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 West New York (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 West New York. 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.
Name Variations for West New York ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West New York: W. New York
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
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 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 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.
West New York is located in Hudson County .
To see how the shape of New Jersey's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hudson County : Bergen , Essex , Union , Kings (NY) , New York (NY) & Richmond (NY) .
Below are the counties that are near West New York. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West New York:
Hudson County (The home county of West New York)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Guttenberg (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
Union City (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Union City is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
North Bergen (Less than 2 miles to the north)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen Weehawken (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken Secaucus (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Hoboken (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Bergen (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bergen is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Jersey City (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Communipaw (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Kearny (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Kearny is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
Harrison (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Harrison is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
Bayonne (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Ridgefield Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Fort Lee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Linwood (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Linwood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Borough of Wood-Ridge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Borough of Wood-Ridge is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Wood-Ridge Estimated population in 2015: 8,249 people
Lyndhurst (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst North Arlington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
North Arlington is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Arlington Englewood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Englewood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
Hackensack (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
Teaneck (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck West Englewood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
West Englewood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Garfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Garfield is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
Rochelle Park (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Belleville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Belleville is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Nutley (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Nutley is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley Newark (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Newark is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
Bloomfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Bloomfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Brookdale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Brookdale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale East Orange (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
East Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
Elm Park Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Montclair (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Montclair is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Montclair Heights (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Orange (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Upper Montclair (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Upper Montclair is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Montclair Cedar Grove (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Cedar Grove is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Avenel (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Boynton Beach (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Boynton Beach is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Beach Edgar (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Port Reading (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Port Reading is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Reading Sewaren (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Sewaren is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewaren Colonia (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Colonia is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonia Iselin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Iselin is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iselin Woodbridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Woodbridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge Menlo Park (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Menlo Park is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Park Potters (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Potters is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Fords (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Fords is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Hopelawn (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Hopelawn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopelawn Monmouth County
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
North Middletown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown Belford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Belford is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford Leonardo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Leonardo is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo Port Monmouth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth Navesink (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Navesink is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink New Monmouth (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
New Monmouth is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Monmouth Waterwitch (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch Cliffwood Beach (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Cliffwood Beach is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood Beach Cliffwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Cliffwood is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood Chapel Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Hazlet (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Hazlet is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlet Navesink Beach (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Navesink Beach is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Beach Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
East Hanover (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
East Hanover is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hanover Hanover Neck (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Hanover Neck is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Neck Rosedale Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Rosedale Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village Troy Hills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Troy Hills is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Hills Montville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Montville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville Whippany (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Whippany is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippany Yardley Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Yardley Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley Village Butler (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Butler is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Taylortown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Taylortown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown Boonton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Boonton is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,878 people
Powerville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Powerville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville Green Village (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Green Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Passaic County
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Delawanna (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Passaic (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Passaic is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Athenia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Athenia is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Clifton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Clifton is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Little Falls (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls The Village at Little Falls (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Paterson (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Paterson is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Borough of Woodland Park (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
Singac (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Preakness (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Wayne (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Haskell (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Somerset County
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Union Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Union Village is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Smalleytown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Smalleytown is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smalleytown Union County
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Hillside (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Hillside is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Elizabeth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Elizabeth is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
Elmora (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Elmora is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora Union (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Union is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Linden (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Linden is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
Tremley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Tremley is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremley Springfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Springfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Cranford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Cranford is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Park Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Park Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Clark (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Clark is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Perth Amboy Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Rahway (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Rahway is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
Fairfield County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Belle Haven (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven Glenville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Greenwich (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Cos Cob (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
Old Greenwich (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Shippan Point (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point Stamford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Concourse Village (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Fordham (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Bronx (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Bronx is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
Bronx has also been known as:
Bronx Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <1>
Kings Bridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Riverdale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Williams Bridge (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Locust Point (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Eastchester (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester City Island (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Kings County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
