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 Crestwood (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 Crestwood. 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.
Newspapers Published in Crestwood ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crestwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crestwood, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crestwood.
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 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 Crestwood:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Westchester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bronx County
- Kings County
- Nassau County
- New York County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Queens County
- Richmond County
- Rockland County
- Suffolk County
- Fairfield County
- Bergen County
- Essex County
- Hudson County
- Morris County
- Passaic County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Cemeteries Near Crestwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crestwood.
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 Crestwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crestwood, with the one closest to Crestwood listed first.
- St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bronxville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bronxville Presbyterian Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bronxville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Seacord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seacord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seacord Cemetery
- Holy Mount Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Mount Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Mount Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sherwood Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherwood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherwood Park Cemetery
- Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Cemetery
- Westchester Hills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Yonkers.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66010 <2>
- Continue List (512 more) ...
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Yonkers.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65498 <2>
- Palmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palmer Cemetery
- Cooke Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooke Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooke Family Cemetery
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>
While we didn't find Crestwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crestwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crestwood, with the one closest to Crestwood listed first.
- Tuckahoe
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bronxville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bryn Mawr Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park
- Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County
- Nepperhan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nepperhan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan
- Nepperhan is located in Westchester County
- Glenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Glenwood is located in Westchester County
- Ardsley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ardsley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardsley
- Ardsley is located in Westchester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,502 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ardsley <5>
- Dunwoodie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunwoodie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoodie
- Dunwoodie is located in Westchester County
- Mount Vernon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pelham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Rochelle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chauncey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chauncey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Chauncey is located in Westchester County
- Scarsdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <5>
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Hope is located in Westchester County
- Hastings-on-Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yonkers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crestwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crestwood.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crestwood. 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> | 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- Crestwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crestwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9601, Longitude: -73.8243 In this case, the coordinates for Crestwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<2> | 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. |
<3> | 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. |
<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 Crestwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
<5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |