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Greene County, New York

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105historic places

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1800formed

47,931pop. 2020

99cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 105 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Catskill, Hunter, Athens.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Greene titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

45 of 105 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

105 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
A. T. House	Oak Hill	Building	2006
All Souls Church	Tannersville	Building	1993
Allan Teator Road Stone Arch Bridge	West Durham	Structure	2008
Allen, Captain Joseph, House	Catskill	Building	2022
Alpine, The	Hunter	Building	2023
Athens Lower Village Historic District	Athens	District	1980
Botsford, Henry T., House	Greenville	Building	1993
Brand Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge	West Durham	Structure	2008
Brandow, William, House	Athens	Building	2009
Brick Row Historic District	Athens	District	1980
Bronck Farm 13-Sided Barn	Coxsackie	Building	1984
Bronck, Pieter, House NHL	Coxsackie	Building	1967
Bronk-Silvester House	Coxsackie	Building	2002
Centre Presbyterian Church	Windham	Building	1979
Christ Church	Greenville	Building	2015
Church of St. John the Evangelist	Hunter	Building	2004
Cleveland, L.E., House	Durham	Building	2001
Cole, Thomas, House NHL	Catskill	Building	1966
Commercial Building at 32 West Bridge Street	Catskill	Building	1995
Cornwallville Cemetery	Cornwallville	Site	2017
Croswell-Parsons Paper Mill Ruin	New Baltimore	Site	2008
DeWitt, W.F., Hotel	Durham	Building	2001
District School No. 11	Catskill	Building	1995
DuBois Stone House	Catskill	Building	1995
DuBois, Benjamin, Stone House-Captain Martin Stone House	Catskill	Building	1995
Dunix	Cornwallville	District	2018
ELEANOR (Sailing Sloop)	Catskill	Structure	1982
East Side Historic District	Catskill	District	1982
Elka Park Historic District	Hunter	District	1993
Fischel, Harry, House	Hunter	Building	2000
Flint Mine Hill Archeological District	Coxsackie	District	1978
Ford's Store	Durham	Building	2001
Forestville Commonwealth	Earlton	District	1974
Greenville Presbyterian Church Complex	Greenville	Building	1985
Haines, Aaron, Family Cemetery	Haines Falls	Site	2018
Halcott Grange No. 881	Halcott	Building	2000
Hallock, Joseph, House	Catskill	Building	1995
Hathaway	Tannersville	Building	2008
Haxton-Griffin Farm	Athens	Building	2012
Hervey Street Road Stone Arch Bridge	Hervey Street	Structure	2008
Hop-O-Nose Knitting Mill	Catskill	Building	1995
Houghtaling, Peter, Farm and Lime Kiln	West Coxsackie	District	1986
Hunter Mountain Fire Tower	Hunter	Structure	1997
Hunter Synagogue	Hunter	Building	1999
IOOF Hall	Hunter	Building	2002
Jewett Presbyterian Church Complex	Jewett	Building	2001
Lampman, William, House	Catskill	Building	1995
Laraway, John and Martinus, Inn	Prattsville	Building	2012
Layman, Frank D., Memorial	Hunter	Object	2003
Leeds Dutch Reformed Church	Leeds	Building	1996
Leeds Flat Site	Catskill	Site	1998
Lexington House	Lexington	Building	1986
Methodist Episcopal Church of Windham Centre	Windham	Building	2009
Moore Road Stone Arch Bridge	Cornwallville	Structure	2008
Moore-Howland Estate	Catskill	Building	2010
Morss Homestead/Federal City Homestead	Red Falls	Building	1983
New Baltimore Hamlet Historic District	New Baltimore	District	1996
Newkirk Homestead	Leeds	Building	1979
North Settlement Methodist Church	Ashland	Building	1996
Oak Hill Cemetery	Oak Hill	Site	2011
Oak Hill Historic District	Oak Hill	District	2017
Oak Hill Methodist Episcopal Church	Oak Hill	Building	2006
Old Episcopal Manse	Prattsville	Building	2000
Onteora Park Historic District	Hunter	District	2003
Osburn, Mrs., House	Durham	Building	2001
Parsonage, The	Oak Hill	Building	2005
Pierce, Charles, House	Durham	Building	2001
Platte Clove Post Office, Old	Elka Park	Building	2005
Pratt Rock Park	Prattsville	Site	1992
Pratt, Zadock, House	Prattsville	Building	1986
Prattsville Commercial Building	Prattsville	Building	1996
Prattsville Reformed Dutch Church	Prattsville	Building	1996
Prevost Manor House	Greenville	Building	1972
Reed Street Historic District	Coxsackie	District	1980
Rowena Memorial School	Palenville	Building	2002
Rushmore Farm	Athens	Building	2010
Salisbury Manor	Leeds	Building	1979
Shady Glen Road Stone Arch Bridge	Cornwallville	Structure	2008
St. Francis DeSales Church	Lexington	Building	1999
St. Mary's of the Mountain Church	Hunter	Building	1999
St. Paul's Lutheran Church	Oak Hill	Building	2005
Stanton Hill Cemetery	Hannacroix (Town of New Baltimore)	Site	2016
Stevens Hill Farm	Greenville	District	2018
Stranahan-DelVecchio House	Athens	Building	1980
Strong, Elijah, House	Ashland	Building	2003
Susquehannah Turnpike	Catskill	Site	1974
Tannersville Main Street Historic District	Tannersville	District	2008
Torry-Chittendon Farmhouse	Durham	Building	2010
Trinity Episcopal Church	Ashland	Building	1996
Tripp House and Store Complex	Durham	Building	2001
Twilight Park Historic District	Haines Falls	District	2007
US Post Office-Catskill	Catskill	Building	1988
Ulster and Delaware Railroad Station	Hunter	Building	1996
Union Chapel	Windham	Building	2001
Van Bergen House	New Baltimore	Building	1991
Van Gelder, David, Octagon House	Catskill	Building	1998
Van Loon, Albertus, House	Athens	Building	1980
Van Vechten, John, House	Leeds	Building	1995
Village of Coxsackie Cemetery	Coxsackie	Site	2021
Weldon House	East Durham	Building	2000
West Athens Hill Site	Athens	Site	1973
West Settlement Methodist Church	Ashland	Building	1996
Wiley Hose Company Building	Catskill	Building	1995
Woodward Road Stone Arch Bridge	E. Durham	Structure	2009
Zion Lutheran Church	Athens	Building	1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Greene was formed in 1800 (1800-03-25) from Albany, Ulster.

