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Greene County, New York

159 topographic sheets cover 88 settlements here, and 101 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

101 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

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Greene County within New York
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What the record shows

  • 2,144 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 101 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 71 buildings, 13 districts, 8 structures, 8 sites and 1 object.
  • 5 of the 101 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 88 populated places in this county; 88 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

101

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
A. T. Housebuilding200605001538
All Souls Churchbuilding199393001223
Allan Teator Road Stone Arch Bridgestructure200807001365
Captain Joseph Allen Housebuilding2022100007952
Alpine, Thebuilding2023100009189
Athens Lower Village Historic Districtdistrict198080002616
Henry T. Botsford Housebuilding199393001224
Brand Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridgestructure200808000271
William Brandow Housebuilding200909000908
Brick Row Historic Districtdistrict198080002617
Bronck Farm 13-Sided Barnbuilding198484002395
Pieter Bronck Housebuilding196767000012
Bronk-Silvester Housebuilding200202000140
Centre Presbyterian Churchbuilding197979001586
Christ Churchbuilding201515000800
Church of St. John the Evangelistbuilding200404000352
L.E. Cleveland Housebuilding200101001385
Thomas Cole Housebuilding196666000522
Commercial Building at 32 West Bridge Streetbuilding199595000961
Cornwallville Cemeterysite2017100000613
Croswell-Parsons Paper Mill Ruinsite200807001366
W.F. DeWitt Hotelbuilding200101001389
District School No. 11building199595000964
DuBois Stone Housebuilding199595001336
Benjamin DuBois Stone House-Captain Martin Stone Housebuilding199595001333
Dunixdistrict2018100002364
ELEANOR (Sailing Sloop)structure198282001174
East Side Historic Districtdistrict198282004779
Elka Park Historic Districtdistrict199393000399
Harry Fischel Housebuilding200000000348
Ford's Storebuilding200101001395
Greenville Presbyterian Church Complexbuilding198585000657
Aaron Haines Family Cemeterysite2018100002462
Halcott Grange No. 881building200000000351
Joseph Hallock Housebuilding199595000958
Hathawaybuilding200808000023
Haxton-Griffin Farmbuilding201211000999
Hervey Street Road Stone Arch Bridgestructure200807001367
Hop-O-Nose Knitting Millbuilding199595000959
Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kilndistrict198686000491
Hunter Mountain Fire Towerstructure199797000569
Hunter Synagoguebuilding199999001484
IOOF Hallbuilding200202001642
Jewett Presbyterian Church Complexbuilding200101001382
William Lampman Housebuilding199595000960
John and Martinus Laraway Innbuilding201212000419
Frank D. Layman Memorialobject200303000022
Leeds Dutch Reformed Churchbuilding199696000141
Lexington Housebuilding198686002175
Methodist Episcopal Church of Windham Centrebuilding200909000255
Moore Road Stone Arch Bridgestructure200808000272
Moore-Howland Estatebuilding201010000609
Morss Homestead/Federal City Homesteadbuilding198383001680
New Baltimore Hamlet Historic Districtdistrict199696000139
Newkirk Homesteadbuilding197979001584
North Settlement Methodist Churchbuilding199696000561
Oak Hill Cemeterysite201111000274
Oak Hill Historic Districtdistrict2017100001586
Oak Hill Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding200606000972
Old Episcopal Mansebuilding200000001415
Onteora Park Historic Districtdistrict200303000023
Mrs. Osburn Housebuilding200101001390
Parsonage, Thebuilding200505000262
Charles Pierce Housebuilding200101001386
Platte Clove Post Office, Oldbuilding200505000637
Pratt Rock Parksite199292001645
Zadock Pratt Housebuilding198686001654
Prattsville Commercial Buildingbuilding199696000203
Prattsville Reformed Dutch Churchbuilding199696001430
Prevost Manor Housebuilding197272000842
Reed Street Historic Districtdistrict198080002621
Rowena Memorial Schoolbuilding200202000879
Rushmore Farmbuilding201010000364
Salisbury Manorbuilding197979001585
Shady Glen Road Stone Arch Bridgestructure200807001368
St. Francis DeSales Churchbuilding199999001485
St. Mary's of the Mountain Churchbuilding199999000057
St. Paul's Lutheran Churchbuilding200505000682
Stanton Hill Cemeterysite201616000201
Stevens Hill Farmdistrict2018100003119
Stranahan-DelVecchio Housebuilding198080002618
Elijah Strong Housebuilding200302001711
Susquehannah Turnpikesite197474001241
Tannersville Main Street Historic Districtdistrict200808001047
Torry-Chittendon Farmhousebuilding201010000612
Trinity Episcopal Churchbuilding199696001438
Tripp House and Store Complexbuilding200101000240
Twilight Park Historic Districtdistrict200707000626
US Post Office-Catskillbuilding198888002471
Ulster and Delaware Railroad Stationbuilding199696000861
Union Chapelbuilding200101001394
Van Bergen Housebuilding199191000444
David Van Gelder Octagon Housebuilding199897001620
Albertus Van Loon Housebuilding198080002619
John Van Vechten Housebuilding199595000212
Village of Coxsackie Cemeterysite2021100006511
Weldon Housebuilding200099001658
West Settlement Methodist Churchbuilding199696001435
Wiley Hose Company Buildingbuilding199595000962
Woodward Road Stone Arch Bridgestructure200909000134
Zion Lutheran Churchbuilding198080002620

