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 Parsons Beach (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 Parsons Beach. 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 Parsons Beach ...
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.
A typical abbreviation for Parsons Beach: Parsons Bch. While the name of this community is Parsons Beach, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1> Parsons Beach may originally have been Parson's Beach.Parsons Beach might be written as Parson Beach. 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 southwest 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 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.
Parsons Beach is located in Queens County .
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Queens County : Bronx , Kings , Nassau , New York & Richmond .
Below are the counties that are near Parsons Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parsons Beach:
Queens County (The home county of Parsons Beach)
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Douglaston (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Little Neck (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bayside (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Beechhurst (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Whitestone (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Queens Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Queens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hollis (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Flushing (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jamaica (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Forest Hills (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Corona (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Bronx County
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Locust Point (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck City Island (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
City Island is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Bronx (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 <2>
Eastchester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Fordham (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Williams Bridge (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Concourse Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Kings Bridge (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Riverdale (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Kings County
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Bushwick (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Bushwick is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick Greenpoint (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Greenpoint is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint Brownsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Brownsville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Marcus Garvey Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Weeksville ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Weeksville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville Williamsburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Brooklyn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Canarsie (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Brooklyn Heights (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights Flatbush (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Flatbush is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Flatlands (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Flatlands is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands New York (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
New York is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
Nassau County
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
University Gardens (Less than 2 miles to the east)
University Gardens is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Gardens East Atlantic Beach (Less than 2 miles to the north)
East Atlantic Beach is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlantic Beach Harbor Hills (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills Saddle Rock Estates (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Saddle Rock Estates is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Rock Estates Saddle Rock (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Great Neck Estates (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Great Neck Estates is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 2,867 people
Great Neck Plaza (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Great Neck Plaza is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Plaza Population from the 2020 Census: 7,006 people
Russell Gardens (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Russell Gardens is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gardens Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
Lake Success (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Great Neck Gardens (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens Great Neck (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Kensington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Kensington is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
New York County
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
East Harlem (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
East Harlem is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Washington Heights (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Washington Heights is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights Delano Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Delano Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village Harlem (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Harlem is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Yorkville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Yorkville is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Inwood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Inwood is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Manhattan (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Manhattan is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Morningside Heights (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights Park West Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Park West Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village Seneca Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Seneca Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village East Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
East Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Hell's Kitchen (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Richmond County
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Fort Wadsworth (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth New Brighton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Stapleton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton Old Town Station (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Old Town Station is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station Grant City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Grant City is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Port Richmond (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Staten Island (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Westerleigh (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Arlington (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Arlington is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Graniteville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Oakwood (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Oakwood is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Bloomfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Bloomfield is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
Rockland County
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Palisades (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Piermont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Sparkill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Tappan (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Grand View-on-Hudson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Grand View-on-Hudson is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View-on-Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
Orangeburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
South Nyack (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
South Nyack is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
Blauvelt (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Nyack (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Upper Nyack (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
Central Nyack (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Pearl River (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
West Hills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
West Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills Cold Spring Harbor (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
East Farmingdale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
East Farmingdale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmingdale Melville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
North Amityville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
North Amityville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville Amityville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Huntington Station (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
South Huntington (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
South Huntington is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington Huntington (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Lloyd Harbor (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
Amity Harbor (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Amity Harbor is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Harbor Copiague (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Westchester County
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
New Rochelle (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Pelham Manor (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Eastchester (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Larchmont (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Pelham (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Mount Vernon (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Bronxville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Mamaroneck (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Tuckahoe (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Harrison (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Milton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Milton is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Bryn Mawr Park (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park Fairfield County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Belle Haven (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven Glenville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Greenwich (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Greenwich (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
Cos Cob (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Old Greenwich (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Shippan Point (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point Stamford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Darien (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Darien is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
Glenbrook (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Riverbank (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Noroton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Bergen County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Fort Lee (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Linwood (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Englewood (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
Ridgefield Park (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Teaneck (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck West Englewood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
West Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Hackensack (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
Saint Josephs Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Saint Josephs Village is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Josephs Village Borough of Wood-Ridge (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Borough of Wood-Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Wood-Ridge Estimated population in 2015: 8,249 people
Rochelle Park (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park West Norwood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
West Norwood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwood Lyndhurst (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst Essex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Belleville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Belleville is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Nutley (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Nutley is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley Bloomfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Bloomfield is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Brookdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Brookdale is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Newark (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Newark is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
East Orange (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
East Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
Elm Park Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Montclair Heights (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Montclair (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Montclair is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Upper Montclair (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Upper Montclair is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Montclair Cedar Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Cedar Grove is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Irvington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Irvington is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington Hudson County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Guttenberg (13 miles [20.9 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
North Bergen (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen West New York (13 miles [20.9 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
Hoboken (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Union City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
Weehawken (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken Jersey City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Bergen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Communipaw (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Secaucus (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Bayonne (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Kearny (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Kearny is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
Middlesex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Avenel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Boynton Beach (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Boynton Beach is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Beach Edgar (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Port Reading (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Port Reading is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Reading Sewaren (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Sewaren is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewaren Monmouth County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Navesink Beach (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Navesink Beach is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Beach Waterwitch (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch Belford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Belford is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford Leonardo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Leonardo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo Navesink (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Navesink is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink North Middletown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown Port Monmouth (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth Chapel Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill New Monmouth (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
New Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Monmouth Waterloo (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Waterloo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo Passaic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Delawanna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Passaic (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Passaic is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Athenia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Athenia is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Clifton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Clifton is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Paterson (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Paterson is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Little Falls (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls The Village at Little Falls (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Borough of Woodland Park (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
Singac (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Singac is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Preakness (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Preakness is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Wayne (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Wayne is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Union County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Elizabeth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Elizabeth is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
Hillside (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Hillside is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Elmora (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Elmora is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora Tremley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Tremley is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremley Linden (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Linden is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
Union (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Union is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cranford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Cranford is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Park Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Park Village is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Springfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Springfield is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Perth Amboy Junction (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Perth Amboy Junction is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Junction Rahway (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Rahway is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parsons Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Parsons Beach .
Cemeteries Near Parsons Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parsons Beach.
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 Parsons Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parsons Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Zion Episcopal Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Flushing Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
All Saints Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mt. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mt. St. Mary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Episcopal Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Hebron Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Grove Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Pauper Burial Ground (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Nassau Knolls Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Maple Grove Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Grace Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (458 more) ...
Prospect Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Prospect Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
St. Monica's Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Parsons Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parsons Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parsons Beach, with the one closest to Parsons Beach listed first.
Douglaston (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bayside (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Little Neck (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Great Neck (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Queens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Whitestone (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Hollis (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Flushing (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jamaica (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
College Point (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Corona (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Richmond Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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Morris Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Morris Park is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Park Middle Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Woodhaven (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parsons Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parsons Beach .
Newspapers Published in Parsons Beach ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parsons Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parsons Beach, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Parsons Beach.
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 Parsons Beach:
Websites specific to New York Pages specific to Queens County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bronx County Kings County Nassau County New York County Richmond County Rockland County Suffolk County Westchester County Fairfield County Bergen County Essex County Hudson County Middlesex County Monmouth County Passaic County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for New York Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Parsons Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Parsons Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parsons Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.