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 Mianus (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 Mianus. 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 doctors and 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.
Mianus 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 Mianus. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mianus:
Fairfield County (The home county of Mianus)
The following are listed by their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Cos Cob (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Old Greenwich (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Greenwich (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Greenwich is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
Stamford (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Greenwich (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Shippan Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point Glenbrook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Belle Haven (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven Glenville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Riverbank (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Stamford (4 miles [6.4 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
Darien (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Darien is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
Noroton Heights (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Milford (30 miles [48.3 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
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 Eastchester (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Riverdale (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Bronx (19 miles [30.6 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Locust Point (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Fordham (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Spuyten Duyvil (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Concourse Village (22 miles [35.4 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 Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Greenpoint (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Greenpoint is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint Bushwick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Bushwick is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick Williamsburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg 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 Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Bayville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Centre Island (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Centre Island is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
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
Locust Valley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Mill Neck (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Cove Neck (11 miles [17.7 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
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)
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 Oyster Bay Cove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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
Sea Cliff (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Upper Brookville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Upper Brookville is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Brookville Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Inwood (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Inwood is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Washington Heights (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Washington Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights Delano Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Delano Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village East Harlem (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
East Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Harlem (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Morningside Heights (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights Manhattan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Manhattan is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Park West Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Park West Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village Seneca Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Seneca Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village Yorkville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Hell's Kitchen (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Kips Bay (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Kips Bay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Peter Cooper Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus 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 Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus 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 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 Dykemans (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Continental Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Continental Village is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village Tompkins Corners (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners Deforest Corners (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners Putnam Lake (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Douglaston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Little Neck (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Beechhurst (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Whitestone (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Bayside (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Flushing (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Hollis (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Queens Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Queens (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Astoria (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Corona (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Heights (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Jamaica (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Palisades (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Piermont (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
South Nyack (16 miles [25.7 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 (17 miles [27.4 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 (17 miles [27.4 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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Upper Nyack (17 miles [27.4 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
Orangeburg (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Tappan (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Blauvelt (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Central Nyack (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Congers (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Valley Cottage (19 miles [30.6 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 Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus 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 (12 miles [19.3 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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck Cold Spring Harbor (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Huntington Bay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Halesite (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Huntington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Centerport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Greenlawn (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)
Fort Salonga (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
West Hills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
West Hills is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Port Chester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Rye Brook (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Rye (6 miles [9.7 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 (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Banksville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Milton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Milton is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Armonk (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Harrison (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
White Plains (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Mamaroneck (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Valhalla (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Fairview (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Hartsdale (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mianus, see our County-by-County Page for Mianus .
Cemeteries Near Mianus ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mianus.
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 Mianus - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mianus covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Old Cos Cob Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Greenwich Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Second Congregational Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Christ Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
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>
First Congregational Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Adams Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Putnam Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Tomac Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
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>
Woodland Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
St. Andrew Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Northfield Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Northfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stamford . The Northfield Cemetery has also been known as:
North Street Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1019853 <2>
Continue List (473 more) ...
Stillwater Road Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Westover Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
St. Marys Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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 Mianus had a population of 475 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mianus, with the one closest to Mianus listed first.
Cos Cob (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Greenwich (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Stamford (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Glenbrook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Glenville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Port Chester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Riverbank (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Stanwich (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Stanwich is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwich Noroton (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Noroton Heights (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights Springdale (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Rye (6 miles [9.7 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>
Continue List (14 more) ...
Darien (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Purchase (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Long Ridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mianus. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mianus .
Newspapers Published in Mianus ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mianus.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mianus, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Mianus.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Mianus:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Fairfield County Genealogy information for nearby counties
New Haven County 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 Mianus. 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 Mianus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mianus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.