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

4

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1889 - Catskill, N.Y.
Bird's-eye view (1889) - Catskill, N.Y.. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1890 - Hunter, N.Y.
Bird's-eye view (1890) - Hunter, N.Y.. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1856 - Map of Greene County, N.Y. : from actual surveys
Land ownership map (1856) - Map of Greene County, N.Y. : from actual surveys. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, undated - Map of state land tract, Greene Co. / done pursuant to law, Simeon DeWitt, Surveyor Gen'l
Land ownership map - Map of state land tract, Greene Co. / done pursuant to law, Simeon DeWitt, Surveyor Gen'l. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

48 of 65 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 65 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Terrace Cascade in the Kauterskill Gorge., Boston Public Library - undated
Terrace Cascade in the Kauterskill Gorge.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Maple Grove. Palenville, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Maple Grove. Palenville, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Dormy Nook, Round Top, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Dormy Nook, Round Top, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Perrella's Mountaindale, Round Top, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Perrella's Mountaindale, Round Top, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Hillside Lodge, Tannersville, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Hillside Lodge, Tannersville, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Ritrovo Alpino, Alpine Rendezvous, Tannersville, New York, Boston Public Library - undated
Ritrovo Alpino, Alpine Rendezvous, Tannersville, New York. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Maple Terrace, Hensonville, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Maple Terrace, Hensonville, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Kallithea on Catskill Mountains, Hensonville, Greene County, N. Y. Phone Windham 431, Boston Public Library - undated
Kallithea on Catskill Mountains, Hensonville, Greene County, N. Y. Phone Windham 431. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Villa Gilda, Hunter, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Villa Gilda, Hunter, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The sun deck and patio at Sugar Maples, Maplecrest, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
The sun deck and patio at Sugar Maples, Maplecrest, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Old Swimming Pool on Route 145 -- 3 miles from Cairo, N. Y. Natural, clear running water, Catskill Mts., N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Old Swimming Pool on Route 145 -- 3 miles from Cairo, N. Y. Natural, clear running water, Catskill Mts., N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Sunset Hill Farm, R. D. #1, Catskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Sunset Hill Farm, R. D. #1, Catskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Bay Ridge House & Cabins, Jefferson Heights, Catskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Bay Ridge House & Cabins, Jefferson Heights, Catskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
O'Shea House, East Durham, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
O'Shea House, East Durham, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Shannon View Hotel, East Durham, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Shannon View Hotel, East Durham, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Villa Savoia, Hunter, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Villa Savoia, Hunter, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
On the Hudson near Catskill, Boston Public Library - undated
On the Hudson near Catskill. Eglau, 1824 or 1825-1896, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
On the Hudson near Catskill, Boston Public Library - undated
On the Hudson near Catskill. Eglau, 1824 or 1825-1896, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The Kauterskill Fall from the staircase, Boston Public Library - undated
The Kauterskill Fall from the staircase. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Cedar Terrace, Cairo, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Cedar Terrace, Cairo, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Woodstock Dam and Falls, Catskill Mts., Cairo, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Woodstock Dam and Falls, Catskill Mts., Cairo, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Little Falls, So. Cairo, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Little Falls, So. Cairo, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Elm Lodge, R. D. #1, Catskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Elm Lodge, R. D. #1, Catskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Howard Hall -- On Route 385 -- Catskill, N. Y., Catskill Mountains. Howard Hall swimming pool showing Hudson River, Boston Public Library - undated
