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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Emmons City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Emmons City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Emmons City, 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 Emmons City (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 Emmons City. 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 Emmons City ...
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.
While the name of this community is Emmons City, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Emmons City may originally have been Emmon's City.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Emmons City might be written as Emmon City.
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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Emmons City is historic, it would have been located within present day Litchfield 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 Litchfield County: Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, Berkshire (MA), Hampden (MA), Columbia (NY) & Dutchess (NY).
Below are the counties that are near Emmons City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Emmons City:
- Litchfield County (The home county of Emmons City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- West Morris
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Morris is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Morris
- Lakeside
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Romford
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Romford is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romford
- Morris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Morris is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,250 people
- Sandy Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sandy Beach is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
- Bantam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grappaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grappaville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grappaville
- Woodville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Morris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Washington Depot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,419 people
- Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,385 people
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- Sherman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Brookfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hawleyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- Newtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newtown is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- New Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Hartford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- Bloomfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,734 people
- Bristol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,748 people
- Burlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Whigville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Whigville is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- East Bristol
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Bristol is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- Unionville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Collinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Farmington Station is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Station
- Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- Middlefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Middlefield is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
- Middlefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Haven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- Waterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waterville is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Middlebury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Middlebury is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,829 people
- Middlebury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Southbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Southbury is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
- Southbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Waterbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waterbury is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106,826 people
- Waterbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wolcott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wolcott is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,565 people
- South Britain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wolcott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Southford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Southford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- Clayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Ashley Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Gomorrah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- South Sandisfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sandisfield
- Southfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Southfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield
- Mill River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
- New Marlborough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Marlborough is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,450 people
- Sandisfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
- Sheffield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Mount Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Hampden County (MA)
- Tolland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tolland is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Columbia County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- Ancramdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weed Mines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Dutchess County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- Dogtail Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
- Amenia Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union
- Dover Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leedsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leedsville is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
- Wassaic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amenia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pawling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lithgow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lithgow is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithgow
- Camby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Camby is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby
- North Clove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- North Clove is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove
- Clove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clove is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- Mabbettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mabbettsville is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabbettsville
- Putnam County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- Patterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Deforest Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Towners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Towners is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Brewster Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Dykemans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Lake Carmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Brewster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
- Farmers Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Crafts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Emmons City, see our County-by-County Page for Emmons City.
Cemeteries Near Emmons City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emmons City.
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 Emmons City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Emmons City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- Romford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bantam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carmel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Preston Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Judea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Headquarters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (425 more) ...
- Milton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Upper Merryall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Northville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Emmons City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Emmons City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Emmons City, with the one closest to Emmons City listed first.
- West Morris
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Morris is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Morris
- Romford
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Romford is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romford
- Bantam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Washington Depot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Morris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Morris is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Morris
- New Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marble Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Northfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Emmons City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emmons City.
Newspapers Published in Emmons City ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emmons City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emmons City, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emmons City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Emmons City:
- Websites specific to Connecticut
- Pages specific to Litchfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Middlesex County
- New Haven County
- Berkshire County
- Hampden County
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Putnam County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut
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 Emmons City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Emmons City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |