Orange County, New York Genealogy

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Parent County
Was one of the original counties.

Neighboring Counties
Dutchess | Putnam | Rockland | Sullivan | Ulster | Westchester | Passaic County, New Jersey | Sussex County, New Jersey | Pike County, Pennsylvania

Record Loss
Courthouse fire, 1774

Historical Signpost: "A log structure, with whipping posts and stocks was erected on this Tappan green c. 1691. Here justice was administered to all of Orange County, which then included present Rockland. A more permament courthouse and "gaol," built in 1739, was destroyed by fire in 1774. New City became the seat of government when the County of Rockland was set off from Orange in 1798.

Cities, Towns, Villages, Communities

 * Cities: Middletown . Newburgh . Port Jarvis
 * Towns: Blooming Grove . Chester . Cornwall . Crawford . Deerpark . Goshen . Greenville . Hamptonburgh . Highlands . Minisink . Monroe . Montgomery . Mount Hope . New Windsor . Newburgh . Tuxedo . Wallkill . Warwick . Wawayanda . Woodbury
 * Villages: Chester . Cornwall-on-Hudson . Florida . Goshen . Greenwood Lake . Harriman . Highland Falls . Kiryas Joel . Maybrook . Monroe . Montgomery . Otisville . South Blooming Grove . Tuxedo Park . Unionville . Walden . Warwick . Washingtonville . Woodbury
 * Communities: Amity . Arden . Balmville . Beaverdam Lake-Salisbury Mills . Bullville . Central Valley . Circleville . Firthcliffe . Fort Montgomery . Gardnertown . Highland Mills . Howells . Little Britain . Mechanicstown . Mountain Lodge Park . Mountainville . New Hampton . New Windsor . Orange Lake . Pine Bush . Pine Island . Scotchtown . Slate Hill . Sugar Loaf . Thompson Ridge . Vails Gate . West Point . Westbrookville

Web Sites

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