Howard Hall -- On Route 385 -- Catskill, N. Y., Catskill Mountains. Howard Hall swimming pool showing Hudson River. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Green Lake View, Green Lake, Catskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Green Lake View, Green Lake, Catskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Black Lake Farm, Catskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Black Lake Farm, Catskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
View of the valley looking toward Mohican Trail, East Windham, Catskill Mountains, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
View of the valley looking toward Mohican Trail, East Windham, Catskill Mountains, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Tower View House, East Durham N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Tower View House, East Durham N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Elm Rest House, East Durham, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Elm Rest House, East Durham, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Elm Rest House, East Durham, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Elm Rest House, East Durham, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Pine Spring House & Cottages, Freehold, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Pine Spring House & Cottages, Freehold, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Cold Spring Hotel, Tannersville, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Cold Spring Hotel, Tannersville, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Wood Rock in the Pines, Cairo, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Wood Rock in the Pines, Cairo, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Memorial Fountain, Cairo, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Memorial Fountain, Cairo, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The Famous Catskill Mt. House, Beechwood (Beachview), Catskill Mts., N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
The Famous Catskill Mt. House, Beechwood (Beachview), Catskill Mts., N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Rosa del Monte, Haines Falls, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Rosa del Monte, Haines Falls, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Shady Grove Hotel, Haines Falls N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Shady Grove Hotel, Haines Falls N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Air view of Shady Grove Hotel, Haines Falls, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Air view of Shady Grove Hotel, Haines Falls, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Villa Maria, Haines Falls, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Villa Maria, Haines Falls, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Hotel Hunter, Boston Public Library - undated
Hotel Hunter. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
At the Sugar Maples Pool, Maplecrest, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
At the Sugar Maples Pool, Maplecrest, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
A corner of the 20-acre Sugar Maples Lawn, Maplecrest, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
A corner of the 20-acre Sugar Maples Lawn, Maplecrest, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Rear view of one of the buildings at Sugar Maples, Maplecrest, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Rear view of one of the buildings at Sugar Maples, Maplecrest, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Paradise House, Purling, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Paradise House, Purling, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The Millbrook House, Round Top, N. Y, Boston Public Library - undated
The Millbrook House, Round Top, N. Y. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Wenzler's High View House, Cairo, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Wenzler's High View House, Cairo, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Twin Mountain House, Elka Park, Greene County, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Twin Mountain House, Elka Park, Greene County, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Picturesque view, Grand View Hotel, Hunter, N. Y. "In the Catskills." Beautiful swimming pool and tennis court. Grand View Hotel, Hunter, N. Y. "in the Catskills", Boston Public Library - undated
Picturesque view, Grand View Hotel, Hunter, N. Y. "In the Catskills." Beautiful swimming pool and tennis court. Grand View Hotel, Hunter, N. Y. "in the Catskills". Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

