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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 Chester Heights (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 Chester Heights. 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 Chester Heights ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Chester Heights: Chester Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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.

Cemeteries Near Chester Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chester Heights.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chester Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chester Heights, with the one closest to Chester Heights listed first.

  • Beechwoods Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Trinity Protestant Episcopal Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Protestant Episcopal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Protestant Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seacord Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seacord Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seacord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bronxville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bronxville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bronxville Presbyterian Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Mount Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Mount Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Mount Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blessed Sacrament Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blessed Sacrament Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blessed Sacrament Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Flandreau Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flandreau Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flandreau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quaker Burial Grounds
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Burial Grounds
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Burial Grounds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palmer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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    • Sherwood Park Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherwood Park Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherwood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Florence - Powell Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florence - Powell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Florence - Powell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Disbrow Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Disbrow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Disbrow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Chester Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chester Heights.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Chester Heights, with the one closest to Chester Heights listed first.

  • Mount Vernon
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pelham
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
    • Pelham is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,917 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <4>
  • New Rochelle
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Bronxville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Pelham Manor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Larchmont
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Tuckahoe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Eastchester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastchester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
    • Eastchester is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastchester <4>
  • Mamaroneck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Nepperhan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nepperhan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan
    • Nepperhan is located in Westchester County
  • Bryn Mawr Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park
    • Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County
  • Dunwoodie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunwoodie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoodie
    • Dunwoodie is located in Westchester County
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    • Scarsdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
      • Scarsdale is located in Westchester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,785 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scarsdale <4>
    • Park Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
      • Park Hill is located in Westchester County
    • Riverdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chester Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chester Heights.

Newspapers Published in Chester Heights ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chester Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chester Heights, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chester Heights.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Chester Heights:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chester Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Westchester County: www.westchestergov.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>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 Chester Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Chester Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chester Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9257, Longitude: -73.8015       In this case, the coordinates for Chester Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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