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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 Dix Hills (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 Dix Hills. 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 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Dix Hills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dix Hills, with the one closest to Dix Hills listed first.
    • Elwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Elwood is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
    • Deer Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Commack
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyandanch
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Wheatley Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • South Huntington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • South Huntington is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington
    • Brentwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Greenlawn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Baywood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Baywood is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
    • Melville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • East Northport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • East Northport is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
    • Huntington Station
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • West Hills is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
  • Bronx County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dix Hills, with the one closest to Dix Hills listed first.
    • City Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • City Island is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
    • Locust Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Locust Point is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
    • Throggs Neck
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
    • Eastchester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Eastchester is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
    • Bronx
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge
    • Fordham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Fordham is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham
    • Concourse Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Concourse Village is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village
    • Kings Bridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
    • Riverdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Spuyten Duyvil
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dix Hills, with the one closest to Dix Hills listed first.
    • Old Bethpage
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Farmingdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • South Farmingdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
    • Plainview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Woodbury
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Laurel Hollow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
    • Bethpage
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Swedetown Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
    • Syosset
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • North Massapequa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
    • Plainedge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
    • Oyster Bay Cove
      (9 miles [14.5 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
    • Cove Neck
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cove Neck is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
  • Queens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dix Hills, with the one closest to Dix Hills listed first.
    • Little Neck
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Douglaston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bayside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Queens Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Rosedale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • 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
    • Whitestone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Far Rockaway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayswater
      (26 miles [41.8 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 Dix Hills, with the one closest to Dix Hills listed first.
    • Milton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Milton is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Port Chester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rye
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mamaroneck
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rye Brook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Larchmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • New Rochelle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Purchase
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pelham Manor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Pelham
      (25 miles [40.2 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>
    • Scarsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastchester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dix Hills, with the one closest to Dix Hills listed first.
    • Rowayton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Darien
      (18 miles [29 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
    • Shippan Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
    • Noroton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
    • Old Greenwich
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Darien
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • East Norwalk
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
    • Norwalk
      (20 miles [32.2 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
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk
    • Belle Haven
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
    • Glenbrook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Noroton Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights
    • Stamford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stamford <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Dix Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dix Hills.

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 Dix Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Carll Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Golda Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Commack Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Island National Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brentwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • West Hills Methodist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Melville Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Old Northport Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lower Melville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pinelawn Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (379 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.<3>

While we didn't find Dix Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dix Hills.

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

  • Deer Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Elwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Elwood is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Wyandanch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Commack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Melville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenlawn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Brentwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • East Northport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • East Northport is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
  • Centerport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Kings Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Northport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Huntington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Babylon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bay Shore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Central Islip
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dix Hills ...

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 207 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dix Hills.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

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 Dix Hills:

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 Dix Hills, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dix Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.