28 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,080 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 28 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-07, scale 1:80000
1981-04-07, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-07, scale 1:80000
1981-04-07, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-05-01, scale 1:24000
1956-05-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-05-01, scale 1:24000
1956-05-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-05-01, scale 1:24000
1956-05-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-05-01, scale 1:24000
1956-05-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-06-16, scale 1:19792
1973-06-16, scale 1:19792. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-06-16, scale 1:19792
1973-06-16, scale 1:19792. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-06-16, scale 1:19792
1973-06-16, scale 1:19792. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-06-16, scale 1:19792
1973-06-16, scale 1:19792. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-05-11, scale 1:80000
1978-05-11, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-05-11, scale 1:80000
1978-05-11, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-05-11, scale 1:80000
1978-05-11, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-05-11, scale 1:80000
1978-05-11, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-21, scale 1:80000
1981-04-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-21, scale 1:80000
1981-04-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-26, scale 1:14400
2001-04-26, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-26, scale 1:14400
2001-04-26, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-26, scale 1:14400
2001-04-26, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-26, scale 1:14400
2001-04-26, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

36 stations, 18 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

40 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 20-1Ashland town
  • 20-2Athens village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Hudson River; Second, Water, Market, Church, Second, Road to W. Athens; Village limits
  • 20-3Athens village - That part, excluding Hudson city Light House Bounded by Road to W. Athens, Second, Church, Market, Water, Second; Hudson River; Village limits; Village limits
  • 20-4Hudson city Light House (In Athens village)
  • 20-5Athens town - That part outside Athens village
  • 20-6Cairo town - That part north of State Hwy. 23
  • 20-7Cairo town - That part south of State Hwy. 23
  • 20-8Catskill village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Hudson River; High, North, Grand, Main, Railroad Ave.; Catskill Creek
  • 20-9Catskill village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Catskill Creek, Railroad Ave.; West Bridge; Village limits
  • 20-10Catskill village - That part Bounded by Catskill Creek; W. Bridge; Railroad Ave.
  • 20-11Catskill village - That part Bounded by Railroad Ave., Main, Grand; North, Thompson, Main; W. Bridge; Catskill Creek
  • 20-12Catskill village - That part Bounded by High; Spring; William; Main, Thompson, North
  • 20-13Catskill village - That part Bounded by High; Hudson River; William, Prospect Ave., W. Bridge; Main, William, Spring
  • 20-14Catskill village - That part, excluding Order of Friars Minor (St. Anthony's Seraphic Seminary) Bounded by W. Bridge, Prospect Ave., William; Hudson River; Catskill Creek, Green, Broad, King, Liberty
  • 20-15Order of Friars Minor (St. Anthony's Seraphic Seminary) (In Catskill village)
  • 20-16Catskill village - That part Bounded by W. Bridge; Liberty, King, Broad; Green; Catskill Creek
  • 20-17Catskill village - That part Bounded by W. Bridge; Catskill Creek, Hudson River; Village limits
  • 20-18Catskill town - That part north of Hearts Tent Rd. (County Hwy.), outside Catskill village
  • 20-19Catskill town - That part south of Hearts Tent Rd. (County Hwy.), and east of Kaaterskill Creek, outside Catskill village
  • 20-20Catskill town - That part south of Hearts Tent Rd. (County Hwy.), and west of Kaaterskill Creek
  • 20-21Coxsackie village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits, River; Reed, Mansion; New York Central Railroad
  • 20-22Coxsackie village - That part Bounded by Village limits; New York Central Railroad, Mansion, Washington Ave.; New; Village limits
  • 20-23Coxsackie village - That part Bounded by New, Washington Ave., Mansion, Reed, River; Village limits; Village limits; Village limits
  • 20-24Coxsackie town - That part outside Coxsackie village, including all islands in this town, and excluding New York State Vocational Institution
  • 20-25New York State Vocational Institution (In Coxsackie town)
  • 20-26Durham town - That part east of State Hwy. 145
  • 20-27Durham town - That part west of State Hwy. 145
  • 20-28Greenville town: Greenville town - That part east of State Hwy. 32
  • 20-29Greenville town - That part west of State Hwy. 32
  • 20-30Halcott town
  • 20-31Hunter town: Hunter village
  • 20-32Tannersville village
  • 20-33Hunter town - That part outside Hunter and Tannersville villages
  • 20-34Jewett town
  • 20-35Lexington town
  • 20-36New Baltimore town - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 9w, including all islands in; This Enumeration district
  • 20-37New Baltimore town - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 9w
  • 20-38Prattsville town
  • 20-39Windham town - That part north of State Hwy. 23
  • 20-40Windham town - That part south of State Hwy. 23