GREENE created from ALBANY and ULSTER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Greene County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
13,074	22,996	30,446	31,930	32,695	31,478	25,796	27,926	28,745	31,372	40,861	48,195	47,931

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	National Historic Site	37.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

99 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 99 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Acra Village Cemetery	42.31231	-74.05236
Armstrong Family Cemetery	42.35094	-73.83472
Ashland Cemetery	42.30087	-74.29497
Athens Rural Cemetery	42.26368	-73.81187
Blackman Cemetery	42.28075	-73.95411
Butler Cemetery	42.333	-73.93759
Cairo Cemetery	42.30424	-74.00753
Catskill Village Cemetery	42.22221	-73.86361
Chase Family Cemetery	42.23833	-74.3175
Chestnut Lawn Cemetery	42.44841	-73.81595
Cornwallville Cemetery	42.36716	-74.15719
Coxsackie Village Cemetery	42.35718	-73.81142
Craw Cemetery	42.3873	-74.04569
Crosby Cemetery	42.18894	-74.49011
Deyo Cemetery	42.26718	-74.40613
Durham Cemetery	42.38618	-74.15913
East Durham Cemetery	42.37163	-74.0971
East Jewett Cemetery	42.24987	-74.18619
Elk Creek Cemetery	42.1928	-74.47474
Evergreen Cemetery	42.18334	-74.15218
Fairlawn Cemetery	42.32508	-74.43899
Freehold Cemetery	42.35912	-74.04509
Gass Family Cemetery	42.23527	-74.31762
Gayhead Cemetery	42.34457	-73.96567
Goodwin Cemetery	42.16866	-74.02199
Grapeville Cemetery	42.41227	-73.94543
Greenville Center Cemetery	42.3936	-73.99889
Greenville Rural Cemetery	42.41749	-74.01945
Haines Falls Cemetery	42.19906	-74.09728
Halcott Cemetery	42.2169	-74.46967
Hallenbeck Cemetery	42.32077	-73.82917
Hensonville Cemetery	42.29055	-74.21591
Hillside Cemetery	42.43646	-73.9079
Honey Hollow Cemetery	42.36621	-73.91642
Huggins Cemetery	42.32428	-74.43174
Hull - Peck Cemetery	42.26906	-74.30047
Hunter Village Cemetery	42.20807	-74.20633
Huntersfield Cemetery	42.3321	-74.41218
Jefferson Rural Cemetery	42.23532	-73.87867
Jewett Heights Cemetery	42.26197	-74.3043
King Cemetery	42.38448	-73.96865
King Hill Cemetery	42.39007	-73.96374
Lampman Cemetery	42.32539	-73.79664
Lanesville Cemetery	42.1233	-74.26976
Latvian Memorial Park Cemetery	42.18372	-74.15267
Leeds Village Cemetery	42.25646	-73.90269
Lexington Cemetery	42.24053	-74.35924
Limestreet Cemetery	42.30739	-73.86573
Lish Homestead Cemetery	42.41553	-73.83525
Little West Kill Cemetery	42.28908	-74.45296
Locust Cemetery	42.41487	-74.0534
Lower Cemetery	42.32046	-74.43517
Maplecrest Cemetery	42.27841	-74.18522
Maplewood Cemetery	42.2234	-74.26333
Medway Congregational Christian Cemetery	42.39918	-73.89349
Medway Hill Cemetery	42.39869	-73.89924
Mill Family Cemetery	42.25004	-74.2087
Mount Hope Cemetery	42.26478	-73.81064
North Settlement Cemetery	42.33312	-74.28547
O'Hara Cemetery	42.38328	-74.0655
Oak Hill Cemetery	42.41205	-74.16056
Palenville Village Cemetery	42.17288	-74.01557
Palmer Cemetery	42.35724	-73.95546
Parker Cemetery	42.19942	-74.3436
Peter Van Orden Rural Cemetery	42.32598	-74.1752
Powell Cemetery	42.38506	-73.90561
Pratt Cemetery	42.42118	-74.13653
Rappelea Cemetery	42.30673	-74.45139
Reed Cemetery	42.33415	-73.79511
Requea Cemetery	42.45954	-73.78934
Riverside Cemetery	42.37586	-73.80316
Saint Francis De Sales Cemetery	42.17577	-74.14524
Saint Joseph's Chapel Cemetery	42.29782	-74.36521
Saint Mary's of the Mountain Church Cemetery	42.20425	-74.20032
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.33723	-73.79574
Saint Patricks Cemetery	42.23613	-73.87655
Sandy Plain Cemetery	42.28839	-73.95339
Schermerhorn Cemetery	42.22623	-74.38836
Snyder Cemetery	42.34202	-74.07958
Spruceton Methodist Church Cemetery	42.19138	-74.30436

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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