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 Trumbull (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 Trumbull. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Trumbull 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 Trumbull. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trumbull:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Trumbull)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Trumbull
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Trumbull is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,438 people
- Long Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Long Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
- Nichols
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nichols is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Bridgeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
- Melville Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melville Village is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Village
- Huntington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stratford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stratford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
- Oronoque
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oronoque is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
- Fairfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,215 people
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,466 people
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hartford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Milldale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plantsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Southington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southington is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,829 people
- Litchfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Russian Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Russian Village is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
- Woodbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roxbury
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Bridgewater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Bridgewater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Candlewood Lake Club
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Hotchkissville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hotchkissville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotchkissville
- Roxbury Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- Roxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woodbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woodbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,453 people
- Lanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Middlesex County
- Durham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Durham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,137 people
- New Haven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Milford
(7 miles [11.3 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Derby
(8 miles [12.9 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
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,882 people
- Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ansonia
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bowers Hill is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Hill
- Seymour
(11 miles [17.7 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
- West Haven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Haven is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
- Seymour
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dutchess County (NY)
- Pawling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nassau County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Centre Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centre Island is located in Nassau County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Bayville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Neck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Neck is located in Nassau County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Laurel Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
- Mill Neck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oyster Bay Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Putnam County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Peach Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Lake is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
- Deforest Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Putnam Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Putnam Lake is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Lake
- Brewster Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- Brewster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dykemans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Towners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Towners is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Crafts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Lake Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Patterson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahopac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mahopac Mines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Suffolk County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Old Field
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Belle Terre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belle Terre is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Poquott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Poquott is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Setauket
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- East Setauket
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Port Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stony Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Miller Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sinai
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Asharoken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Asharoken is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asharoken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Fort Salonga
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eatons Neck
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck
- Westchester County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Lewisboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boutonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Boutonville is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville
- Scotts Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners
- Pound Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Cross River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Banksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goldens Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Somers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Heritage Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Armonk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trumbull, see our County-by-County Page for Trumbull.
Cemeteries Near Trumbull ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trumbull.
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 Trumbull - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trumbull covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Brinsmade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brinsmade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Long Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairchild Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Unity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Stratford.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Orthodox Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103638 <3>
- Nichols Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (452 more) ...
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pembroke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Trumbull had a population of 118 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trumbull, with the one closest to Trumbull listed first.
- Long Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Long Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
- Nichols
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nichols is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Plattsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plattsville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsville
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Huntington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Stratford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Naugatuck Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Naugatuck Junction is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naugatuck Junction
- Stepney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stepney is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepney
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aspetuck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Aspetuck is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspetuck
- Greenfield Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Hill
- Black Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Black Rock is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- White Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Hills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hills
- Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trumbull. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trumbull.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Trumbull ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trumbull.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Trumbull. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Trumbull and those printed in the larger area surrounding Trumbull.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> of Trumbull.
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 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 Trumbull:
- Websites specific to Connecticut
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- Middlesex County
- New Haven County
- Dutchess County
- Nassau County
- Putnam County
- Suffolk County
- Westchester County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Trumbull) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Trumbull, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |