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 Riversville (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 Riversville. 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 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 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.
Riversville 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 Riversville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riversville:
Fairfield County (The home county of Riversville)
The following are listed by their distance from Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Glenville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Greenwich (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Greenwich is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
Greenwich (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Belle Haven (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven Cos Cob (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Banksville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Banksville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Riverbank (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Stamford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
Stamford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Old Greenwich (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Glenbrook (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Shippan Point (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point North Stamford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
North Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stamford Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Eastchester (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester City Island (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Riverdale (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Bronx (17 miles [27.4 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>
Kings Bridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Locust Point (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Fordham (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Throggs Neck (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Concourse Village (20 miles [32.2 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 Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Greenpoint (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Greenpoint is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint Bushwick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Bushwick is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick Williamsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg New York (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
New York is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
Weeksville ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Weeksville is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville Brooklyn Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Brownsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Brownsville is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Marcus Garvey Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Marcus Garvey Village is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus Garvey Village Nassau County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Bayville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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
Glen Cove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Locust Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Centre Island (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Centre Island is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
Mill Neck (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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
Sands Point (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Sea Cliff (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Baxter Estates (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Baxter Estates is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
Glen Head (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Manorhaven (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Manorhaven is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
Cove Neck (15 miles [24.1 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
New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Inwood (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Inwood is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Washington Heights (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Washington Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights Delano Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Delano Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village East Harlem (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
East Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Harlem (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Morningside Heights (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights Park West Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Park West Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village Manhattan (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Manhattan is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Seneca Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Seneca Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village Yorkville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Hell's Kitchen (26 miles [41.8 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Kips Bay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Peter Cooper Village (27 miles [43.5 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 Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Fort Montgomery (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Highland Falls (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
West Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Central Valley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Harriman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Tuxedo Park (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Highland Mills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Woodbury (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Woodbury is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
Putnam County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Mahopac (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Peach Lake (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake Adams Corners (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Adams Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners Putnam Valley (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Crafts (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Continental Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Continental Village is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village Brewster (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mahopac Mines (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines Tompkins Corners (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners Brewster Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill Dykemans (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Garrison (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Glenclyffe (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Beechhurst (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Whitestone (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Douglaston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Little Neck (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Bayside (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Flushing (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Queens (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Corona (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Heights (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Hollis (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Astoria (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Elmhurst (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Lefrak City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Lefrak City is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefrak City Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Grand View-on-Hudson (12 miles [19.3 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 (12 miles [19.3 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>
Palisades (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Piermont (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
South Nyack (12 miles [19.3 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 (12 miles [19.3 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
Sparkill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Blauvelt (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Central Nyack (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Orangeburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Tappan (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Congers (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Valley Cottage (15 miles [24.1 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 Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Lloyd Harbor (15 miles [24.1 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
Eatons Neck (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck Asharoken (17 miles [27.4 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
Cold Spring Harbor (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Huntington Bay (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Halesite (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Huntington (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Centerport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Huntington Station (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Greenlawn (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Northport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
South Huntington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
South Huntington is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington West Hills (21 miles [33.8 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 Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Rye Brook (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Purchase (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Armonk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Port Chester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
White Plains (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Banksville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Rye (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
Valhalla (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Thornwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Harrison (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Milton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Milton is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Fairview (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Elmsford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riversville, see our County-by-County Page for Riversville .
Cemeteries Near Riversville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riversville.
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 Riversville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riversville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Hebrew Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Pecks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Water Baptist Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Water Baptist Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Merritt Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Howe Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Quaker Ridge Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Brown Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Putnam Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Putnam Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
St. Marys Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Close Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (476 more) ...
Purchase Friends Meeting Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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>
Second Congregational Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Riversville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riversville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riversville, with the one closest to Riversville listed first.
Glenville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Purchase (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Greenwich (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
White Plains (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Port Chester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Cos Cob (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Armonk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Mianus (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Mianus is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus Stanwich (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Stanwich is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwich Rye (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
Riverbank (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Banksville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Banksville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Continue List (16 more) ...
Valhalla (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Harrison (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Stamford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riversville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riversville .
Newspapers Published in Riversville ...
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 211 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riversville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riversville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Riversville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Riversville:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Fairfield County Genealogy information for nearby counties
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 Riversville. 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 Riversville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Riversville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.