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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 Old Field (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 Old Field. 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 and doctors 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Old Field)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Field, with the one closest to Old Field listed first.
    • East Setauket
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Setauket
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Poquott
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Poquott is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
    • Stony Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Belle Terre
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Belle Terre is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
    • Port Jefferson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Head-of-the-Harbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Head-of-the-Harbor is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head-of-the-Harbor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
    • Mount Sinai
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Port Jefferson Station
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Terryville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Terryville is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
    • Nissequogue
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Nissequogue is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nissequogue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,727 people
    • Saint James
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Field, with the one closest to Old Field listed first.
    • Laurel Hollow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
    • Woodbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cove Neck
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • Centre Island
      (20 miles [32.2 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
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • Old Bethpage
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Syosset
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oyster Bay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Farmingdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • East Norwich
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • East Norwich is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich
  • Westchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Field, with the one closest to Old Field listed first.
    • Scotts Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Scotts Corners is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corners
    • Lewisboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Chester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pound Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Milton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Milton is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Rye
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Banksville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Banksville is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
    • Rye Brook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Boutonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Boutonville is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville
    • Harrison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Purchase
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Field, with the one closest to Old Field listed first.
    • Black Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Black Rock is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Fairfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greens Farms
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Southport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgeport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
    • Bridgeport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Stratford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Compo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Compo is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
    • Westport
      (15 miles [24.1 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
    • Melville Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Melville Village is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Village
    • Fairfield
      (16 miles [25.7 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
    • Saugatuck
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Saugatuck is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugatuck
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Field, with the one closest to Old Field listed first.
    • Milford
      (18 miles [29 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
      (18 miles [29 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
      (23 miles [37 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Allingtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Derby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Derby is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
    • Derby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Derby is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
      • Former name for Derby:
      • Birmingham
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <1>
    • East Haven
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Short Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • Ansonia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Ansonia is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,525 people

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

Cemeteries Near Old Field ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Field.

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 Old Field - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Agudat Achim Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Bethel African-American Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Laurel Hill African-American Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Caroline Episcopal Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • 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
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Nassakeage - Hawkins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (376 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.<3>

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

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

  • East Setauket
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Setauket
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Stony Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Port Jefferson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Terryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Terryville is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
  • Mount Sinai
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Saint James
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lake Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Kings Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Smithtown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Selden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Coram
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Old Field ...

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 232 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Field.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Field, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Field.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Old Field:

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 Old Field, 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- Old Field) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.