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 Maywood (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 Maywood. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Maywood 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 Maywood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maywood:
- Suffolk County (The home county of Maywood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- East Farmingdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Farmingdale is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmingdale
- North Amityville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Amityville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville
- North Lindenhurst
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lindenhurst
- Amityville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Babylon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Babylon is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Babylon
- Wyandanch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Copiague
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lindenhurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Melville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wheatley Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amity Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amity Harbor is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Harbor
- Babylon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bronx County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- City Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- City Island is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
- Locust Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Locust Point is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Throggs Neck
(21 miles [33.8 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 northwest)
- Eastchester is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
- Bronx
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge
- Concourse Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Concourse Village is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village
- Fordham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fordham is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham
- Kings Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
- Spuyten Duyvil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil
- Riverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Bushwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bushwick is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick
- Canarsie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Canarsie is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie
- Marcus Garvey Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Weeksville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Weeksville is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
- Brooklyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Flatlands
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Flatlands is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands
- Greenpoint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greenpoint is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint
- Williamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Flatbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flatbush is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush
- Sheepshead Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay
- Brighton Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brighton Beach is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach
- Nassau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- South Farmingdale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
- Farmingdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Massapequa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
- Bethpage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bethpage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Massapequa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
- Massapequa Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Massapequa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainedge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plainedge is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
- Biltmore Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Biltmore Shores is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Shores
- North Wantagh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Wantagh is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wantagh
- Levittown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- Delano Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delano Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village
- East Harlem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem
- Inwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Inwood is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Yorkville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Harlem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Kips Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kips Bay is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay
- Manhattan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Manhattan is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
- Morningside Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Morningside Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights
- Park West Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Park West Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village
- Peter Cooper Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village
- Seneca Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seneca Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village
- Stuyvesant Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town
- Queens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- Douglaston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Little Neck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Queens Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rosedale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hollis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Far Rockaway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bayside
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rochdale Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
- Bayswater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bayswater is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater
- Jamaica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Queens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beechhurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beechhurst is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- Milton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milton is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Harrison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Larchmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mamaroneck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Rochelle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rye
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- Pelham Manor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pelham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Port Chester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eastchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rye Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- Shippan Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
- Darien
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
- Old Greenwich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Belle Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
- Noroton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
- Rowayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stamford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cos Cob
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
- Greenwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Darien
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Glenbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- Fort Lee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Englewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
- Linwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Hudson County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- Guttenberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guttenberg is located in Hudson County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
- West New York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maywood, see our County-by-County Page for Maywood.
Cemeteries Near Maywood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maywood.
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 Maywood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maywood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- Amityville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Ararat Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Montefiore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Charles RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Charles RC Cemetery
- The St. Charles RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cemetery of the Ressurection
- Resurrection Cemetery
- St. Charles Cemetery
- St. Charles and Resurrection Cemeteries
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65944 <2>
- Brewster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Payne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brewster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brunn - Greene Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wellwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beth Moses Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Pinelawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinelawn Memorial Park
- The Pinelawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Pine Lawn Memorial Park
- Pinelawn Cemetery
- Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #174076 <2>
- Long Island National Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stymus Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Maywood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maywood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
- Amityville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lindenhurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandanch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Babylon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Shore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Huntington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Commack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cold Spring Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Islip
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Northport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maywood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maywood.
Newspapers Published in Maywood ...
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 278 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maywood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maywood, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maywood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Maywood:
- 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
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Bergen County
- Hudson 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Maywood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Maywood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |