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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sunnyside. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sunnyside to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunnyside, please Contact Us.
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 Sunnyside (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 Sunnyside. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sunnyside is historic, it would have been located within present day New London 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 New London County: Hartford, Middlesex, Tolland, Windham, Kent (RI) & Washington (RI).
Below are the counties that are near Sunnyside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunnyside:
- New London County (The home county of Sunnyside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Norwich
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenville is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Norwich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Norwich is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,619 people
- Hallville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hallville is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallville
- Preston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,629 people
- Taftville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Norwichtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norwichtown is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwichtown
- Mohegan ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mohegan is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohegan
- Preston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yantic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allyn Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Allyn Point is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allyn Point
- Ledyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ledyard is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,579 people
- Bozrah
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hartford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Marlborough
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Terramuggus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Terramuggus is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terramuggus
- Marlborough
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marlborough is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,303 people
- Buckingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- East Glastonbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glastonbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glastonbury is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,426 people
- Addison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Addison is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Lydallville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lydallville is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville
- Manchester Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester Green is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green
- Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,362 people
- Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Glastonbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Taylor Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Taylor Town is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Crowley Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner
- East Haddam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Haddam is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haddam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,956 people
- Little Haddam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Little Haddam is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Haddam
- Moodus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Haddam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Johnsonville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Johnsonville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Johnsonville has also been known as:
- Johnsonville Village
- Centerbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deep River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Essex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,634 people
- Essex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,175 people
- East Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Hampton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
- Tolland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Amston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conantville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conantville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville
- Turnerville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turnerville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Columbia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,355 people
- Columbia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Atwoodville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Atwoodville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville
- Hebron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,480 people
- Mansfield City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield City is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City
- Mansfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Andover is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
- Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Canterbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Canterbury is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
- Scotland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Scotland is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
- Scotland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Windham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Windham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plainfield Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield Village is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village
- Plainfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Windham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
- Ekonk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ekonk is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk
- Plainfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
- Willimantic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Suffolk County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Fishers Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Orient Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Orient Point is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
- Orient
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kent County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Greene
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greene is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Rice City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rice City is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City
- West Greenwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Greenwich is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,418 people
- Coventry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coventry is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
- Gortons Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gortons Corner is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner
- Kitts Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kitts Corner is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner
- Spring Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Coventry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coventry is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Shippee Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shippee Corner is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner
- Quidnick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quidnick is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick
- East Greenwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Greenwich is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
- Arkwright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arkwright is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright
- Phenix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Providence County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Clayville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clayville is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
- Foster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Simmons Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Simmons Corner is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner
- Foster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Richmond ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Rockland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockland is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Chopmist
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chopmist is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist
- Kent ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Washington County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Hopkinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,095 people
- Hopkinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Ashaway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ashaway is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway
- Westerly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westerly is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,328 people
- Westerly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westerly is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
- Moscow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Canonchet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Canonchet is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet
- Avondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Alton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Alton is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Burdickville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Burdickville is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdickville
- Hope Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hope Valley is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Arcadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunnyside, see our County-by-County Page for Sunnyside.
Cemeteries Near Sunnyside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunnyside.
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 Sunnyside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunnyside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Norwich City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hamilton Ave. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hickory Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Royal Monhegan Burial Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ft. Shantok Indian Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brewster Neck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Poquetanuck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gates Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (634 more) ...
- Smallpox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Long Society Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Uptown Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Sunnyside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunnyside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Norwich
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Thamesville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thamesville is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thamesville
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenville is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poquetanuck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poquetanuck is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquetanuck
- Leffingwell ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leffingwell is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leffingwell
- Mohegan ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mohegan is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohegan
- Taftville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Norwichtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norwichtown is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwichtown
- Massapeag
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Massapeag is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massapeag
- Shewville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shewville is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shewville
- Preston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yantic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oakdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Montville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Allyn Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Allyn Point is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allyn Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunnyside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunnyside.
Newspapers Published in Sunnyside ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunnyside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunnyside, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunnyside.
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 Sunnyside:
- Websites specific to Connecticut
- Pages specific to New London County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hartford County
- Middlesex County
- Tolland County
- Windham County
- Suffolk County
- Kent County
- Providence County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sunnyside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sunnyside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |