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 Eatons Neck (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 Eatons Neck. 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 Eatons Neck ...
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.
While the name of this community is Eatons Neck, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Eatons Neck may originally have been Eaton's Neck.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Eatons Neck might be written as Eaton Neck.
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.
Eatons Neck 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 Eatons Neck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eatons Neck:
- Suffolk County (The home county of Eatons Neck)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Asharoken
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Asharoken is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asharoken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Huntington Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Centerport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Halesite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Northport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lloyd Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
- Huntington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Salonga
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Huntington Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Northport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- Cold Spring Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bronx County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- City Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- City Island is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
- Eastchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eastchester is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
- Locust Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Locust Point is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Throggs Neck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
- Bronx
(24 miles [38.6 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 <2>
- Williams Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge
- Fordham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fordham is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham
- Kings Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
- Riverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spuyten Duyvil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil
- Concourse Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Concourse Village is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village
- Nassau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Cove Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Neck is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Laurel Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
- Centre Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Centre Island is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Oyster Bay Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Oyster Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Syosset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mill Neck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Norwich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Norwich is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich
- Lattingtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lattingtown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattingtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
- Locust Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Inwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Inwood is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Washington Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Washington Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Delano Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delano Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village
- East Harlem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem
- Harlem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Morningside Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Morningside Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights
- Park West Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Park West Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village
- Yorkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Queens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Little Neck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Douglaston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beechhurst
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beechhurst is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
- Queens Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Whitestone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Queens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flushing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jamaica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Palisades
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Piermont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grand View-on-Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grand View-on-Hudson is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View-on-Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- South Nyack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
- Sparkill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Upper Nyack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- Nyack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Orangeburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tappan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blauvelt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Central Nyack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Central Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Port Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Rye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Rye Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Purchase
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mamaroneck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Larchmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Banksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Banksville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Scotts Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners
- New Rochelle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Scarsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Rowayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Darien
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
- Darien
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Noroton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
- Old Greenwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Norwalk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
- Norwalk
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk
- Glenbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Noroton Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights
- Stamford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
- Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Saint Josephs Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Josephs Village is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Josephs Village
- Englewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
- Linwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- West Norwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Norwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwood
- Fort Lee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eatons Neck, see our County-by-County Page for Eatons Neck.
Cemeteries Near Eatons Neck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eatons Neck.
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 Eatons Neck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eatons Neck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- AME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Northport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scidmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Burial Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Huntington Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Northport Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ft. Salonga Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Genola Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Phillip Neri Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Middleville Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (453 more) ...
- Theodore Roosevelt Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Eatons Neck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eatons Neck.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eatons Neck, with the one closest to Eatons Neck listed first.
- Centerport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Northport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- Elwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Commack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rowayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Melville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Darien
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Noroton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
- East Norwalk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
- Smithtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eatons Neck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eatons Neck.
Newspapers Published in Eatons Neck ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eatons Neck.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eatons Neck, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eatons Neck.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Eatons Neck:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Suffolk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bronx County
- Nassau County
- New York County
- Queens County
- Rockland County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- New Haven County
- Bergen County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Eatons Neck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Eatons Neck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |