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Town of Northeast
Dutchess County, New York
Updated 4/13 /2001


Northeast Center Cemetery / School

The Town of Northeast lies in the Harlem Valley, north of Amenia, and is the furthest north east town in the county..  Like the other towns in the north  or east halves of Dutchess County, it is still very rural.  Millerton is the largest community north of Pawling and east of Poughkeepsie/Rhinebeck.  Hamlets include:  North East Center, Coleman Station, Perry's Corner, Shekomeko, Irondale  and Mt. Riga Station.

Beers = found on 1867 Beers Atlas
Terraserve = found on topographical map on web
Cemetery Hamlet Earliest Stone 2nd Stone # Comment
1 Bockee / Wheaton  or   Federal Square Cemetery CR 83 and CR 65  From Tourism site below,  "Bockee/Wheaton Burial  Ground/SQUARE CEMETERY, 1776  marks a 19th C. neighborhood called Federal Square for a general store of the same name.
Bryan Family Plot Shekomeko 1825 1829 9 Just north of Shekomeko on CR 83
Northeast Center Cemetery Northeast Center 1812 1812 76 Rt 22, by side of road
Irondale Millerton 1818 1846 311 Rt 22 in Millerton
Coleman Station Coleman Station 1849 1857 149 CR 58 just east of Rt 22
Winchell Mountain Cemetery Winchell Mtn and Stan Pulver Rd.
 St. Patrick's Catholic Church Millerton ca 1910
 Moravian Monument ca 1956
Presbyterian Church  Millerton ca 1906

See the Dutchess County Tourism Webpage for a quick historical tour thru this part of Dutchess County:
Tour Map #6    Description:  Tour #6 Description
Stop #S9  WINCHELL MT, named for James Winchell who settled here ca. 1760. (Good Views)
Stop #S10  IRONDALE, early industrial complex.  (also site of 1803 James Winchell mill)
Stop #S11  BEILKE / STATE  LINE RD.  First leg of Salisbury Turnpike to Rhinebeck, opened in late 18th cent. by Livingstons who had interests in Connecticut mines.
Stop #S12  MILLERTON, incorporated 1875, below SPENCER'S CORNERs and OGDENSVILLE.
Stop #S14  COLEMAN STATION, historical district, includes "Hiddenhurst" and 1780 Ezra Clark House.
Stop #S15  DOWNEY RD
Stop #S16  MCGHEE HILL RD  (good views)
Stop #S17  SHEKOMEKO
 
 


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