Rockland County, New York Genealogy

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History

 * The name comes from "rocky land", an early description of the area given by settlers.

Parent County

 * Created 23 February 1798 from Orange County.

Neighboring Counties
Orange | Putnam | Westchester | New Jersey counties: Bergen | Passaic

Census Records
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Rockland county, New York Census - done by the state

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 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1825
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1835
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1845
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1855
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1865
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1875
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1892
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1905
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1915
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1925
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Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Communities

 * Towns: Clarkstown . Haverstraw . Orangetown . Ramapo . Stony Point
 * Villages: Airmont . Chestnut Ridge . Grand View-on-Hudson . Haverstraw . Hillburn . Kaser . Montebello . New Hempstead . New Square . Nyack . Piermont . Pomona . Sloatsburg . South Nyack . Spring Valley . Suffern . Upper Nyack . Wesley Hills . West Haverstraw
 * Hamlets: Centenary . Central Nyack . Doodletown . Garnerville . Grassy Point . Johnsontown . Jones Point . Ladentown . Nauraushaun . Palisades . Rockland Lake . Sandyfield . Sparkill . St. John's . Tallman . Tomkins Cove
 * Communities: Bardonia . Blauvelt . Congers . Hillcrest . Monsey . Mount Ivy . Nanuet . New City . Orangeburg . Pearl River . Stony Point . Tappan . Thiells . Valley Cottage . Viola . West Nyack

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org catalog for Rockland County
 * The Rockland County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.