiley Shelter.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wiley Shelter, with the one closest to Wiley Shelter listed first.
- Webatuck
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Webatuck is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webatuck
- Gaylordsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Bulls Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- South Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Dover is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Quaker Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quaker Hill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
- Sherman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Kent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dover Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dover Furnace is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Furnace
- Pawling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poughquag
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- West Pawling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Dover Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Milford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wiley Shelter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wiley Shelter.
Newspapers Published in Wiley Shelter ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wiley Shelter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wiley Shelter, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wiley Shelter.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Wiley Shelter:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- New Haven 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wiley Shelter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wiley Shelter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |