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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 Maidstone 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 Maidstone 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.

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

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Maidstone Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maidstone Park, with the one closest to Maidstone Park listed first.
    • Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Springs is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
    • Northwest Harbor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Northwest Harbor is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Harbor
    • Alberts Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Alberts Landing is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberts Landing
    • East Hampton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Amagansett
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jericho
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jericho is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
    • Napeague
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Napeague is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napeague
    • North Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 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
    • Sag Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Wainscott
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Bay Point is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Point
    • Orient Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
    • Noyack
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maidstone Park, with the one closest to Maidstone Park 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • 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
    • Old Saybrook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
    • 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
      (23 miles [37 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
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Essex
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerbrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (25 miles [40.2 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
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maidstone Park, with the one closest to Maidstone Park listed first.
    • Madison
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • East River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
  • New London County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maidstone Park, with the one closest to Maidstone Park listed first.
    • Pleasure Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Pleasure Beach is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Beach
    • Niantic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • South Lyme
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Eastern Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Eastern Point is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Point
    • Groton
      (20 miles [32.2 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 <1>
    • New London
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • 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)
    • East Lyme
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Waterford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Waterford is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,865 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 <1>
    • 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
    • Groton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Groton is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,258 people

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

Cemeteries Near Maidstone Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maidstone 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 Maidstone Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Edwards Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Springs Community Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • John B Parsons Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Richard King Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Green River Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Brown Swamp Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Most Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • 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 south)
  • East End Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (169 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.<2>

While we didn't find Maidstone Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maidstone Park.

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

  • Springs
    (Less than 2 miles 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)
  • Amagansett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sag Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Orient Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
  • Shelter Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bridgehampton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sagaponack
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Orient
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Shelter Island Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • East Marion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Watermill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Watermill is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
    • Southold
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Peconic
      (14 miles [22.5 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 Maidstone Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maidstone Park.

Newspapers Published in Maidstone 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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maidstone Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maidstone Park, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maidstone Park.

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 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 Maidstone Park:

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 Maidstone Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Maidstone Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.