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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 Davidsons Corner (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 Davidsons Corner. 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.

Name Variations for Davidsons Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Davidsons Corner: Davidsons Cor. (or less commonly used: Davidsons Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Davidsons Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Davidsons Corner may originally have been Davidson's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Davidsons Corner might be written as Davidson Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Davidsons Corner is located in New Haven County.

To see how the shape of Connecticut's counties 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 Davidsons Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Davidsons Corner:

  • New Haven County     (The home county of Davidsons Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davidsons Corner, with the one closest to Davidsons Corner listed first.
    • Bethany
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
      • Bethany is located in New Haven County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,513 people
    • Bethany
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hamden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamden
      • Hamden is located in New Haven County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,294 people
    • Prospect
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
      • Prospect is located in New Haven County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,755 people
    • Brooksvale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooksvale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksvale
      • Brooksvale is located in New Haven County
    • Hamden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beacon Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beacon Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Falls
      • Beacon Falls is located in New Haven County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,230 people
    • Beacon Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pine Bridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Borough of Naugatuck
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borough of Naugatuck have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Naugatuck
      • Borough of Naugatuck is located in New Haven County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 31,659 people
    • Naugatuck
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Naugatuck have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naugatuck
      • Naugatuck is located in New Haven County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,905 people
    • Naugatuck
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davidsons Corner, with the one closest to Davidsons Corner listed first.
    • Shelton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
      • East Village is located in Fairfield County
    • Shelton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
      • Shelton is located in Fairfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,957 people
    • White Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Stevenson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
      • Stevenson is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevenson <3>
    • Huntington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Monroe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Monroe is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <3>
    • Riverside
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Monroe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Monroe is located in Fairfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,328 people
    • Oronoque
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Botsford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Botsford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botsford
      • Botsford is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Botsford <3>
    • Sandy Hook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hartford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davidsons Corner, with the one closest to Davidsons Corner listed first.
    • Marion
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Marion is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <3>
    • Milldale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Plantsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Southington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southington
      • Southington is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southington <3>
    • Southington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southington
      • Southington is located in Hartford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,829 people
    • East Bristol
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Berlin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Berlin is located in Hartford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,390 people
    • Bristol
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
      • Bristol is located in Hartford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,734 people
    • Bristol
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
      • Bristol is located in Hartford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,734 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <3>
    • Berlin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kensington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bloomfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Litchfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davidsons Corner, with the one closest to Davidsons Corner listed first.
    • Oakville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
      • Oakville is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakville <3>
    • Greystone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Watertown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
      • Watertown is located in Litchfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,517 people
    • Watertown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodbury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
      • Woodbury is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbury <3>
    • Russian Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
      • Russian Village is located in Litchfield County
    • Hotchkissville ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
      • Woodbury is located in Litchfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,453 people
    • Pequabuck
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pequabuck have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequabuck
      • Pequabuck is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pequabuck <3>
    • Plymouth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Plymouth is located in Litchfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,552 people
    • Terryville Station
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terryville Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station
      • Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County
    • Plymouth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davidsons Corner, with the one closest to Davidsons Corner listed first.
    • Middlefield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlefield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
      • Middlefield is located in Middlesex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
    • Middlefield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlefield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
      • Middlefield is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middlefield <3>
    • Durham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
      • Durham is located in Middlesex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,137 people
    • Durham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Middletown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Middletown is located in Middlesex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
    • Little City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
      • Little City is located in Middlesex County
    • Middletown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Killingworth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killingworth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingworth
      • Killingworth is located in Middlesex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,340 people
    • Cromwell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cromwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
      • Cromwell is located in Middlesex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
    • Cromwell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Portland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gildersleeve
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • New London County
  • Putnam County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davidsons Corner, with the one closest to Davidsons Corner listed first.
    • Deforest Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Putnam Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Putnam Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
      • Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY)

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

Cemeteries Near Davidsons Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Davidsons Corner.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Sperry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sperry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sperry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Carrington Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carrington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carrington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Bethany Burying Ground
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Westwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sperry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sperry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sperry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Carmel Burying Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Northwest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northwest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northwest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Prospect Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prospect Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prospect Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Central Burying Grounds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Burying Grounds
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Central Burying Grounds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Bridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Bridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Bridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (472 more) ...
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Union Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Street Memorial Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Street Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Street Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

While we didn't find Davidsons Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Davidsons Corner.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Davidsons Corner ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Davidsons Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Davidsons Corner, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Davidsons Corner.

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 Davidsons Corner:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Davidsons Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Davidsons Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Davidsons Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Davidsons Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4286, Longitude: -72.9764    









 

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