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 Tilden (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 Tilden. 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 Tilden ...
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 Tilden: Ft. Tilden
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.
Fort Tilden is located in Queens County .
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Queens County : Bronx , Kings , Nassau , New York & Richmond .
Below are the counties that are near Fort Tilden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Tilden:
Queens County (The home county of Fort Tilden)
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Breezy Point (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Broad Channel (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Broad Channel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Channel Holland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Bayswater (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Bayswater is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater Far Rockaway (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Glendale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Glendale is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Ridgewood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Morris Park (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Morris Park is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Park Rochdale Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Rochdale Village is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village Forest Hills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Fresh Pond (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Fresh Pond is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Kew Gardens (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Bronx County
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Concourse Village (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Locust Point (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Bronx (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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>
City Island (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
City Island is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Fordham (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Fordham is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Williams Bridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Eastchester (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Kings Bridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Riverdale (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Kings County
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Sheepshead Bay (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach Flatlands (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Flatlands is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands Gravesend (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Gravesend is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Canarsie (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Coney Island (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Coney Island is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island Bath Beach (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Bath Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Beach Bensonhurst (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Bensonhurst is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensonhurst Brownsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Brownsville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Dyker Heights (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Dyker Heights is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyker Heights Flatbush (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Flatbush is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Fort Hamilton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Fort Hamilton is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hamilton Nassau County
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Atlantic Beach (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Inwood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Lawrence (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Lawrence is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Population from the 2020 Census: 6,535 people
Cedarhurst (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett Neck (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett Neck is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett Neck Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
Woodmere (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Woodsburgh (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Woodsburgh is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsburgh Population from the 2020 Census: 775 people
Long Beach (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hewlett Bay Park (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett Harbor (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett Harbor is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett Harbor Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
Hewlett (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
South Valley Stream (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
South Valley Stream is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley Stream New York County
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Fort Jay (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Fort Jay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jay Governors Island (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Governors Island is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Island Knickerbocker Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Kips Bay (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Kips Bay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Peter Cooper Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village Stuyvesant Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town Battery Park City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Battery Park City is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Park City East Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
East Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village University Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
University Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village Washington Square Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Greenwich Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Greenwich Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village Hell's Kitchen (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Richmond County
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Fort Wadsworth (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth Stapleton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton Old Town Station (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Old Town Station is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station New Brighton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Grant City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Grant City is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Oakwood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Oakwood is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Staten Island (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Great Kills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Great Kills is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Kills Port Richmond (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Westerleigh (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Graniteville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Heartland Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Amity Harbor (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Amity Harbor is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Harbor Amityville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
North Amityville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
North Amityville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville Copiague (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
East Farmingdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
East Farmingdale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmingdale Lindenhurst (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
North Lindenhurst (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
North Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lindenhurst Melville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
West Hills (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
West Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills West Babylon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
West Babylon is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Babylon Wheatley Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Wyandanch (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Westchester County
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Eastchester (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Pelham Manor (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mount Vernon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
New Rochelle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Pelham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Yonkers (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Bronxville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park Larchmont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Mamaroneck (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Nepperhan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Nepperhan is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan Tuckahoe (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Bergen County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Fort Lee (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee North Arlington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
North Arlington is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Arlington Linwood (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Ridgefield Park (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Lyndhurst (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst Borough of Wood-Ridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Borough of Wood-Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Wood-Ridge Estimated population in 2015: 8,249 people
Englewood (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
Hackensack (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
Teaneck (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck West Englewood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
West Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Garfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Garfield is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
Rochelle Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park Essex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Newark (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Newark is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
Belleville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Belleville is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville East Orange (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
East Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
Irvington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Irvington is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington Bloomfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Bloomfield is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Elm Park Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Nutley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Nutley is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley Orange (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Maplewood (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Maplewood is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood South Orange (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
South Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orange Brookdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Brookdale is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Millburn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Millburn is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn Hudson County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Bayonne (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Communipaw (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Jersey City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Bergen (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Hoboken (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Weehawken (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken Guttenberg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
West New York (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
Union City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
North Bergen (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen Harrison (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Harrison is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
Secaucus (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Middlesex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Boynton Beach (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Boynton Beach is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Beach Port Reading (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Port Reading is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Reading Sewaren (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Sewaren is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewaren Avenel (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Edgar (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Laurence Harbor (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Laurence Harbor is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurence Harbor Perth Amboy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Perth Amboy is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Population from the 2020 Census: 51,309 people
Woodbridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Woodbridge is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge Morristown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Morristown is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown Colonia (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Colonia is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonia Hopelawn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Hopelawn is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopelawn South Amboy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
South Amboy is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amboy Population from the 2020 Census: 9,095 people
Monmouth County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Navesink Beach (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Navesink Beach is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Beach Waterwitch (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch Belford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Belford is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford Leonardo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Leonardo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo Navesink (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Navesink is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Waterloo (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Waterloo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo Chapel Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill North Middletown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown Port Monmouth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth New Monmouth (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
New Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Monmouth Galilee (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Galilee is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee Fairview (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Morris County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
East Hanover (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
East Hanover is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hanover Hanover Neck (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Hanover Neck is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Neck Rosedale Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Rosedale Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village Yardley Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Yardley Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley Village Passaic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Delawanna (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Passaic (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Passaic is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Athenia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Athenia is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Clifton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Clifton is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Little Falls (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls The Village at Little Falls (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Borough of Woodland Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
Paterson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Paterson is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Singac (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Singac is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Preakness (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Preakness is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Somerset County (NJ)
Union Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Union Village is located in Somerset County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Union County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Elizabeth (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Elizabeth is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
Elmora (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Elmora is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora Tremley (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Tremley is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremley Hillside (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Hillside is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Linden (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Linden is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
Perth Amboy Junction (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Perth Amboy Junction is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Junction Union (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Union is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Park Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Park Village is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Rahway (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Rahway is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
Clark (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Clark is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cranford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Cranford is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Springfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Springfield is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Tilden, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Tilden .
Cemeteries Near Fort Tilden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Tilden.
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 Tilden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fort Tilden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Gravesend Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Washington Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Canarsie Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Holy Cross Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Old New Utrecht Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Quaker Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Mt. Judah Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
The Evergreens Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Evergreens Cemetery The Evergreens Cemetery has also been known as:
Cemetery of the Evergreens Knollwood Park Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Knollwood Park Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Acacia Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Continue List (410 more) ...
Bayside Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Maimonides Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Salem Fields Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Fort Tilden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Tilden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Tilden, with the one closest to Fort Tilden listed first.
Seaside (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Seaside is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside Sheepshead Bay (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay Manhattan Beach (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Manhattan Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Beach Brighton Beach (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach Flatlands (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Flatlands is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands Hammel (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hammel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammel Holland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Broad Channel (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Broad Channel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Channel Gravesend (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Gravesend is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Arverne (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Arverne is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arverne Canarsie (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Coney Island (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Coney Island is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island Continue List (13 more) ...
Parkville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Parkville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville New Utrecht (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
New Utrecht is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Utrecht Bensonhurst (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Bensonhurst is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensonhurst
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fort Tilden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Tilden .
Newspapers Published in Fort Tilden ...
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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Tilden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Tilden, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Fort Tilden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Tilden:
Websites specific to New York Pages specific to Queens County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bronx County Kings County Nassau County New York County Richmond County Suffolk County Westchester County Bergen County Essex County Hudson County Middlesex County Monmouth County Morris County Passaic County Somerset County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for New York Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Tilden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Tilden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Fort Tilden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.