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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Acropolis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Acropolis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Acropolis, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Acropolis (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Acropolis. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Acropolis is historic, it would have been located within present day Litchfield County.
To see how the shape of Connecticut's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Litchfield County: Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, Berkshire (MA), Hampden (MA), Columbia (NY) & Dutchess (NY).
Below are the counties that are near Acropolis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Acropolis:
- Litchfield County (The home county of Acropolis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- Woodbury
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodbury
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,453 people
- Hotchkissville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hotchkissville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotchkissville
- Roxbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roxbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
- Roxbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Watertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russian Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Russian Village is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
- Roxbury Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,385 people
- Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Watertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Watertown is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,517 people
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stevenson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brookfield Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Hawleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Brookfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Botsford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Village is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Dodgingtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dodgingtown is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgingtown
- Hartford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Milldale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Plantsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bristol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,734 people
- Bristol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Southington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Southington is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,829 people
- Southington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Bristol
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Bristol is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- Burlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,748 people
- Whigville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whigville is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Burlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- Middlefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Middlefield is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
- Middlefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Durham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Durham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,137 people
- Durham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cromwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cromwell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
- Middletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
- Middletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cromwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Portland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gildersleeve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve
- New Haven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- Southbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Middlebury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Middlebury is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,829 people
- Middlebury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Southbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Southbury is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
- Southford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Southford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
- South Britain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Borough of Naugatuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Borough of Naugatuck is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Naugatuck
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,659 people
- Naugatuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Naugatuck is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naugatuck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,905 people
- Naugatuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,250 people
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- Dogtail Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
- Pawling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dover Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Pawling
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Amenia Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union
- Clove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- Poughquag
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Clove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Wassaic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beekman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Green Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Camby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camby is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby
- Putnam County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- Deforest Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Putnam Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Patterson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Towners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Towners is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Peach Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
- Brewster Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Dykemans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Brewster
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Carmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Crafts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Farmers Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Mahopac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westchester County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- Twin Lakes Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Boutonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boutonville is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville
- Lewisboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Somers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goldens Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pound Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners
- Lincolndale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shenorock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Acropolis, see our County-by-County Page for Acropolis.
Cemeteries Near Acropolis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Acropolis.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Acropolis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Acropolis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- South Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stiles Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Middleground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Leavonworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middlebury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Southford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jacks Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (488 more) ...
- Guntown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Watertown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Acropolis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Acropolis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Acropolis, with the one closest to Acropolis listed first.
- Woodbury
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Woodbury ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Woodbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury
- Hotchkissville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hotchkissville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotchkissville
- Southbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Minortown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Minortown is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minortown
- Middlebury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Britain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Southford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Southford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
- Roxbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Watertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Quaker Farms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Quaker Farms is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Farms
- Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Acropolis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Acropolis.
Newspapers Published in Acropolis ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Acropolis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Acropolis, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Acropolis.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Acropolis:
- Websites specific to Connecticut
- Pages specific to Litchfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Middlesex County
- New Haven County
- Dutchess County
- Putnam County
- Westchester County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Acropolis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Acropolis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |