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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Little Danbury. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Little Danbury to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Little Danbury, 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 Little Danbury (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 Little Danbury. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Little Danbury is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Little Danbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Danbury:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Little Danbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Danbury, with the one closest to Little Danbury listed first.
- Fairfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Southport
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Black Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Fairfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,215 people
- Greens Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Melville Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Melville Village is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Village
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Hill
- Compo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Compo is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
- Westport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Westport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,444 people
- Westport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Coley Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coley Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coley Town
- Litchfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Danbury, with the one closest to Little Danbury listed first.
- Russian Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Russian Village is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
- Candlewood Lake Club
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Bridgewater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Bridgewater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lanesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Roxbury Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- Roxbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Roxbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
- Roxbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hotchkissville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hotchkissville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotchkissville
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,453 people
- New Haven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Danbury, with the one closest to Little Danbury listed first.
- Milford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
- Milford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,882 people
- Orange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Derby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
- Derby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
- Former name for Derby:
- Birmingham
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <2>
- Ansonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ansonia is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,525 people
- Ansonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Haven is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
- West Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allingtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill
- Seymour
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,326 people
- Nassau County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Danbury, with the one closest to Little Danbury listed first.
- Centre Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centre Island is located in Nassau County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Cove Neck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Neck is located in Nassau County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Bayville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Hollow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
- Oyster Bay Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Mill Neck
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oyster Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Norwich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Norwich is located in Nassau County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich
- Lattingtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lattingtown is located in Nassau County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattingtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
- Syosset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Matinecock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Matinecock is located in Nassau County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matinecock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 825 people
- Putnam County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Danbury, with the one closest to Little Danbury listed first.
- Peach Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
- Brewster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deforest Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Brewster Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Putnam Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Dykemans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Crafts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Mahopac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Towners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Towners is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Suffolk County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Danbury, with the one closest to Little Danbury listed first.
- Old Field
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- East Setauket
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poquott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poquott is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Setauket
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Asharoken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Asharoken is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asharoken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Fort Salonga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nissequogue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nissequogue is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nissequogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,727 people
- Stony Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Port Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eatons Neck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck
- Centerport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Head-of-the-Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Head-of-the-Harbor is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head-of-the-Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
- Westchester County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Danbury, with the one closest to Little Danbury listed first.
- Lewisboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners
- Pound Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Boutonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boutonville is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville
- Twin Lakes Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Banksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Cross River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Port Chester
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rye Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Armonk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Goldens Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Danbury, see our County-by-County Page for Little Danbury.
Cemeteries Near Little Danbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Danbury.
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 Little Danbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Danbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Danbury, with the one closest to Little Danbury listed first.
- Old Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Thomas Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Thomas Cemetery is located in Fairfield.
- Old West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Fairfield.
- The Oak Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oaklawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1000492 <3>
- Old Stratfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lawncroft Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawncroft Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lawncroft Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Bridgeport.
- The Lawncroft Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawncroft Burial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103441 <3>
- Loyalty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Little Danbury in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Danbury.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Danbury, with the one closest to Little Danbury listed first.
- Fairfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Southport
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Black Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Greens Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Hill
- Westport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plattsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Plattsville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsville
- Saugatuck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Saugatuck is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugatuck
- Stratford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aspetuck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aspetuck is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspetuck
- East Norwalk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Nichols
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nichols is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Trumbull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Danbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Danbury.
Newspapers Published in Little Danbury ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Danbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Danbury, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Danbury.
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 Little Danbury:
- Websites specific to Connecticut
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Litchfield County
- New Haven County
- Nassau County
- Putnam County
- Suffolk County
- Westchester 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 Little Danbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Danbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |