Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
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 Belltown (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 Belltown. 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 doctors and 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.
Belltown is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County : Litchfield , New Haven , Dutchess (NY) , Putnam (NY) & Westchester (NY) .
Below are the counties that are near Belltown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belltown:
Fairfield County (The home county of Belltown)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Glenbrook (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Noroton Heights (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights Springdale (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Stamford (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
Stamford (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Noroton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Darien (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Riverbank (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Shippan Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point Darien (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Darien is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
North Stamford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
North Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stamford Cos Cob (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Candlewood Lake Club (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club Chimney Point (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point Russian Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Russian Village is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Milford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Milford is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
Milford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Derby (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Derby is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
Derby (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Derby is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
Former name for Derby:
Birmingham Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <1>
Ansonia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Ansonia is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia Population from the 2020 Census: 18,525 people
Bowers Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill Orange (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Orange is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 13,882 people
Orange (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Ansonia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
South Britain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
City Island (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Eastchester (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Riverdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Bronx (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Bronx is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
Bronx has also been known as:
Bronx Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <1>
Kings Bridge (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Locust Point (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Fordham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Spuyten Duyvil (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Concourse Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Nassau County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Bayville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Centre Island (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Centre Island is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
Cove Neck (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Cove Neck is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
Lattingtown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Lattingtown is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattingtown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
Mill Neck (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Locust Valley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Matinecock (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Matinecock is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matinecock Population from the 2020 Census: 825 people
Oyster Bay (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
East Norwich (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
East Norwich is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich Glen Cove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Laurel Hollow (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
Oyster Bay Cove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Oyster Bay Cove is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay Cove Population from the 2020 Census: 2,243 people
New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Inwood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Inwood is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Washington Heights (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Washington Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights Delano Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Delano Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village East Harlem (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
East Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Harlem (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Morningside Heights (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights Manhattan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Manhattan is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Park West Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Park West Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village Seneca Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Seneca Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village Yorkville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Fort Montgomery (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Highland Falls (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Putnam County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Peach Lake (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake Brewster (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Mahopac (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Crafts (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Brewster Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill Deforest Corners (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners Dykemans (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Adams Corners (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Adams Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners Mahopac Mines (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines Putnam Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Putnam Lake (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake Continental Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Continental Village is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Beechhurst (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Douglaston (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Little Neck (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Whitestone (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Bayside (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Flushing (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Queens Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Queens (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Corona (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hollis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Heights (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Astoria (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
South Nyack (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
South Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
Upper Nyack (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
Grand View-on-Hudson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Grand View-on-Hudson is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View-on-Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
Nyack (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 7,133 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyack <1>
Palisades (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Piermont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Sparkill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Central Nyack (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Blauvelt (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Congers (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Orangeburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Tappan (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Suffolk County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Lloyd Harbor (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
Asharoken (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Asharoken is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asharoken Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
Eatons Neck (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck Huntington Bay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Cold Spring Harbor (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Centerport (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Halesite (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Huntington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Northport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Huntington Station (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Fort Salonga (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Greenlawn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Scotts Corners (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners Banksville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Port Chester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Rye Brook (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Pound Ridge (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Bedford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Rye (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Rye is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Population from the 2020 Census: 15,634 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <1>
Armonk (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Purchase (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Lewisboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Milton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Milton is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Boutonville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Boutonville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belltown, see our County-by-County Page for Belltown .
Cemeteries Near Belltown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belltown.
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 Belltown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belltown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Leads Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Fairfield Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Stillwater Road Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Northfield Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Northfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stamford . The Northfield Cemetery has also been known as:
North Street Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1019853 <2>
St. Andrew Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
St. Johns Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
St. John Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Old Jewish Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Old Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Boulton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Newfield Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Woodland Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Continue List (467 more) ...
Spring Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Bell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Slassoh Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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.<3>
While we didn't find Belltown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belltown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belltown, with the one closest to Belltown listed first.
Glenbrook (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Stamford (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Noroton Heights (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights Springdale (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Noroton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Mianus (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mianus is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus Darien (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Talmadge Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Talmadge Hill is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge Hill Riverbank (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank North Stamford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
North Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stamford Cos Cob (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Rowayton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Continue List (13 more) ...
West Norwalk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
West Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwalk South Norwalk (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk New Canaan (5 miles [8 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 Belltown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belltown .
Newspapers Published in Belltown ...
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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belltown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belltown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Belltown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Belltown:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Fairfield County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Litchfield County New Haven County Bronx County Nassau County New York County Orange County Putnam County Queens County Rockland County Suffolk County Westchester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Belltown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Belltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Belltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.