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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 Lafarges Landing (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 Lafarges Landing. 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 Lafarges Landing ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lafarges Landing: Lafarges Lndg. (or less commonly used: Lafarges Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Lafarges Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lafarges Landing may originally have been Lafarge's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lafarges Landing might be written as Lafarge Landing.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Lafarges Landing 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 Lafarges Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lafarges Landing:

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Lafarges Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lafarges Landing, with the one closest to Lafarges Landing listed first.
    • Northwest Harbor
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Northwest Harbor is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Harbor
    • Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Springs is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
    • East Hampton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jericho
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jericho is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
    • Alberts Landing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Alberts Landing is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberts Landing
    • Amagansett
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sag Harbor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Bay Point is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Point
    • North Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • North Haven is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
    • Wainscott
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Napeague
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Napeague is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napeague
    • Noyack
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Shelter Island
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lafarges Landing, with the one closest to Lafarges Landing listed first.
    • Fenwick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Old Saybrook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Saybrook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Saybrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Saybrook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
    • Saybrook Manor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
    • Westbrook
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Westbrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Westbrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,842 people
    • Clinton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerbrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
    • Essex
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Essex is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,634 people
    • Essex
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lafarges Landing, with the one closest to Lafarges Landing listed first.
    • Madison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • East River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Guilford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Madison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Madison is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,924 people
  • New London County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lafarges Landing, with the one closest to Lafarges Landing listed first.
    • Pleasure Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Pleasure Beach is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Beach
    • South Lyme
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Niantic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Old Lyme
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Old Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,280 people
    • Old Lyme
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Eastern Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Eastern Point is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Point
    • Groton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Groton is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,872 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <2>
    • New London
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • New London is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,870 people
    • Waterford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Waterford is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
      • Waterford has also been known as:
      • Central Waterford
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <2>
    • East Lyme
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • East Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lyme
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,525 people
    • East Lyme
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • New London
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • New London is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,870 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New London <2>
    • Pequot Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Pequot Village is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequot Village

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lafarges Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Lafarges Landing.

Cemeteries Near Lafarges Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lafarges Landing.

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 Lafarges Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lafarges Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lafarges Landing, with the one closest to Lafarges Landing listed first.

  • Edwards Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Richard King Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Springs Community Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Most Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Brown Swamp Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Green River Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • John B Parsons Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. David AME Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • North End Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lily Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (172 more) ...

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 Lafarges Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lafarges Landing.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lafarges Landing, with the one closest to Lafarges Landing listed first.

  • Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Springs is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
  • East Hampton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sag Harbor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Amagansett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelter Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Orient Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
  • Bridgehampton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sagaponack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Orient
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Shelter Island Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • East Marion
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Watermill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Watermill is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
    • Southold
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Peconic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lafarges Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lafarges Landing.

Newspapers Published in Lafarges Landing ...

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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lafarges Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lafarges Landing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lafarges Landing.

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 helpful 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 Lafarges Landing:

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 Lafarges Landing, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lafarges Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.