Dutchess County Genealogical Society

Dutchess County Communities

Over time, areas in Dutchess County have been referred to by various names. If you are looking for a Dutchess County ancestor but the area with which they are associated does not appear in our Registrar table, check this page to see if you can find the area. If so, the link will take you to the page for the municipality that currently holds records for that area. Be sure to make note of that municipality's name for future reference.

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A
Amenia (Town of) (original town, present bounds since 1818), Amenia (Village of), Ameniaville, Amenia Union, Annandale, Annandale-on-Hudson, Arlington, Arthursburg(h), Attlebury


B
Bear Market, Bangall, Barrytown, Baxtertown, Beacon (City of) (1913 incorporated Fishkill villages of Matteawan & Fishkill Landing), Beaman Corners, Bare Market, Bear Market, Beekman (Town of) (original town, present bounds since 1827), Beekman (Village of), Beekmanville, Beekman Furnace, Bethel, Billings, Bloomvale, Brinckerhoff, Brinckerhoffville, Bulls Head

C
Camelot, Campbell's Creek, Campbellville, Carthage Landing, Cedar Hill, Channingville (1) (before 1871), Channingville (2) (inc. into Village of Wappingers Falls 1871), Charlotte Precinct (1761-1788, covered present towns of Clinton, Pleasant Valley, Stanford, Washington and most of Hyde Park), Chelsea, Chestnut Ridge, Clinton(Town of) (original town, present bounds since 1821), Clinton Corners, Clinton Hollow, Clinton Point (1), Clinton Point (2), Clove, Clove Branch, Clove Valley, Cokertown, Coleman Station, Conover's Corners, Cortlandville, Crouse's Store, Cruger's Island, Crum Elbow(1) (partly in Hyde Park), Crum Elbow(2) (partly in Pleasant Valley), Crum Elbow Precinct (1737-1762, covered present towns of Clinton, Pleasant Valley, Stanford, Washington, Amenia, part of North East, and most of Hyde Park)

D
Dover (Town of) (formed from Pawling in 1807), Dover Furnace, Dover Plains, Dutchess Junction

E
East Fishkill (Town of) (formed from Fishkill in 1849), East Fishkill (Village of), East Park, Ednamville (1) (before 1871), Ednamville (2) (inc. into village of Wappingers Falls 1871), Eighmyville, Enterprise

F
Fairview, Farmer's Hill, Federal Store (adjacent to The Square on line with Town of Stanford), Filkinstown, Fishkill (Town of) (original town with present bounds since 1913), Fishkill (Village of) (1) (prior to 1904), Fishkill (Village of) (2) Fishkill Furnace, Fishkill Hook, Fishkill Landing (former village in town of Fishkill, inc. into city of Beacon 1913), Fishkill Plains, Fishkill-on-Hudson (former village in town of Fishkill, inc. into city of Beacon 1913), Fraleighs, Franklindale (1) (before 1871), Franklindale (2) (inc. into village of Wappingers Falls 1871), Freedom, Freedom Plains, Frost's Mills, Four Corners

G
Gardner Hollow, Gayhead, Glenham, Green Haven, Gretna

H
Hammertown, Hard Scrabble, Hartsville, Hart's Village, Hibernia, High Point, Hillside Lake, Hitchcock's Corners, Holmes, Hopewell, Hopewell Junction, Hortonsville, Hortontown, Hughsonville, Hull's Mills, Hyde Park (Town of) (formed from Clinton in 1821), Hyde Park (Village of), Hyde Park Landing

I
Irondale

J
Jackson Corners, Johnsville

K
Kerley's Corners, Kipsbergen

L
Lafayette, Lafayetteville, LaGrange (Town of) (formed from Beekman & Fishkill in 1821, known as Freedom 1821-1828), LaGrangeville Leedsville, Leetown, Lent, LeRoys Mills, Lithgow, Little Rest, Locust Glen, Lomala, Low Point, Lower Red Hook, Lower Red Hook Landing