New York (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
New York is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
Greenpoint (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Greenpoint is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint Williamsburg (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Brooklyn Heights (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights Red Hook (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Red Hook is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hook Bushwick (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Bushwick is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick Brooklyn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Weeksville ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Weeksville is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville Flatbush (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Flatbush is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Brownsville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Brownsville is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Marcus Garvey Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Marcus Garvey Village is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus Garvey Village Bay Ridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Bay Ridge is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Ridge Nassau County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
East Atlantic Beach (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
East Atlantic Beach is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlantic Beach Harbor Hills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills Saddle Rock Estates (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Saddle Rock Estates is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Rock Estates Saddle Rock (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Great Neck Estates (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Great Neck Estates is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 2,867 people
Great Neck Gardens (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens Great Neck Plaza (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Great Neck Plaza is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Plaza Population from the 2020 Census: 7,006 people
Great Neck (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Kings Point (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Russell Gardens (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Russell Gardens is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gardens Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
Bellerose Terrace (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Bellerose Terrace is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellerose Terrace Bellerose (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Hell's Kitchen (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Manhattan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Manhattan is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Park West Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Park West Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village Seneca Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Seneca Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village Morningside Heights (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights East Harlem (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
East Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Yorkville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Yorkville is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Harlem (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Harlem is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Greenwich Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Greenwich Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village Kips Bay (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Kips Bay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Peter Cooper Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village Delano Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Delano Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village Orange County (NY)
Tuxedo Park (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Astoria (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Long Island City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Woodside (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Sunnyside (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Jackson Heights (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Maspeth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Elmhurst (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Fresh Pond (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Fresh Pond is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Ridgewood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Corona (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Glendale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Glendale is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Lefrak City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Lefrak City is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefrak City Richmond County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
New Brighton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Stapleton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton Fort Wadsworth (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth Port Richmond (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Old Town Station (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Old Town Station is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station Arlington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Arlington is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Graniteville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Staten Island (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Westerleigh (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Grant City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Grant City is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Bloomfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Bloomfield is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
Heartland Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Palisades (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Tappan (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Sparkill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Orangeburg (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Pearl River (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Piermont (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Blauvelt (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Grand View-on-Hudson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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
Chestnut Ridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Nanuet (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
South Nyack (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
South Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
Central Nyack (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Suffolk County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Cold Spring Harbor (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Lloyd Harbor (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
West Hills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
West Hills is located in Suffolk County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Eastchester (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Yonkers (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Yonkers is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers Population from the 2020 Census: 200,040 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yonkers <1>
Mount Vernon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Bryn Mawr Park (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park Nepperhan (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Nepperhan is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan Pelham Manor (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Pelham (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Pelham is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 6,917 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Bronxville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
New Rochelle (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Tuckahoe (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Hastings-on-Hudson (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Mount Hope (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Mount Hope is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West New York, see our County-by-County Page for West New York .
Cemeteries Near West New York ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West New York.
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 West New York - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West New York covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Grove Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Machpelah Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hoboken Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Flower Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Palisades Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Weehawken Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Congregation Adas Emuno Hoboken (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mt. Moriah Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Fairview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Second Cemetery of the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Third Cemetery of the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Grants Tomb (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (502 more) ...
English Neighborhood Reformed Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
St. Peters Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jersey City & Harsimus 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.<3>
While we didn't find West New York in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West New York.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West New York, with the one closest to West New York listed first.
Guttenberg (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
Weehawken (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken New Durham (Less than 2 miles to the west)
New Durham is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Durham Manhattan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Manhattan is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Secaucus (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Hoboken (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Marion (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Marion is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Bergen (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bergen is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Long Island City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fort Lee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Ridgefield Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Communipaw (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Continue List (22 more) ...
Jersey City (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
New York (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
New York is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
Williamsburg (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West New York. See our List of 1890's Communities around West New York .
Newspapers Published in West New York ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around West New York.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West New York, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for West New York.
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 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 West New York:
Websites specific to New Jersey Pages specific to Hudson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bergen County Essex County Middlesex County Monmouth County Morris County Passaic County Somerset County Union County Fairfield County Bronx County Kings County Nassau County New York County Orange County Queens County Richmond County Rockland County Suffolk County Westchester County Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West New York. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Hudson County: https://www.hcnj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.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 West New York, 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 from Point A (ie- West New York) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.