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,136 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,136 of them, burning about 1,525 acres. 76 started naturally and 125 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined490
Debris and open burning261
Arson/incendiarism125
Natural76
Equipment and vehicle use60
Recreation and ceremony44
Smoking38
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Other causes3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 May 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution146 acresNew York Forest RangersHEAVENLY VALLEY FIRE
25 April 1993Equipment and vehicle use90 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
31 March 1999Debris and open burning80 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 April 1999Arson/incendiarism42 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 April 2002Natural30 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 June 2002Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
31 March 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
2 April 2015Debris and open burning16 acresNew York Forest RangersTIMMERMAN HILL FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1959 to 2026

60 of 379 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 379 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 17 injuries and about $31,598,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind189
Flash Flood62
Hail53
Flood46
Lightning15
Tornado9
Heavy Rain5

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023FloodLeeds1 killed, $30,000Rising waters on the Catskill Creek flooded portions of Route 23B and Cauterskill Road near Leeds. A 76-year-old woman died after their vehicle was swept off Cauterskill Road due to flood waters after driving around a traffic barrier blocking the road.
August 2011FloodLanesville1 killedRoute 214 was reported closed due to flooding from the Ulster-Greene County border, near Moggre Road, to Route 23A in Greene County. The Stony Clove Creek runs along much of Route 214. In Lanesville, a man drowned when the embankment he was standing on near a bridge near Ostrander Road gave way and swept him into the Stony Clove Creek. He was reported helping another person move a car across the bridge. Time of the fatality is unknown.
August 2011Flash FloodHensonville1 killedA woman drowned when the house she was in was swept away by waters from the Batavia Kill on Maplecrest Road (County Route 40) in the hamlet of Maplecrest Town of Windham. The time of her death was unknown.
July 2003Tornado (F2)Kiskatom7 hurt, $1,000,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHaines Falls5 hurt, $1,000no account filed
March 2016LightningPalenville2 hurtTwo campers were injured by a lightning strike near North-South Lake in Greene County. The two campers, a man and a woman, were located in a grove of hemlock trees off a trail when lightning struck a tree 5 to 10 feet from their tent. The woman lost consciousness and the man may have as well. The woman received superficial burns, but the man received more severe burns and required hospitalization.
April 1990Tornado (F0)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCairo1 hurt, $1,000***1 injury*** Tree down on mobile home.
August 2000LightningCoxsackie1 hurtno account filed
July 1989Tornado (F4)not stated$25,000,000no account filed
September 1999Flash FloodCountywide$3,000,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSouth Cairo$400,000A National Weather Service Survey Team determined that straight line wind damage occurred in portions of Cairo, South Cairo, and Leeds during the early afternoon hours of Sunday July 27th.||Fifty to one hundred pine trees were sheared off along County Route 67 in South Cairo around 1135 LST, with peak winds estimated at 100 mph.||In addition, several trees were uprooted on Rocky Road near South Cairo around 1135 LST, some of which fell through homes. Two homes were badly damaged. Peak winds were estimated between 100 and 110 mph.||Numerous trees were also downed in a fan like pattern on Mclaren Road in South Cairo around 1143 LST. Peak estimated winds were 115 to 125 mph.||Farm equipment was also overturned on Pine Farm, located on Pine Lane in Cairo around 1149 LST. Peak estimated winds were 115 to 125 mph.
December 2010Flash FloodLeeds$180,000A home was severely damaged by water due to flash flooding on County Route 23B in Leeds/Catskill.
June 2001HailCoxsackie$150,000no account filed
June 2000Flash FloodCountywide$115,000no account filed
August 2002LightningGreenville$100,000Lightning from a thunderstorm struck a barn in Greenville, Greene County. This 70' by 40' barn caught fire and completely burned to the ground. Sixty firefighters were deployed to the scene. No injuries were reported.
July 2003Tornado (F1)Coxsackie$100,000no account filed
June 2001LightningAthens$100,000no account filed
December 2020FloodJewett$85,000County Route 17 in Jewett was closed between Route 23A and Mill Hollow Road due to a washout. A power pole on the side of the road was also washed out. A complete rebuild of the road was required, and the road remained closed as of mid-February 2021.
December 2020FloodPalenville$75,000A creek washed over a bridge on Pennsylvania Avenue in Catskill, depositing debris and damaging the roadway.
August 1996LightningLexington$60,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPrattsville$55,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCairo$55,000no account filed
December 2000Flash FloodCountywide$55,000no account filed
August 2001LightningCatskill$50,000Lightning from a thunderstorm struck a house in Catskill, Green County on the evening of August 31. The lightning resulted in a fire on the porch and also damaged electronic equiment.
June 2001LightningAthens$50,000no account filed
May 1999LightningCatskill$50,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore$50,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCoxsackie$50,000no account filed
