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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 Northville (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 Northville. 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 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Northville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
    • Luce Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Luce Landing is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce Landing
    • Aquebogue
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Laurel
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jamesport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mattituck
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Flanders
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Riverhead
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxwood Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Foxwood Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood Village
    • Glenwood Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenwood Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
    • Pine Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Valley is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
    • Northampton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Northampton is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton
    • Riverside
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Baiting Hollow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • Stratford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
    • Clinton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Clinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
    • Grove Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Westbrook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Westbrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,842 people
    • Westbrook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Fenwick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
    • Saybrook Manor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
    • Old Saybrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Killingworth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Ivoryton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Centerbrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
    • East River
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Madison
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Stony Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Guilford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Pine Orchard
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
    • Branford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Branford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
    • Branford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Short Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • Guilford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Guilford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,043 people
    • Madison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Madison is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,924 people
    • North Branford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • East Haven
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • East Haven
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • New London County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
    • Old Lyme
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Lyme
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • South Lyme
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Northville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northville.

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 Northville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Northville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Sound Ave. Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Aquebogue Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Jamesport Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverhead Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mattituck Presbyterian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Baiting Hollow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Good Grond Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cutchogue Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (216 more) ...
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Burying Ground
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wells Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<3>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Northville ...

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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Northville:

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 Northville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Northville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.