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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 Commack (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 Commack. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Commack is located in Suffolk County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Below are the counties that are near Commack. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Commack:

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Commack)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Commack, with the one closest to Commack listed first.
    • East Northport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • East Northport is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
    • Elwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Elwood is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
    • Kings Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dix Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hauppauge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Smithtown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fort Salonga
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • San Remo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • San Remo is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Remo
    • Greenlawn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brentwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Branch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Branch is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Branch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
      • The Branch has also been known as:
      • Village of the Branch
    • Centerport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bronx County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Commack, with the one closest to Commack listed first.
    • City Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • City Island is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
    • Locust Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Locust Point is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
    • Throggs Neck
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
    • Eastchester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Eastchester is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
    • Bronx
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bronx is located in Bronx County
      • 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>
    • Williams Bridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Commack, with the one closest to Commack listed first.
    • Laurel Hollow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
    • Woodbury
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Old Bethpage
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainview
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Syosset
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bethpage
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Farmingdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • South Farmingdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
    • Swedetown Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
    • Cove Neck
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Cove Neck is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
    • Oyster Bay Cove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Oyster Bay Cove is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay Cove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,243 people
    • Centre Island
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Centre Island is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
  • Queens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Commack, with the one closest to Commack listed first.
    • Little Neck
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Douglaston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bayside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Queens Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Rosedale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Beechhurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Beechhurst is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
    • Hollis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Rochdale Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
    • Jamaica
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Queens
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Whitestone
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Flushing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Westchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Commack, with the one closest to Commack listed first.
    • Port Chester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rye
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rye is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <1>
    • Milton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Milton is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Harrison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Rye Brook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Larchmont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Mamaroneck
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Purchase
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • New Rochelle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Banksville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Banksville is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
    • Pelham Manor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pelham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pelham is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,917 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Commack, with the one closest to Commack listed first.
    • Darien
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Darien is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
    • Rowayton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shippan Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
    • Compo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Compo is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
    • East Norwalk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
    • Norwalk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,655 people
    • South Norwalk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk
    • Darien
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Noroton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
    • Old Greenwich
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Greens Farms
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Glenbrook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Commack, with the one closest to Commack listed first.
    • Milford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
    • Milford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Commack, see our County-by-County Page for Commack.

Cemeteries Near Commack ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Commack.

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 Commack - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Commack Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Carll Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Genola Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Phillip Neri Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Golda Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Middleville Road Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Brentwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ft. Salonga Road Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hauppauge Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Landing Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing Cemetery
    • The Landing Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Smithtown Landing Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
  • Continue List   (353 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Commack had a population of 153 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • East Northport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • East Northport is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
  • Elwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Elwood is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Kings Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brentwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hauppauge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Smithtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Greenlawn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Deer Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Central Islip
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Northport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Centerport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Melville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Commack ...

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 221 newspapers that have been published in the area around Commack.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Commack. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Commack and those printed in the larger area surrounding Commack.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> of Commack.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Commack:

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>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 Commack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Commack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.