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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 East Hampton (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 East Hampton. 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 East Hampton ...

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.

Another variation: Easthampton.

  • A typical abbreviation for East Hampton: E. Hampton

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

East Hampton is located in Suffolk County.

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

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of East Hampton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Hampton, with the one closest to East Hampton listed first.
    • Jericho
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Amagansett
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amagansett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagansett
      • Amagansett is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amagansett <2>
    • Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
      • Springs is located in Suffolk County
    • Northwest Harbor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northwest Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Harbor
      • Northwest Harbor is located in Suffolk County
    • Wainscott
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wainscott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wainscott
      • Wainscott is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wainscott <2>
    • Alberts Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sagaponack
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Napeague
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Napeague have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napeague
      • Napeague is located in Suffolk County
    • Sag Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgehampton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • North Haven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Hampton, with the one closest to East Hampton listed first.
    • Fenwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Saybrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Saybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Saybrook
      • Old Saybrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Saybrook <2>
    • Saybrook Manor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saybrook Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
    • Old Saybrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Saybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Saybrook
      • Old Saybrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
    • Grove Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Westbrook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Westbrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
      • Westbrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,842 people
    • Clinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
    • Centerbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Essex
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essex have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
      • Essex is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,634 people
  • New Haven County (CT)
  • New London County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Hampton, with the one closest to East Hampton listed first.
    • Pleasure Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • South Lyme
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lyme have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lyme
      • South Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Lyme <2>
    • Niantic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Eastern Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Groton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
      • Groton is located in New London County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,872 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <2>
    • New London
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New London have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • New London is located in New London County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,870 people
    • Old Lyme
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Lyme have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme
      • Old Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,280 people
    • Old Lyme
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Lyme have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme
      • Old Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Lyme <2>
    • East Lyme
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lyme have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lyme
      • East Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,525 people
    • East Lyme
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Noank
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Waterford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
      • Waterford is located in New London County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,865 people

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

Cemeteries Near East Hampton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Hampton.

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 East Hampton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • South End Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South End Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South End Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Luke's Memorial Garden
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke's Memorial Garden
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke's Memorial Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lily Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lily Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lily Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North End Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North End Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North End Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cedar Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Lawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jericho Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jericho Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jericho Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brown Swamp Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Swamp Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Swamp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Most Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Most Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Most Holy Trinity RC Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East End Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East End Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East End Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Richard King Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richard King Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richard King Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wainscott Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wainscott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wainscott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (115 more) ...
    • Green River Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green River Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Springs Community Presbyterian Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springs Community Presbyterian Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springs Community Presbyterian Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Edwards Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Hampton had a population of 816 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, East Hampton had a population of 1,138 people.

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

  • Amagansett
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amagansett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagansett
    • Amagansett is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amagansett <2>
  • Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
    • Springs is located in Suffolk County
  • Sagaponack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bridgehampton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sag Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Watermill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Watermill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
    • Watermill is located in Suffolk County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Watermill
    • From East Hampton to Watermill
  • Shelter Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelter Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Island
    • Shelter Island is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelter Island <2>
  • Southampton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shelter Island Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelter Island Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Island Heights
    • Shelter Island Heights is located in Suffolk County
  • Orient Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Orient
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orient have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
    • Orient is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orient <2>
  • East Marion
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Marion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Marion
    • East Marion is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Marion <2>
  • 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 East Hampton. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Hampton.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of East Hampton ...

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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Hampton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of East Hampton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of East Hampton and those printed in the larger area surrounding East Hampton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5> of East Hampton.

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 East Hampton:

The official website for East Hampton: www.town.east-hampton.ny.us/

The official website for Suffolk County: www.co.suffolk.ny.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 East Hampton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- East Hampton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Hampton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9638, Longitude: -72.1852    









 

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