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 Greenwich (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 Greenwich. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Greenwich 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 Greenwich. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwich:
Fairfield County (The home county of Greenwich)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Cos Cob (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Greenwich (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Old Greenwich (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Belle Haven (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven Glenville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Stamford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Shippan Point (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point Riverbank (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Glenbrook (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Stamford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
Noroton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Noroton Heights (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights Springdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Eastchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester City Island (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Riverdale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Bronx (18 miles [29 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>
Kings Bridge (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Locust Point (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Fordham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Spuyten Duyvil (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Concourse Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Kings County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Greenpoint (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Greenpoint is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint Bushwick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Bushwick is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick Williamsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Brooklyn Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Brownsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Brownsville is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Marcus Garvey Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Marcus Garvey Village is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus Garvey Village New York (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
New York is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
Weeksville ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Weeksville is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville Nassau County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Bayville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Lattingtown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Lattingtown is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattingtown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
Centre Island (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Centre Island is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
Locust Valley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Mill Neck (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Glen Cove (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Matinecock (12 miles [19.3 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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Cove Neck (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Cove Neck is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
East Norwich (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
East Norwich is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich Sands Point (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Sea Cliff (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Oyster Bay Cove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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
New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Inwood (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Inwood is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Washington Heights (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Washington Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights Delano Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Delano Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village East Harlem (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
East Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Harlem (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Morningside Heights (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights Park West Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Park West Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village Manhattan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Manhattan is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Seneca Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Seneca Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village Yorkville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Hell's Kitchen (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen East Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
East Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Kips Bay (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Kips Bay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Fort Montgomery (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Highland Falls (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
West Point (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Putnam County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich 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 Mahopac (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Brewster (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Crafts (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Adams Corners (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Adams Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners Putnam Valley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mahopac Mines (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines Continental Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Continental Village is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village 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 Tompkins Corners (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners Dykemans (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Deforest Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners Glenclyffe (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Beechhurst (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Whitestone (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Bayside (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Douglaston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Little Neck (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Flushing (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Hollis (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Queens Village (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Queens (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Astoria (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Corona (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Heights (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Lefrak City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Lefrak City is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefrak City Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Palisades (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Piermont (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
South Nyack (15 miles [24.1 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
Grand View-on-Hudson (16 miles [25.7 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
Nyack (16 miles [25.7 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 (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Upper Nyack (16 miles [25.7 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
Blauvelt (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Central Nyack (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Orangeburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Tappan (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Congers (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Valley Cottage (18 miles [29 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 Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Lloyd Harbor (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 (13 miles [20.9 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 (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck Huntington Bay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Cold Spring Harbor (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Halesite (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Huntington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Centerport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Huntington Station (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Northport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Greenlawn (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
East Northport (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
East Northport is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport Fort Salonga (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Port Chester (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Rye Brook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Rye (5 miles [8 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 (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Milton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Milton is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Banksville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Armonk (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Harrison (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
White Plains (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Mamaroneck (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Valhalla (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Fairview (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Hartsdale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwich, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwich .
Cemeteries Near Greenwich ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwich.
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 Greenwich - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwich covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Second Congregational Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Christ Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Second Congregational Church Cemetery Second Congregational Church Union Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103772 <2>
Old Cos Cob Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Greenwich Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Putnam Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Putnam Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Brown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
First Congregational Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Adams Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Howe Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (470 more) ...
Lyon - Rawson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Tomac Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomac Cemetery The Tomac Cemetery has also been known as:
Old Sound Beach Cemetery Tomac Burying Ground Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103763 <2>
St. Andrew Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Greenwich in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenwich.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
Cos Cob (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Greenwich (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mianus (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Mianus is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus Glenville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Port Chester (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Stamford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Glenbrook (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Riverbank (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Rye (5 miles [8 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>
Stanwich (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Stanwich is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwich Purchase (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Noroton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Continue List (18 more) ...
Noroton Heights (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights Springdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Banksville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Banksville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenwich. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwich .
Newspapers Published in Greenwich ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwich.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwich, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Greenwich.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Greenwich:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Fairfield County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bronx County Kings County Nassau County New York County Orange 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 Greenwich. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Greenwich, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenwich) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.