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 New Canaan (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 New Canaan. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
New Canaan 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 New Canaan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Canaan:
Fairfield County (The home county of New Canaan)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
New Canaan (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
North Stamford (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
North Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stamford High Ridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
High Ridge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge South Wilton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
South Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilton Winnipauk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Winnipauk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipauk North Wilton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilton Wilton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Population from the 2020 Census: 18,219 people
Wilton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Springdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale West Norwalk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
West Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwalk Winnipauk Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Winnipauk Village is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipauk Village Darien (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Candlewood Lake Club (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club Chimney Point (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point Russian Village (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Russian Village is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village Bridgewater (26 miles [41.8 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Lanesville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Lanesville is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville Roxbury Station (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station Roxbury (28 miles [45.1 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
New Milford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Roxbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Woodbury (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Milford (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Milford is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
Milford (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Bowers Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill Derby (24 miles [38.6 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 (24 miles [38.6 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 <1>
Orange (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Ansonia (25 miles [40.2 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
South Britain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Southbury (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Southbury is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbury Population from the 2020 Census: 19,496 people
Orange (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Orange is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 13,882 people
Heritage Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Heritage Village is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Eastchester (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester City Island (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Riverdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Bronx (28 miles [45.1 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Locust Point (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Spuyten Duyvil (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Throggs Neck (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Fordham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Dutchess County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Pawling (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Shenandoah (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah West Pawling (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
West Pawling is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling Nassau County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Bayville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Centre Island (17 miles [27.4 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
Cove Neck (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Cove Neck is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
Lattingtown (19 miles [30.6 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
Mill Neck (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Locust Valley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Matinecock (20 miles [32.2 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 Cove (20 miles [32.2 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
Oyster Bay (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
East Norwich (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
East Norwich is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich Glen Cove (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Laurel Hollow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
New York County (NY)
Inwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Inwood is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Fort Montgomery (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Highland Falls (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
West Point (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Putnam County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Peach Lake (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake Brewster (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Brewster Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill Mahopac (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Deforest Corners (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners Dykemans (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Crafts (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Putnam Lake (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake Mahopac Mines (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines Adams Corners (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Adams Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners Lake Carmel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel Putnam Valley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Beechhurst (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Bayside (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Douglaston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Little Neck (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Whitestone (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Upper Nyack (21 miles [33.8 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
Grand View-on-Hudson (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 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>
South Nyack (22 miles [35.4 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
Palisades (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Central Nyack (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Congers (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Piermont (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Sparkill (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Valley Cottage (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage Blauvelt (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Haverstraw (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Suffolk County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Asharoken (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Asharoken is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asharoken Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
Eatons Neck (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck Lloyd Harbor (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
Huntington Bay (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Centerport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Halesite (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Northport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Cold Spring Harbor (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Huntington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Fort Salonga (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Greenlawn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
East Northport (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
East Northport is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Scotts Corners (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners Lewisboro (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Pound Ridge (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Boutonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Boutonville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville Banksville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Bedford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Cross River (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Twin Lakes Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village Armonk (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Mount Kisco (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Goldens Bridge (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Chappaqua (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Canaan, see our County-by-County Page for New Canaan .
Cemeteries Near New Canaan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Canaan.
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 New Canaan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Canaan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
Garden Center Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Old Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Parade Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Maple Street Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Lakeview Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Lockwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Hickok Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Seely - Stevens Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Silvermine Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Sellecks Corner Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Hoyt Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Canfield Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (461 more) ...
Green Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hoyt Cemetery #2 (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Stevens Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find New Canaan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Canaan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Canaan, with the one closest to New Canaan listed first.
New Canaan (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
North Stamford (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
North Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stamford Talmadge Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Talmadge Hill is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge Hill Silvermine (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Silvermine is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvermine Vista (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
High Ridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
High Ridge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge Springdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale West Norwalk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
West Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwalk Winnipauk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Winnipauk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipauk South Wilton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
South Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilton Wilton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Wilton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilton Continue List (13 more) ...
Long Ridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge Lewisboro (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Riverbank (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Canaan. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Canaan .
Newspapers Published in New Canaan ...
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 186 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Canaan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Canaan, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for New Canaan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 New Canaan:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Fairfield County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Litchfield County New Haven County Bronx County Dutchess 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 New Canaan. 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 . 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 from Point A (ie- New Canaan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 New Canaan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.