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 Darien (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 Darien. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Darien 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 Darien. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Darien:
Fairfield County (The home county of Darien)
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Darien (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Noroton Heights (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights Noroton (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Rowayton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Glenbrook (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Shippan Point (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point West Norwalk (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
West Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwalk Springdale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Stamford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Norwalk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk Population from the 2020 Census: 88,655 people
South Norwalk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk Stamford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
Old Greenwich (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
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 Candlewood Lake Club (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Milford (24 miles [38.6 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Derby (27 miles [43.5 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>
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
Orange (28 miles [45.1 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
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
Ansonia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Seymour (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Seymour is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Population from the 2020 Census: 16,326 people
West Haven (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
West Haven is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
City Island (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Eastchester (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester 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 Williams Bridge (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Bronx (24 miles [38.6 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>
Riverdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Fordham (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Kings Bridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Concourse Village (27 miles [43.5 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 Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Centre Island (10 miles [16.1 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
Bayville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Cove Neck (11 miles [17.7 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
Mill Neck (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Lattingtown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Lattingtown is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattingtown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
Laurel Hollow (13 miles [20.9 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
Matinecock (13 miles [20.9 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 Cove (13 miles [20.9 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
Oyster Bay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Locust Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
East Norwich (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
East Norwich is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich Upper Brookville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Upper Brookville is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Brookville Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
Glen Cove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Inwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Inwood is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Washington Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Washington Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights Delano Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Delano Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village East Harlem (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
East Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Harlem (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Morningside Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights 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 Yorkville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Putnam County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Peach Lake (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake Brewster (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Mahopac (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Brewster Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill Crafts (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Deforest Corners (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners Dykemans (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Putnam Lake (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake Adams Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Adams Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners Mahopac Mines (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines Putnam Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Continental Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Continental Village is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village Tompkins Corners (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Little Neck (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
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)
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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Hollis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Queens (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Corona (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Heights (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Jamaica (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Kew Gardens (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Grand View-on-Hudson (22 miles [35.4 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
Palisades (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Piermont (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
South Nyack (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 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
Nyack (23 miles [37 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>
Sparkill (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Blauvelt (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Central Nyack (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Orangeburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Tappan (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Congers (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Valley Cottage (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage Suffolk County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Lloyd Harbor (9 miles [14.5 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 (9 miles [14.5 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 (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck Huntington Bay (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Halesite (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Cold Spring Harbor (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Huntington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Centerport (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Northport (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Fort Salonga (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Greenlawn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Huntington Station (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
East Northport (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
East Northport is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Scotts Corners (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners Banksville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Port Chester (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Rye Brook (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Pound Ridge (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Milton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Milton is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Rye (12 miles [19.3 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>
Purchase (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Lewisboro (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Armonk (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Bedford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Harrison (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Boutonville (14 miles [22.5 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 Darien, see our County-by-County Page for Darien .
Cemeteries Near Darien ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Darien.
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 Darien - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Darien covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Spring Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Woodland Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Bell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Raymond Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Rowayton Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowayton Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Rowayton Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> Darien . The Rowayton Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Rowayton Cemetery Union Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103773 <2>
Leads Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Slassoh Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Old Jewish Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Waterbury Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
St. John Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
St. Johns Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Temple Shalom Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (466 more) ...
Old Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Fairfield Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Hoyt Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Darien in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Darien.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Darien, with the one closest to Darien listed first.
Noroton Heights (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights Noroton (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Darien (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Rowayton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Glenbrook (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook West Norwalk (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
West Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwalk Springdale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Stamford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Talmadge Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Talmadge Hill is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge Hill South Norwalk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk East Norwalk (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk Norwalk (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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Mianus (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Mianus is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus Riverbank (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank New Canaan (6 miles [9.7 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 Darien. See our List of 1890's Communities around Darien .
Newspapers Published in Darien ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Darien.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Darien, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Darien.
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 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 Darien:
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 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 Darien. 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 . 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- Darien) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Darien, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.