Great Kills (Richmond County, NY)

Welcome to Great Kills ...

Great Kills is located in Richmond County<1>.

We aren't confident of the location of Great Kills, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>

Great Kills is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Great Kills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Great Kills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Great Kills.

New York
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- New York lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the northeast of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
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Newark
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- Newark lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the north of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
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Jersey City
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- Jersey City lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the northeast of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
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Elizabeth
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- Elizabeth lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the north of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
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Union City
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- Union City lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the northeast of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
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Bayonne
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- Bayonne lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the north of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
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East Orange
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- East Orange lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the north of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
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New Brunswick
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- New Brunswick lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the west of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56,182 people
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West New York
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- West New York lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the northeast of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West New York have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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Hoboken
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- Hoboken lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the northeast of Great Kills.
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Great Kills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Great Kills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Great Kills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Great Kills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Great Kills. See our Newspapers Page for Great Kills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Great Kills ...

Looking for more information about Great Kills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Great Kills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Great Kills.

Adding Great Kills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Great Kills in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention that we've found for Great Kills was the Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details about the above, see References and Mentions for Great Kills.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Great Kills. 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>	If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Richmond, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Great Kills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	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 drawn from Point A (ie- Great Kills) to Point B.If you need the driving distance (or directions), we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Great Kills. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link for your convenience: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Great KillsOur distance measurements begin at a specific point in Great Kills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5544, Longitude: -74.1517 In this case, the coordinates for Great Kills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.