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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 Mount Sinai (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 Mount Sinai. 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 Mount Sinai ...

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 Mount Sinai: Mt. Sinai

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Sinai. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Sinai.

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

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Mount Sinai)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
    • Miller Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Port Jefferson Station
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Belle Terre
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Belle Terre is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
    • Port Jefferson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Sound Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Terryville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Terryville is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
    • Poquott
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Poquott is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
    • East Setauket
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Setauket
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Coram
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Selden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Old Field
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
    • Cove Neck
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Laurel Hollow
      (24 miles [38.6 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
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Old Bethpage
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Centre Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Centre Island is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
    • Oyster Bay Cove
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Farmingdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • South Farmingdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
    • Swedetown Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
    • Oyster Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Syosset
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Bethpage
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
    • Stratford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Black Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Rock is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Fairfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stratford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Stratford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
    • Bridgeport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
    • Bridgeport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
    • Southport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Greens Farms
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Compo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Compo is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
    • Fairfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,215 people
    • Greenfield Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenfield Hill is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Hill
    • Melville Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Melville Village is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Village
    • Westport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Westport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,444 people
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
    • Milford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
    • Milford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>
    • Orange
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Orange is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,882 people
    • Orange
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • West Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • West Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
    • West Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Short Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • Allingtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • East Haven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • East Haven
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • East Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
    • New Haven
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • New Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,801 people
    • Branford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Branford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
    • Branford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Mount Sinai ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Sinai.

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 Mount Sinai - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Washington Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Nassakeage - Hawkins Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Noah Hallock Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Caroline Episcopal Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Episcopal Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Caroline Episcopal Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Setauket.
    • The Caroline Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Caroline Churchyard
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #249765 <2>
  • Setauket Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bethel African-American Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Laurel Hill African-American Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Agudat Achim Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (325 more) ...
    • Roe Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Johah Smith Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Old Catholic Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Old Catholic Cemetery
      • The Old Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • The Old Middle Country Road Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mount Sinai had a population of 278 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Port Jefferson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Terryville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Terryville is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
  • Setauket
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • East Setauket
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Selden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Coram
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rocky Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Stony Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Middle Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint James
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Holbrook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Mount Sinai ...

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 158 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Sinai.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Sinai, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Sinai.

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 Mount Sinai:

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 Mount Sinai, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Mount Sinai) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.