M
Mabbetts, Mabbettsville, Madalin, (inc. with Tivoli 1872) Magdalene Island, Manchester(1) (straddles border with Town of Poughkeepsie), Manchester(2) (straddles border with LaGrange), Manchester Bridge[1] (straddles border with Town of Poughkeepsie), Manchester Bridge[2] (straddles border with LaGrange), Mansfield, Matteawan (former village in town of Fishkill, inc. into city of Beacon 1913), McIntyre, Mechanic, Mechanicsville, Meyers Corners, Middlebush, Milan (Town of) (formed from North East in 1818), Milan (Village of), Milanville, Millbrook (Village of) (absorbed Mechanic & Hartsville), Millbrook (Village of) (birth & death records), Millerton (Village of)(1), Millerton (Village of)(2), Monterey, Moores Mill, Morey's Corners, Mount Ross, Mt. Riga, Myersville, Myers Corners

N
Netherwood, New Hackensack, New Hamburgh, Nine Partners (hamlet), North Clove, North East (Town of) (original town, present bounds since 1823), North East (Village of) Northeast Center

O
Oblong, Old Attlebury, Old Hopewell, Oswego(1) (mostly in Unionvale), Oswego(2) (partly in LaGrange)

P
Pawling (Town of) (original town, present bounds since 1807), Pawling (Village of), Pawlingstown, Payne's Corners, Pecksville, Peck's Slip, Pine Plains (Town of) (formed from North East in 1823), Pine Plains (Village of), Pink's Corners, Pitsberry (1) (part in Pleasant Valley), Pitsberry (2), Pleasant Plains, Pleasant Ridge, Pleasant Valley (Town of) (formed from Clinton in 1821), Pleasant Valley (Village of), Potter's Corners Poughkeepsie (City of) (village inc. 1799, city inc. 1854; on the Hudson River and entirely surrounded by Town of Poughkeepsie), Poughkeepsie (Town of) (original town, with small part lost to Wappinger 1875), Poughquag, Pulvers Corners

Q
Quaker City (1) (partly in Unionvale), Quaker City (2) (partly in LaGrange), Quaker Hill

R
Red Hook (Town of) (formed from Rhinebeck in 1812), Red Hook (Village of), Red Hook Landing, Red Oaks Mill, Reynoldsville, Rhinebeck (Town of) (original town, present bounds since 1812), Rhinebeck (Village of), Rhinebeck Flatts, Rhinebeck Station, Rhinecliff, Rochdale, Rock City, Rocky Glen, Rombout Precinct (1737-1788, covered present towns of Fishkill, EastFishkill, Wappinger, half of LaGrange and City of Beacon), Rowland, Ruskey

S
Salt Point Schultzville, Sharon Station, Shekomeko, Shenandoah, Shookville, Sinpatch, Slate Quarry, Sleight’s Center, Sleight’s Corners, Smithfield, Sodom Corners, South Amenia, South Dover, South Millbrook, Spackenkill, South or Southern Precinct (1737-1772 covered all present Putnam County; 1773-1788 South Precent was divided into 3 precincts - Philipse, Southeast, Fredericksburgh/Frederickstown), Spencer's Corners, Sprout Creek, Staatsburg, Stanford (Town of) (formed from Washington in 1793), Stanfordville (Village of), State Line, Steel Works, Stissing, Stissingville, Stoneco, Stonehouse, Stony Kill, Stormville, Stoutenburgh Landing, Stoutsburgh, Swartoutville, Sylvan Lake

T
The City, The Square (adjacent to Federal Store on line with Town of North East), Thornville, Tioronda, Titusville, Tivoli (Village of)(1) (inc. with Madalin in 1872), Tivoli (Village of) (2) (separate birth/death records begin in 1910)

U
Union Corners, Union Vale (Town of)(2) formed from Beekman in 1827), Upper Hopewell, Upper Red Hook, Upper Red Hook Landing

V
Verbank

W
Wappinger (Town of)(2) (formed from Fishkill in 1875), Wappingers Falls (Village of)(1) (1871 inc. Ednamville, Channingville & Franklindale), Wappingers Falls (Village of)(2), (mostly in Wappinger), Washington (hamlet), Washington (Town of) (original town, present bounds since 1793 - with small part lost to Pleasant Valley 1821), Washington Hollow(1) (partly in Washington), Washington Hollow(2) (partly in Pleasant Valley), Wassaic, Webatuck, West Northeast, West Pawling, Wey's Corners, Wey's Crossing, Wiccopee, Winchells, Wing Station, Wingdale, (absorbed South Dover) Woodinville, Wurtemburg