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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Brewsterville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Brewsterville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brewsterville, 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 Brewsterville (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 Brewsterville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Brewsterville is historic, it would have been located within present day New Haven 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 New Haven County: Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield & Middlesex.

Below are the counties that are near Brewsterville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brewsterville:

  • New Haven County     (The home county of Brewsterville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewsterville, with the one closest to Brewsterville listed first.
    • New Haven
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • New Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,801 people
    • New Haven
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fair Haven
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
    • East Haven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • East Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
    • Whitneyville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hemingway Town ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hemingway Town is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingway Town
    • Westville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Westville is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
    • East Haven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Allingtown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • West Haven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
    • West Haven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Short Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • Branford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewsterville, with the one closest to Brewsterville listed first.
    • Shelton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Oronoque
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Oronoque is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
    • Shelton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Shelton is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,957 people
    • Huntington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Huntington is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • White Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • White Hills is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hills
    • Stratford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Stratford is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
    • Nichols
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Nichols is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
    • Stratford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • East Village is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
    • Monroe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Stevenson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Trumbull
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Trumbull is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,438 people
    • Trumbull
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hartford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewsterville, with the one closest to Brewsterville listed first.
    • Marion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Milldale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Plantsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Southington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Southington is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,829 people
    • Southington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Berlin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Berlin is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,390 people
    • Berlin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Kensington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • East Berlin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bristol
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • East Bristol
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • East Bristol is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
    • Plainville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Plainville is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,486 people
    • Plainville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Litchfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewsterville, with the one closest to Brewsterville listed first.
    • Russian Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Russian Village is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
    • Oakville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greystone
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Greystone is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
    • Woodbury
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Watertown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Watertown is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,517 people
    • Watertown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodbury
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodbury is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,453 people
    • Hotchkissville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Hotchkissville is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotchkissville
    • Pequabuck
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Plymouth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Plymouth is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,552 people
    • Terryville Station
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station
    • Plymouth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Roxbury
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Roxbury is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewsterville, with the one closest to Brewsterville listed first.
    • Durham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Durham is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,137 people
    • Durham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Killingworth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Killingworth is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,340 people
    • Killingworth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Middlefield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Middlefield is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
    • Middlefield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Little City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Little City is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
    • Clinton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
    • Clinton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Middletown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Middletown is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
    • Ponset
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ponset is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponset
    • Grove Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Haddam
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Haddam is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddam
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,150 people
  • New London County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewsterville, with the one closest to Brewsterville listed first.
    • Hadlyme
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hamburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Hamburg is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Lyme
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lyme is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,304 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <2>
    • Lyme
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lyme is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
    • Old Lyme
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Sterling City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sterling City is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling City
    • Westchester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Westchester is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester
  • Suffolk County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewsterville, with the one closest to Brewsterville listed first.
    • Shoreham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Belle Terre
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Belle Terre is located in Suffolk County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
    • East Shoreham
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • East Shoreham is located in Suffolk County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shoreham
    • Miller Place
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Rocky Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Sound Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Wading River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Baiting Hollow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Mount Sinai
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Poquott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Poquott is located in Suffolk County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
    • Port Jefferson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • East Setauket
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Luce Landing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Luce Landing is located in Suffolk County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce Landing

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brewsterville, see our County-by-County Page for Brewsterville.

Cemeteries Near Brewsterville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brewsterville.

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 Brewsterville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brewsterville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brewsterville, with the one closest to Brewsterville listed first.

  • Grove Street Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • New Haven Crypt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Center Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Bernard Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Mapledale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • West Haven Green Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • B'nail Scholom Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nail Scholom Cemetery
    • The B'nail Scholom Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bnail Scholom Cemetery
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Congregation Beth El Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (440 more) ...
    • State Street Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Beaverdale Memorial Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • City Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)

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 Brewsterville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brewsterville.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Brewsterville, with the one closest to Brewsterville listed first.

  • New Haven
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Fair Haven
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
  • Whitneyville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Highwood ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Highwood is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
  • East Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Westville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Westville is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
  • West Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Short Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Short Beach is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
  • Montowese
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Montowese is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montowese
  • Orange
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Branford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Totoket
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Totoket is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totoket
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Hamden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Orchard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brewsterville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brewsterville.

Newspapers Published in Brewsterville ...

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 318 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brewsterville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brewsterville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brewsterville.

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 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 Brewsterville:

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 Brewsterville, 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' (or 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- Brewsterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.