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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 East Patchogue (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 Patchogue. 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 Patchogue ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for East Patchogue: E. Patchogue

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Patchogue 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 East Patchogue. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Patchogue:

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of East Patchogue)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Patchogue, with the one closest to East Patchogue listed first.
    • North Patchogue
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • North Patchogue is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Patchogue
    • Patchogue
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • North Bellport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • North Bellport is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellport
    • Blue Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellport
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Medford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Bayport
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookhaven
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Farmingville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Holtsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sayville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Holbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Sayville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Sayville is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sayville
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Patchogue, with the one closest to East Patchogue listed first.
    • East Massapequa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
    • Farmingdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Old Bethpage
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • South Farmingdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
    • Massapequa Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • North Massapequa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
    • Plainview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bethpage
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Biltmore Shores
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Biltmore Shores is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Shores
    • Harbor Green
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
    • Laurel Hollow
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Massapequa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Plainedge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Patchogue, with the one closest to East Patchogue listed first.
    • Stratford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Black Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Rock is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Greens Farms
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Southport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgeport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
    • Bridgeport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
    • Compo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Compo is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
    • Westport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Westport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,444 people

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

Cemeteries Near East Patchogue ...

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

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 East Patchogue - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • St. de Sales Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Rice Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Blue Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Patchogue Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Bellport Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Ann's Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Corwin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (169 more) ...
    • David Hawkins Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Nathaniel Hawkins Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Barteau Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

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 East Patchogue had a population of 80 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Patchogue
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Blue Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bayport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Medford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sayville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brookhaven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Holtsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • West Sayville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Sayville is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sayville
  • South Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • South Haven is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
  • Holbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Yaphank
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in East Patchogue ...

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 186 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Patchogue.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Patchogue, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Patchogue.

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 websites either 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 Patchogue:

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 East Patchogue, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Patchogue) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.