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 Stanwich (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 Stanwich. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Stanwich 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 Stanwich. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stanwich:
Fairfield County (The home county of Stanwich)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Banksville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Banksville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Riverbank (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Stamford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
North Stamford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
North Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stamford High Ridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
High Ridge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge Springdale (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Cos Cob (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Greenwich (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Greenwich is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
Stamford (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Glenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Greenwich (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Glenbrook (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Candlewood Lake Club (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club Chimney Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point Russian Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Russian Village is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village Lanesville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Lanesville is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Milford (29 miles [46.7 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Bowers Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill South Britain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Eastchester (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester City Island (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Riverdale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge 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 Locust Point (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck 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 Dutchess County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Shenandoah (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Pawling (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Greene County (NY)
Cornwall-on-Hudson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson Nassau County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Bayville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Centre Island (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Centre Island is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
Lattingtown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Lattingtown is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattingtown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
Locust Valley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Mill Neck (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Cove Neck (17 miles [27.4 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
Glen Cove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Matinecock (17 miles [27.4 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Sands Point (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Sea Cliff (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
East Norwich (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
East Norwich is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich 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 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 Yorkville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Fort Montgomery (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Highland Falls (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
West Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Central Valley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Cornwall Landing (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing Cornwall-on-Hudson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Harriman (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Highland Mills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Mountainville (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 Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Peach Lake (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake Mahopac (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Brewster (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Crafts (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Adams Corners (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Adams Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners Putnam Valley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Mahopac Mines (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines Brewster Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill Dykemans (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans Continental Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Continental Village is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village Tompkins Corners (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners Deforest Corners (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Beechhurst (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Whitestone (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Douglaston (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Little Neck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Bayside (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Flushing (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Queens Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Queens (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Astoria (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Corona (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Jackson Heights (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Elmhurst (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Upper Nyack (14 miles [22.5 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
Nyack (15 miles [24.1 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
South Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
Grand View-on-Hudson (16 miles [25.7 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 (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Palisades (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Central Nyack (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Congers (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Orangeburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Sparkill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Valley Cottage (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage Blauvelt (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Suffolk County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Lloyd Harbor (16 miles [25.7 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 (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
Eatons Neck (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck Huntington Bay (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Cold Spring Harbor (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Halesite (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Huntington (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Centerport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Northport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Fort Salonga (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Greenlawn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Huntington Station (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Banksville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Armonk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Bedford (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Scotts Corners (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners Pound Ridge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Purchase (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Rye Brook (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Thornwood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Mount Kisco (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Port Chester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Chappaqua (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Valhalla (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stanwich, see our County-by-County Page for Stanwich .
Cemeteries Near Stanwich ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stanwich.
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 Stanwich - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stanwich covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Roxbury Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Beth-el Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Long Ridge Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Knapp Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Quaker Ridge Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Close Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Putnam Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
St. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Westover Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Agudath Sholom Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Ayers Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Sarles Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (450 more) ...
Miller Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Middle Patent Rural Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Pecks Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Stanwich had a population of 140 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stanwich, with the one closest to Stanwich listed first.
Riverbank (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Banksville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Banksville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Long Ridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge North Stamford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
North Stamford is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stamford High Ridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
High Ridge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge Armonk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Bedford (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Cos Cob (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Mianus (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Mianus is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus Stamford (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Springdale (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Springdale is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Glenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Continue List (16 more) ...
Greenwich (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Glenbrook (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Talmadge Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Talmadge Hill is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stanwich. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stanwich .
Newspapers Published in Stanwich ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stanwich.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stanwich, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Stanwich.
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 professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Stanwich:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Fairfield County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Litchfield County New Haven County Bronx County Dutchess County Greene 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 Stanwich. 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. 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 Stanwich, 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- Stanwich) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.