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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 Montauk Station (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 Montauk Station. 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 Montauk Station ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Montauk Station: Montauk Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Montauk Station)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montauk Station, with the one closest to Montauk Station listed first.
    • Montauk
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Ditch Plains
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Ditch Plains is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditch Plains
    • Napeague
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Napeague is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napeague
    • Alberts Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Alberts Landing is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberts Landing
    • Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Springs is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
    • Amagansett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Hampton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fishers Island
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jericho
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jericho is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
    • Northwest Harbor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Northwest Harbor is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Harbor
    • Orient Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
    • Wainscott
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montauk Station, with the one closest to Montauk Station listed first.
    • Fenwick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
    • Old Saybrook
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Saybrook Manor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
    • Westbrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • New London County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montauk Station, with the one closest to Montauk Station listed first.
    • Eastern Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Eastern Point is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Point
    • Groton
      (19 miles [30.6 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>
    • Noank
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Stonington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • 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: 38,258 people
    • 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
    • Poquonock Bridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Poquonock Bridge is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquonock Bridge
    • West Mystic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Pleasure Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasure Beach is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Beach
    • Long Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Long Hill is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
    • Mystic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Pequot Village
      (21 miles [33.8 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 Montauk Station, see our County-by-County Page for Montauk Station.

Cemeteries Near Montauk Station ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montauk Station.

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 Montauk Station - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ft. Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Gardiner's Island Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Springs Community Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Green River Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • East End Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • John B Parsons Family Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Edwards Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Richard King Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Brown Swamp Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lily Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Most Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (144 more) ...
    • Cedar Lawn Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • North End Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Luke's Memorial Garden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Springs is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
  • Amagansett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • East Hampton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fishers Island
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Orient Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
  • Sag Harbor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sagaponack
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Bridgehampton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Groton
    (19 miles [30.6 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>
  • Stonington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Noank
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Orient
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Poquonock Bridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Poquonock Bridge is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquonock Bridge
    • West Mystic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • East Marion
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Montauk Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montauk Station.

Newspapers Published in Montauk Station ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montauk Station.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Montauk Station, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Montauk Station.

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 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 Montauk Station:

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