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 Kings Park (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 Kings Park. 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 Kings Park ...
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 Kings Park, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kings Park may originally have been King's Park.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kings Park might be written as King Park.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kings Park. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kings Park.
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 doctors 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.
Kings Park 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 Kings Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kings Park:
- Suffolk County (The home county of Kings Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Park, with the one closest to Kings Park listed first.
- San Remo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- San Remo is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Remo
- Fort Salonga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nissequogue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nissequogue is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nissequogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,727 people
- Smithtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Commack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Northport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- The Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Branch is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- The Branch has also been known as:
- Village of the Branch
- Elwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Northport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Head-of-the-Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Head-of-the-Harbor is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head-of-the-Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
- Hauppauge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bronx County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Park, with the one closest to Kings Park listed first.
- City Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- City Island is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
- Eastchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eastchester is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
- Locust Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Locust Point is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Throggs Neck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
- Nassau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Park, with the one closest to Kings Park listed first.
- Laurel Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Woodbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cove Neck
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Old Bethpage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centre Island
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Farmingdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Farmingdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
- Swedetown Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
- East Norwich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Norwich is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich
- Oyster Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Queens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Park, with the one closest to Kings Park listed first.
- Douglaston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Little Neck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Queens Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bayside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hollis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beechhurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beechhurst is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
- Whitestone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jamaica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
- Queens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Park, with the one closest to Kings Park listed first.
- Port Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Rye
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Purchase
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners
- Larchmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mamaroneck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Banksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Banksville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Lewisboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pound Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Rochelle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Park, with the one closest to Kings Park listed first.
- Rowayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Compo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Compo is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
- Greens Farms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Darien
(16 miles [25.7 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
- East Norwalk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
- Norwalk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88,655 people
- South Norwalk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk
- Fairfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saugatuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saugatuck is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugatuck
- Darien
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Noroton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
- Norwalk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shippan Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Park, with the one closest to Kings Park listed first.
- Milford
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,882 people
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
- West Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kings Park, see our County-by-County Page for Kings Park.
Cemeteries Near Kings Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kings Park.
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 Kings Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kings Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kings Park, with the one closest to Kings Park listed first.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Johnland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Landing Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing Cemetery
- The Landing Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smithtown Landing Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
- Commack Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middleville Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ft. Salonga Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Genola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Phillip Neri Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hauppauge Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smithtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (367 more) ...
- St. James Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scidmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Northport Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kings Park had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kings Park, with the one closest to Kings Park listed first.
- East Northport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- Commack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smithtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Northport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hauppauge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Centerport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stony Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Central Islip
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lake Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ronkonkoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Setauket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kings Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kings Park.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kings Park ...
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 209 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kings Park.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kings Park. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kings Park and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kings Park.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5> of Kings Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Kings Park:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Suffolk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bronx County
- Nassau County
- Queens County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- New Haven 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 Kings Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kings Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |