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 Fort Hill (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 Fort Hill. 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 Fort Hill ...
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 Fort Hill: Ft. Hill
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fort Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Hill.
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 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.
Fort Hill 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 Fort Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Hill:
- Suffolk County (The home county of Fort Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- Halesite
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Huntington Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Huntington Station
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Huntington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Centerport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eatons Neck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck
- Northport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyd Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
- South Huntington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Huntington is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington
- East Northport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- Asharoken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Asharoken is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asharoken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Bronx County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- City Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- City Island is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
- Locust Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Locust Point is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Throggs Neck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
- Eastchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eastchester is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
- 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 <1>
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fordham is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham
- Kings Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil
- Concourse Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Concourse Village is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village
- Kings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- Bushwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bushwick is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick
- Greenpoint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greenpoint is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Canarsie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canarsie is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie
- Marcus Garvey Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weeksville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weeksville is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
- Nassau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- Laurel Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Woodbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cove Neck is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Oyster Bay Cove
(5 miles [8 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
- Syosset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Muttontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Muttontown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,673 people
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Norwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Norwich is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich
- Mill Neck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Bethpage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Washington Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Delano Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Delano Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village
- East Harlem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem
- Harlem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Morningside Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morningside Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights
- Park West Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Park West Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village
- Seneca Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seneca Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village
- Yorkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Manhattan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Manhattan is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
- Queens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- Little Neck
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Douglaston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bayside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Queens Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beechhurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Beechhurst is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
- Whitestone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hollis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Queens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jamaica
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
- Flushing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Corona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- Palisades
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Piermont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grand View-on-Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
- Sparkill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tappan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nyack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Nyack
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Orangeburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- Port Chester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Rye
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Rye Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mamaroneck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Larchmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Purchase
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Rochelle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pelham Manor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Scarsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Banksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Banksville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Pelham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- Shippan Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
- Darien
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Old Greenwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Noroton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
- Rowayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Darien
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Noroton Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights
- Norwalk
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk
- Belle Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
- Cos Cob
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Stamford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- Milford
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill 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
- Fort Lee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Norwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Hill.
Cemeteries Near Fort Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Hill.
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 Fort Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fort Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- AME Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Burial Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Huntington Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Northport Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Northport Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Hills Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Golda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Genola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Phillip Neri Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ft. Salonga Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (424 more) ...
- Scidmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Melville Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Fort Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Hill, with the one closest to Fort Hill listed first.
- Huntington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cold Spring Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Centerport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- East Northport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- Melville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Commack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kings Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wyandanch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Deer Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Brentwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hauppauge
(11 miles [17.7 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 Fort Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Hill.
Newspapers Published in Fort Hill ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Hill, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Hill.
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 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 Fort Hill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Suffolk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bronx County
- Kings 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Fort Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |