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 Silvermine (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 Silvermine. 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 and doctors 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.
Silvermine 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 Silvermine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silvermine:
Fairfield County (The home county of Silvermine)
The following are listed by their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Winnipauk (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Winnipauk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipauk South Wilton (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
South Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilton Norwalk (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Winnipauk Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Winnipauk Village is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipauk Village New Canaan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
New Canaan is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canaan Population from the 2020 Census: 20,115 people
New Canaan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Wilton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Population from the 2020 Census: 18,219 people
Wilton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
West Norwalk (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
West Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwalk East Norwalk (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk North Wilton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
North Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilton Norwalk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk Population from the 2020 Census: 88,655 people
Saugatuck (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Saugatuck is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugatuck Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Russian Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Russian Village is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point 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
Roxbury (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
New Milford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Woodbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Woodbury (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Woodbury is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,453 people
New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Milford (20 miles [32.2 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bowers Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill Derby (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 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>
Ansonia (23 miles [37 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 (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Orange (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Orange is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 13,882 people
Orange (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Seymour (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Seymour is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Population from the 2020 Census: 16,326 people
South Britain (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Southbury (24 miles [38.6 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
Heritage Village (25 miles [40.2 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 Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Eastchester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester City Island (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Williams Bridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Locust Point (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Riverdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Bronx (30 miles [48.3 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Kings Bridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Dutchess County (NY)
Pawling (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Nassau County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine 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 (18 miles [29 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
Mill Neck (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Lattingtown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Lattingtown is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattingtown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
Laurel Hollow (20 miles [32.2 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
Locust Valley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
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 Matinecock (21 miles [33.8 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
Upper Brookville (21 miles [33.8 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
Glen Cove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Orange County (NY)
Fort Montgomery (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Putnam County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Peach Lake (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake Brewster (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Brewster Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill Deforest Corners (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners Crafts (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Dykemans (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Mahopac (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Putnam Lake (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake Mahopac Mines (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines Towners (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Towners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners 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 Lake Carmel (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel Putnam Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Douglaston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Little Neck (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Nyack (24 miles [38.6 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 (24 miles [38.6 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 (24 miles [38.6 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 (25 miles [40.2 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
Piermont (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Central Nyack (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Congers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Palisades (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Sparkill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Valley Cottage (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage Blauvelt (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Haverstraw (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Orangeburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Suffolk County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Asharoken (14 miles [22.5 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck Lloyd Harbor (16 miles [25.7 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
Centerport (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Huntington Bay (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Northport (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Halesite (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Fort Salonga (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Cold Spring Harbor (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
East Northport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
East Northport is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport Greenlawn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Huntington (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Huntington Station (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Scotts Corners (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners Lewisboro (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Pound Ridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Boutonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Boutonville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville Banksville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Bedford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Cross River (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Twin Lakes Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village Armonk (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Goldens Bridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Port Chester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Rye Brook (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Mount Kisco (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silvermine, see our County-by-County Page for Silvermine .
Cemeteries Near Silvermine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silvermine.
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 Silvermine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silvermine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Silvermine Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Lakeview Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Maple Street Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Weed Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Riverside Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Norwalk Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Pauls Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Sharp Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. Mathews Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hickok Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Lockwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Old Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Continue List (481 more) ...
Parade Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Waterbury Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hebrew 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Silvermine had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silvermine, with the one closest to Silvermine listed first.
Winnipauk (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Winnipauk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipauk South Wilton (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
South Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilton Norwalk (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
New Canaan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Talmadge Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Talmadge Hill is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge Hill West Norwalk (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
West Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwalk East Norwalk (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk Wilton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
North Wilton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
North Wilton is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilton South Norwalk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk Saugatuck (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Saugatuck is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugatuck Westport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Continue List (17 more) ...
Weston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Vista (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Springdale (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silvermine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silvermine .
Newspapers Published in Silvermine ...
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 164 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silvermine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silvermine, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Silvermine.
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 Silvermine:
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 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 Silvermine. 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 Silvermine, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Silvermine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.