July 1999Flash FloodHalcott Center$40,000no account filed
May 1998Flash FloodNortheast Portion$30,000During the late evening hours of May 6, thunderstorms with torrential rain produced flash flooding across the northeast portion of Greene County. At the Hamlet of New Baltimore, Church Street was washed out and State Highway 144 was closed. Underpasses were flooded in Coxsackie along with many basements.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCatskill$30,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodAthens$25,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodCatskill$25,000no account filed
July 2003Tornado (F1)Palenville$25,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCoxsackie$25,000no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodCountywide$25,000no account filed
April 1977Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 2022FloodClimax$20,000Several roads were closed due to flooding within the Town of Coxsackie in addition to some flooding of basements.
April 2022FloodAcra$20,000Several roads were closed due to flooding across Cairo, Leeds, Jefferson Heights and Catskill. One water rescue was performed in Catskill as a person was trapped in their car which was surrounded by floodwaters.
August 2002LightningGreenville$20,000no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodWindham$20,000no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodWindham/Roundtop$20,000no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodWest Kill$20,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodHensonville$15,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindAthens$15,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCoxsackie$15,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindRoundtop$15,000no account filed
June 1996LightningCoxsackie$15,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHunter$12,000no account filed
October 2020Thunderstorm WindCatskill$10,000A tree was downed onto a house with partial structural collapse. This occurred in the Village of Catskill.
March 2008FloodCoxsackie$10,000Heavy rainfall led to flooding across portions of Greene county. Several roads were closed in Coxsackie, including Mansion Street where more than 3 feet of water covered the road. Other roads that were reportedly closed included North Mount Turnpike in Catskill, and Routes 30 and 47 in Catskill.
August 2003Flash FloodCatskill$10,000no account filed
July 2003Tornado (F1)Athens$10,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDurham$10,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGreenville$10,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindWindham$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailCoxsackie$10,000no account filed
March 1999Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
June 1996LightningPalenville$10,000no account filed

Mines and quarries

51 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 51 workings inside this county. 24 still produce and 27 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken20
Limestone, General11
Clay10
Sand and Gravel, Construction3
Flagstone3
Quartz2
Mica1
Gypsum-Anhydrite1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
George Guidone Property DepositMicaOccurrence
Paul Blum Cementon PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Austin's Glen DepositQuartzOccurrence
Diamond Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
Bronk Mill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cairo Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
High Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
High Hill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
South Potic Mountain Blue Ss QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayProducer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayPast Producer
Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
North Catskill Clay PitClayProducer
North Catskill Clay PitClayPast Producer
Route 81 Shale PitClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayPast Producer
West Athens Clay PitClayProducer
West Athens Clay PitClayPast Producer
Alsen Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Alsen QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Catskill Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Catskill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Catskill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Catskill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cementon - Alsen Limestone QuarriesLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cementon Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Climax West Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
3/4 Mile N.N.E. Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Alsen Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alsen Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cairo Blue Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Catskill Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Catskill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Catskill Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Catskill Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cementon Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cementon-Alsen Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Climax West Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
F. J. MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lawrenceville Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Lawrenceville Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South Potic Mountain Blue Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
South Vedder Hill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
South Vedder Hill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary

Every populated place in the county

88

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.