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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 Deer Park (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 Deer Park. 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 Deer Park ...

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.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Deer Park. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Deer Park.

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 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.

Deer Park 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 Deer Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deer Park:

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Deer Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
    • Wyandanch
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Baywood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Baywood is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
    • Dix Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Wheatley Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • North Babylon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • North Babylon is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Babylon
    • West Babylon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • West Babylon is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Babylon
    • West Islip
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • West Islip is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Islip
    • North Bay Shore
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • North Bay Shore is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay Shore
    • Brentwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Babylon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Brightwaters
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Lindenhurst
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • North Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lindenhurst
  • Bronx County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
    • City Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • City Island is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
    • Locust Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Locust Point is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
    • Throggs Neck
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
    • Eastchester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Eastchester is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
    • Bronx
      (28 miles [45.1 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge
    • Fordham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Fordham is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
    • South Farmingdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
    • Farmingdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Old Bethpage
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Plainview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Swedetown Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
    • Woodbury
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • East Massapequa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
    • Massapequa Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • North Massapequa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
    • Bethpage
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Plainedge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
    • Biltmore Shores
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Biltmore Shores is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Shores
  • Queens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
    • Douglaston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Little Neck
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Queens Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Rosedale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bayside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hollis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Far Rockaway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Beechhurst
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Beechhurst is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
    • Jamaica
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Queens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Rochdale Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
    • Bayswater
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayswater is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater
  • Westchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
    • Milton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Milton is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Rye
      (23 miles [37 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>
    • Harrison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Larchmont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mamaroneck
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Chester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • New Rochelle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rye Brook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pelham Manor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Purchase
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastchester
      (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 Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
    • Darien
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Darien is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
    • Rowayton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Old Greenwich
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Shippan Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
    • Darien
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Noroton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
    • East Norwalk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
    • Noroton Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights
    • Norwalk
      (23 miles [37 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
    • Belle Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
    • Cos Cob
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenbrook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook

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

Cemeteries Near Deer Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deer Park.

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 Deer Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pinelawn Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinelawn Memorial Park
    • The Pinelawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Pine Lawn Memorial Park
    • Pinelawn Cemetery
    • Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #174076 <2>
  • Beth Moses Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wellwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Carll Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • New Montefiore Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John's Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Island National Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Charles RC Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Charles RC Cemetery
    • The St. Charles RC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cemetery of the Ressurection
    • Resurrection Cemetery
    • St. Charles Cemetery
    • St. Charles and Resurrection Cemeteries
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65944 <2>
  • Mt. Ararat Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Breslau Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (341 more) ...
    • Babylon Rural Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babylon Rural Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Babylon Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Babylon.
      • The Babylon Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Babylon Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1032904 <2>
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Brentwood Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Deer Park had a population of 132 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Wyandanch
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Babylon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Brentwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lindenhurst
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bay Shore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Commack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Elwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Elwood is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Melville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Islip
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Central Islip
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Amityville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenlawn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Hauppauge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • East Northport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • East Northport is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
    • Centerport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Deer Park ...

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 209 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deer Park.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Deer Park. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Deer Park and those printed in the larger area surrounding Deer Park.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> of Deer Park.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Deer Park:

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>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>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 Deer Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Deer Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.