Columbia County, NY History

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The Columbia County chapter in Mather & Brockett's Geographical History of the State of New York (1848). 5++ pages, in PDF format, download now for $2.75.

The Columbia County chapter from French's Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860). Here is a look at Columbia County a bit over a decade after Mather & Brockett's treatment of the subject. The localities mentioned in this chapter, many of which are still extant today, are: Ancram, Hot Ground, Boston Corner, Austerlitz, Spencertown, Upper Green River, Canaan, Canaan Four Corners, Flat Brook, Canaan Center, Queechy, Red Rock, Chatham, Chatham Four Corners, East Chatham, New Concord, Rayville, Chatham Center, Malden Bridge, Riders Mills, North Chatham, Claverack, Mellenville, Philmont, South Bend Mills, Martindale Depot, Humphreysville, Smoky Hollow, Churchtown, Clermont, Copake, Copake Station, Copake Flats, Baines Station, Gallatin, Gallatinville, Weaver Hollow, Jacksons Corners, Union Corners, Ghent, West Ghent, Pulvers Station, Greenport, Germantown, East Camp, Hillsdale, Harlemville, Green River, Hudson City, Kinderhook, Lindenwald, Valatie, Niverville, Livingston, Johnstown, Glencoe Mills, Bakers Mills, Elizaville, Blue Store, Linlithgo, New Lebanon, Lebanon Springs, Tildens, New Lebanon Center, Moffatts Store, New Britain, Stockport, Chittendens Falls, Stottsville, Columbiaville, Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Falls, Stuyvesant Landing, Coxsackie Station, Taghkanick, West Taghkanick, and New Forge, 9+ pages, in PDF format, download now for $2.75.

Charity in New York State in 1906: Columbia County. We are in the process of republishing sections of volume II of the Annual Report of the State Board of Charities for the year 1906. The material will be of interest to local historians who wish a better picture of charitable institutions in their locale a century ago, to genealogists and family historians interested in the people who administered charity back then as well as how any unfortunates housed in these facilities may have lived, and to those who have questions about the now-politicized "safety net" for the unfortunates in our society back in those years. This section addresses the public and private charities in Columbia County in 1906 that were registered with the State Board of Charities. (Note that the New York State Training School for Girls, a state institution, was also located in Columbia County. Please see our publication on state charities for more information). 8++ pages, in PDF format, download now for $2.00.

Columbia County, NY History

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