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 Little Plains (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 Little Plains. 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 Little Plains ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Little Plains: Little Plns.
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.
Little Plains 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 Little Plains. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Plains:
- Suffolk County (The home county of Little Plains)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- Elwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Greenlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Northport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- South Huntington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Huntington is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington
- Huntington Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Commack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Centerport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Northport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Halesite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dix Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bronx County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- City Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- City Island is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
- Locust Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Locust Point is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Throggs Neck
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
- Eastchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eastchester is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
- Bronx
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge
- Fordham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fordham is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham
- Kings Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
- Riverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spuyten Duyvil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil
- Concourse Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Concourse Village is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village
- Kings County
- Bushwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bushwick is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick
- Nassau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- Laurel Hollow
(5 miles [8 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Bethpage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Neck
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Oyster Bay Cove
(7 miles [11.3 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Centre Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centre Island is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Swedetown Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
- East Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Norwich is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich
- Oyster Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethpage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- Delano Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delano Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village
- Inwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Inwood is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Washington Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Washington Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- East Harlem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- East Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem
- Harlem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Yorkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Queens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- Douglaston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Little Neck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Queens Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hollis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beechhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beechhurst is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
- Queens
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whitestone
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jamaica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
- Flushing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rockland County
- Palisades
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- Milton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Milton is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Port Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rye
(18 miles [29 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>
- Harrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rye Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Larchmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mamaroneck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Purchase
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Rochelle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Scarsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pelham Manor
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pelham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- Shippan Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
- Rowayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Darien
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Old Greenwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Darien
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Norwalk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk
- Noroton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
- Stamford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Norwalk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
- Belle Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
- Cos Cob
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- Milford
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Plains, see our County-by-County Page for Little Plains.
Cemeteries Near Little Plains ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Plains.
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 Little Plains - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Plains covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- Mt. Golda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Carll Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northport Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old Northport Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Hills Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Commack Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Genola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Phillip Neri Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ft. Salonga Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- AME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Burial Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (414 more) ...
- Melville Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Middleville Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Little Plains in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Plains.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Plains, with the one closest to Little Plains listed first.
- Elwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Greenlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Northport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- Centerport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Commack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Northport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Huntington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Spring Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wyandanch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kings Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brentwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hauppauge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Smithtown
(8 miles [12.9 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 Little Plains. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Plains.
Newspapers Published in Little Plains ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Plains.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Plains, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Plains.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Little Plains:
- 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
- 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 Little Plains, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Plains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |