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 Kent Furnace (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 Kent Furnace. 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.
Kent Furnace is located in 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 Kent Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kent Furnace:
Litchfield County (The home county of Kent Furnace)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Kent (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Kent is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
Kent (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
East Kent (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
East Kent is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent North Kent (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
North Kent is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent South Kent (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bulls Bridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge New Milford (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
New Milford is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
Warren (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
Warren (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Ellsworth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth Gaylordsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Merwinsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville Cornwall Bridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Fairfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Sherman (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Sherman is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
Sherman (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Brookfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
New Fairfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
Brookfield (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Brookfield is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
New Fairfield (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Ball Pond (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond Brookfield Center (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center Hawleyville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Danbury (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Danbury is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
Danbury (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Newtown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Newtown is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown Sandy Hook (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Hartford County
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Bloomfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Burlington (26 miles [41.8 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Bristol (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Whigville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Whigville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville Collinsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Canton Center (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
East Bristol (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
East Bristol is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol Canton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Canton is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Population from the 2020 Census: 10,230 people
Canton Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Canton Valley is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Valley Canton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Hartland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hartland is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Heritage Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Heritage Village is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village South Britain (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Southbury (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Southbury is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
Middlebury (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Southbury (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Waterville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Waterville is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville Southford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Southford is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southford Waterbury (25 miles [40.2 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Wolcott (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Bowers Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill Borough of Naugatuck (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Borough of Naugatuck is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Naugatuck Estimated population in 2014: 31,659 people
Berkshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Ashley Falls (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls Clayton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Gomorrah (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah Mount Washington (25 miles [40.2 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
Sheffield (26 miles [41.8 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
Mill River (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River South Sandisfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
South Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sandisfield Southfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Southfield is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield Egremont (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
South Egremont (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont New Marlborough (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
New Marlborough is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Marlborough Population from the 2020 Census: 1,450 people
Egremont Plain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain Sandisfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandisfield Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
Columbia County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Ancramdale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Silvernails (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Silvernails is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails Ancram (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Weed Mines (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Weed Mines is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines Copake (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Copake Falls (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Suydam ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Suydam is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam Elizaville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Copake Lake (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Copake Lake is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake Taghkanic (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
West Taghkanic (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic Craryville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Dutchess County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Dogtail Corners (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners Dover Plains (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Amenia Union (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union Wassaic (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Leedsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Leedsville is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville Amenia (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Lithgow (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Lithgow is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithgow Camby (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Camby is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camby Mabbettsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Mabbettsville is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabbettsville North Clove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
North Clove is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clove Clove (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Clove is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove Millbrook (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Smithfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Smithfield is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield Putnam County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Patterson (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Putnam Lake (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake Towners (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Towners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners Deforest Corners (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners Farmers Mills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills Lake Carmel (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel Brewster Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill Dykemans (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Brewster (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Peach Lake (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake Crafts (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Mahopac Mines (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines Mahopac (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Ulster County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Highland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Milton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Oakes (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Oakes is located in Ulster County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Esopus (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lloyd (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Lloyd is located in Ulster County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Marlboro (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Ponck Hockie (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie Port Ewen (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Plutarch (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Plutarch is located in Ulster County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch Connelly (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
East Kingston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
East Kingston is located in Ulster County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston Clintondale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Creeklocks (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Creeklocks is located in Ulster County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeklocks Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Heritage Hills (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills Somers (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Twin Lakes Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kent Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Kent Furnace .
Cemeteries Near Kent Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kent Furnace.
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 Kent Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kent Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Congregational Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Good Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Skiff Mtn. Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Bulls Bridge Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Peet Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Kent Hollow Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Upper Merryall Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
South Amenia Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Valley View Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Morningside Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
West Meetinghouse Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Ellsworth Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Continue List (340 more) ...
Gaylordsville Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Long Mtn. Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Northville Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kent Furnace had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kent Furnace, with the one closest to Kent Furnace listed first.
Kent (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
East Kent (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
East Kent is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent North Kent (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
North Kent is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent Bulls Bridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge South Kent (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
South Amenia (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
South Amenia is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amenia Dover Plains (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Gaylordsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Merwinsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville Amenia Union (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union Warren (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Ellsworth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth Continue List (18 more) ...
Wassaic (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Dover Furnace (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Dover Furnace is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Furnace South Dover (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
South Dover is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kent Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kent Furnace .
Newspapers Published in Kent Furnace ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kent Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kent Furnace, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Kent Furnace.
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 websites either 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 Kent Furnace:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Litchfield County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Fairfield County Hartford County New Haven County Berkshire County Columbia County Dutchess County Putnam County Ulster County Westchester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kent Furnace. 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 Kent Furnace, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kent Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.