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 Breakneck (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 Breakneck. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Breakneck is located in Hartford 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 Hartford County : Litchfield , Middlesex , New Haven , New London , Tolland & Hampden (MA) .
Below are the counties that are near Breakneck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Breakneck:
Hartford County (The home county of Breakneck)
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Windsor (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Windsor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Population from the 2020 Census: 28,647 people
Hayden (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hayden is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Poquonock (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Windsor Locks (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Windsor Locks is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Locks Population from the 2020 Census: 12,798 people
Windsor Locks (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Windsor (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Green Manor Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Green Manor Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Manor Village Spring Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Spring Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village Warehouse Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Warehouse Point is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warehouse Point East Windsor Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Higley Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Higley Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higley Village North Bloomfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
North Bloomfield is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Hampsted (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Hampsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampsted Barkhamsted (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Pine Meadow (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Puddle Town (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town Barkhamsted (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
Browns Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Browns Corner is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corner New Hartford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Nepaug (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Nepaug is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepaug Pleasant Valley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
New Hartford (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
New Hartford is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford Population from the 2020 Census: 6,639 people
Torrington (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Torrington is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrington Population from the 2020 Census: 33,870 people
Riverton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Cromwell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Cromwell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
Cromwell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Gildersleeve (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve Portland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
Lake Pocotopaug (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug Portland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
East Hampton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Middletown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Cobalt (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
East Hampton (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
East Hampton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
Middle Haddam (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Middletown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Meriden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
Meriden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Wolcott (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Wolcott is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott Population from the 2020 Census: 16,565 people
Wolcott (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
South Meriden (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
South Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meriden Autumn HIll (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Autumn HIll is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn HIll Yalesville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Cheshire (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cheshire is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire Population from the 2020 Census: 28,806 people
Waterville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Waterville is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville Cheshire (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Waterbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Waterbury is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury Population from the 2020 Census: 106,826 people
West Cheshire (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
West Cheshire is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cheshire New London County
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
North Westchester (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Liberty Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Westchester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Westchester is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester Colchester (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
Lebanon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
North Franklin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing Tolland County
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Ellington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Windermere (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Windermere is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Ellington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Ellington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
Rockville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Vernon (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Vernon is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
Vernon (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Somersville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Quarryville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Quarryville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Somers (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Somers is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
Somers (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Bolton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Bolton is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,855 people
Bolton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Ashford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
West Ashford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford Westford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Warrenville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Willimantic (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Ashford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
North Windham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Chaplin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Chaplin is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
Chaplin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Eastford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Eastford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,800 people
Windham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Windham is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
Windham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Berkshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
East Otis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
East Otis is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otis South Sandisfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
South Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sandisfield Sandisfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandisfield Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
Otis (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Otis is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Agawam (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Agawam is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam Population from the 2020 Census: 28,467 people
Feeding Hills (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills Hosmer Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Hosmer Corner is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer Corner Longmeadow (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
Southwick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Southwick is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
Baptist Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village East Longmeadow (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
East Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 16,093 people
Merrick (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Merrick is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrick Springfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 152,646 people
West Springfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
West Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 28,397 people
Granville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Granville is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
Hampden (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
Hampshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Southampton (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Southampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
Easthampton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Easthampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easthampton Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
Granby (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Granby is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
South Hadley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
South Hadley is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
Huntington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Huntington is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
Mount Tom (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mount Tom is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tom Bondsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Bondsville is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville West Farms (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
West Farms is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farms Westhampton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Westhampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhampton Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
Bay State (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bay State is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay State Florence (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Florence is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Belchertown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Belchertown is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Breakneck, see our County-by-County Page for Breakneck .
Cemeteries Near Breakneck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Breakneck.
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 Breakneck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Breakneck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Elm Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Ye Olde Poquonock Burial Grounds (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Veterans Memorial Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Riverside Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Palisado Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Joseph's RC Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Town Street Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Edwards Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
East Windsor Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Springdale Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
North End Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (482 more) ...
St. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Center Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Rye Street Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Breakneck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Breakneck.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Breakneck, with the one closest to Breakneck listed first.
Hayden (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hayden is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Poquonock (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Windsor (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Windsor Locks (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Rainbow (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Rainbow is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow East Windsor Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Warehouse Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Warehouse Point is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warehouse Point Cottage Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Cottage Grove is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove Warehouse Point Station (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Bloomfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
North Bloomfield is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield Wilson (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Wilson is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson South Windsor (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (18 more) ...
East Granby (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Tariffville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Burnham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Burnham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Breakneck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Breakneck .
Newspapers Published in Breakneck ...
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 332 newspapers that have been published in the area around Breakneck.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Breakneck, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Breakneck.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Breakneck:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Hartford County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Litchfield County Middlesex County New Haven County New London County Tolland County Windham County Berkshire County Hampden County Hampshire County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Breakneck. 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 Breakneck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Breakneck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.