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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 Yagerville (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 Yagerville. 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 hospitals and 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.

Yagerville 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 Yagerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yagerville:

  • Ulster County     (The home county of Yagerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yagerville, with the one closest to Yagerville listed first.
    • Bull Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Bull Run is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
    • Wawarsing
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Napanoch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kerhonkson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Ben
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Port Ben is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ben
    • Ellenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Branch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Branch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Brodhead
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Brodhead is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
    • West Shokan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Shokan is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Shokan
    • Accord
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kripplebush
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Kripplebush is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kripplebush
    • Olivebridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yagerville, with the one closest to Yagerville listed first.
    • Fleischmanns
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Margaretville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Arena ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Arena is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
    • Denver
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Halcottsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • New Kingston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • New Kingston is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
    • Andes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Butternut Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
    • Cooks Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Cooks Falls is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Falls
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yagerville, with the one closest to Yagerville listed first.
    • Rhinecliff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Staatsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Hyde Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Fairview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Fairview is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Haviland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Haviland is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
    • Rhinebeck
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Poughkeepsie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Arlington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Plains
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
    • Cruger Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
    • Crown Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
    • Spackenkill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yagerville, with the one closest to Yagerville listed first.
    • Spruceton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Spruceton is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
    • West Kill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Platte Clove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
    • Hunter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Jewett Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jewett Center is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
    • Lexington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Tannersville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jewett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Haines Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Palenville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yagerville, with the one closest to Yagerville listed first.
    • Pine Bush
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Searsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Searsville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
    • Walden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Andrew
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
    • Scotchtown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Washington Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Washington Heights is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
    • Leptondale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Leptondale is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
    • Michigan Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
    • Otisville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Maybrook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Orange Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yagerville, with the one closest to Yagerville listed first.
    • Grahamsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Curry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Curry is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Claryville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Neversink
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Woodbourne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Aden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Aden is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
    • Divine Corners
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
    • South Fallsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Willowemoc
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
    • Glen Wild
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hurleyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Yagerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yagerville.

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 Yagerville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Furman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Palentown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rural Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Pine Bush Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fantine Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rochester Reformed Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Krumville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Claryville Reformed Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Accord Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitfield Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Tongore Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bush Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (200 more) ...
    • Fallsburg Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Poplar Grove Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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 Yagerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yagerville.

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

  • Sundown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lackawack
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lackawack is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackawack
  • Bull Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bull Run is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
  • Mombaccus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mombaccus is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mombaccus
  • Tabasco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Tabasco is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabasco
  • Ulster Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ulster Heights is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulster Heights
  • Wawarsing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pataukunk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pataukunk is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataukunk
  • Samsonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grahamsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Napanoch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Kerhonkson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Liebhardt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Liebhardt is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebhardt
    • Ellenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mettacahonts
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Mettacahonts is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mettacahonts

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

Newspapers Published in Yagerville ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yagerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yagerville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yagerville.

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 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 Yagerville:

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 'straight-line' (or 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- Yagerville) 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 Yagerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.