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 Ridgeway (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 Ridgeway. 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.
Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ridgeway:
Fairfield County (The home county of Ridgeway)
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Glenbrook (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Stamford (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Stamford (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
Springdale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Noroton Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights Noroton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Riverbank (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Old Greenwich (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Shippan Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point Cos Cob (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Greenwich (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Greenwich is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
Darien (4 miles [6.4 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
Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Candlewood Lake Club (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club Chimney Point (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point Russian Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Russian Village is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Milford (27 miles [43.5 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Derby (30 miles [48.3 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 (30 miles [48.3 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>
Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Eastchester (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester City Island (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Williams Bridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Locust Point (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Riverdale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Bronx (22 miles [35.4 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>
Fordham (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Kings Bridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Concourse Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Nassau County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Bayville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Centre Island (11 miles [17.7 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 (12 miles [19.3 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 (12 miles [19.3 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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Locust Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Oyster Bay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Glen Cove (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Matinecock (14 miles [22.5 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 (14 miles [22.5 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
East Norwich (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
East Norwich is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich Laurel Hollow (15 miles [24.1 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)
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Inwood (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Inwood is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Washington Heights (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Washington Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights Delano Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Delano Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village East Harlem (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
East Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Harlem (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Morningside Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights Park West Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Park West Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village Yorkville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Manhattan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Manhattan is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Seneca Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Seneca Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village Hell's Kitchen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Fort Montgomery (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Highland Falls (30 miles [48.3 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 Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Peach Lake (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake Brewster (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Crafts (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Mahopac (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Brewster Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill 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)
Dykemans (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Mahopac Mines (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines Deforest Corners (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners 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 Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Beechhurst (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Little Neck (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Bayside (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Douglaston (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Whitestone (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Flushing (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Queens Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Hollis (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Queens (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Corona (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Jamaica (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Grand View-on-Hudson (18 miles [29 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 (18 miles [29 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>
Piermont (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
South Nyack (18 miles [29 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
Upper Nyack (18 miles [29 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
Palisades (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Sparkill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Blauvelt (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Central Nyack (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Orangeburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Tappan (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Congers (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Suffolk County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway 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 Huntington Bay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Cold Spring Harbor (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Halesite (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Centerport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Huntington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Northport (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)
East Northport (17 miles [27.4 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 Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Banksville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Port Chester (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Rye Brook (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Scotts Corners (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners Purchase (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Pound Ridge (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Armonk (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Milton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Milton is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Rye (9 miles [14.5 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>
Bedford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Harrison (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Lewisboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ridgeway, see our County-by-County Page for Ridgeway .
Cemeteries Near Ridgeway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ridgeway.
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 Ridgeway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ridgeway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
St. Andrew Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Northfield Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
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>
Stillwater Road Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Adams Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Agudath Sholom Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Fairfield Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Boulton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Westover Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
First Congregational Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Tomac Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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 southeast)
Beth-el Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (475 more) ...
Leads Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. Johns Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. John Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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.<3>
While we didn't find Ridgeway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ridgeway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
Stamford (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Glenbrook (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Mianus (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mianus is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus Springdale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Cos Cob (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Noroton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Noroton Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights Riverbank (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Greenwich (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Darien (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Talmadge Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Talmadge Hill is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge Hill Stanwich (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Stanwich is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwich Continue List (15 more) ...
Glenville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville West Norwalk (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
West Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwalk North Stamford (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
North Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stamford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ridgeway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ridgeway .
Newspapers Published in Ridgeway ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ridgeway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ridgeway, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Ridgeway.
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 Ridgeway:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Fairfield County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Litchfield County New Haven County Bronx 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 Ridgeway. 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 Ridgeway, 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- Ridgeway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.