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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 Patchogue Highlands (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 Patchogue Highlands. 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 northwest 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 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.

Patchogue Highlands is located in Suffolk County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Below are the counties that are near Patchogue Highlands. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Patchogue Highlands:

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Patchogue Highlands)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patchogue Highlands, with the one closest to Patchogue Highlands listed first.
    • North Patchogue
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Patchogue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Patchogue
      • North Patchogue is located in Suffolk County
    • Patchogue
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • East Patchogue
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Patchogue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Patchogue
      • East Patchogue is located in Suffolk County
    • Medford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Holtsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Farmingville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Holbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
      • Holbrook is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holbrook <2>
    • Bayport
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • North Bellport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bellport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellport
      • North Bellport is located in Suffolk County
    • Sayville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bohemia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patchogue Highlands, with the one closest to Patchogue Highlands listed first.
    • East Massapequa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Massapequa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
      • East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
    • Farmingdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Old Bethpage
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Bethpage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bethpage
      • Old Bethpage is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Bethpage <2>
    • South Farmingdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Farmingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
    • Bethpage
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Laurel Hollow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
      • Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
    • Massapequa Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massapequa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massapequa Park
      • Massapequa Park is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,034 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massapequa Park <2>
    • North Massapequa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Massapequa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
      • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
    • Plainview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Plainview is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainview <2>
    • Swedetown Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swedetown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
      • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
    • Woodbury
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Biltmore Shores
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Shores
      • Biltmore Shores is located in Nassau County
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patchogue Highlands, with the one closest to Patchogue Highlands listed first.
    • Black Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
      • Black Rock is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Fairfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greens Farms
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greens Farms. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Farms
      • Greens Farms is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greens Farms <2>
    • Southport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgeport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <2>
    • Stratford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Compo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
      • Compo is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Westport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
      • Westport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,444 people
    • Bridgeport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
    • East Norwalk
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
      • East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Norwalk
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwalk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
      • Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,655 people
    • Rowayton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rowayton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowayton
      • Rowayton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rowayton <2>
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patchogue Highlands, with the one closest to Patchogue Highlands listed first.
    • Milford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
    • Milford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Patchogue Highlands ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Patchogue Highlands.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • St. de Sales Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rice Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rice Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rice Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Patchogue Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patchogue Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patchogue Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blue Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Point Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Waverly Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waverly Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waverly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Lawrence Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lawrence Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lawrence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bohemia Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Ann's Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ann's Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ann's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (188 more) ...
    • Old Bellport Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bellport Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Bellport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cenacle Convent Graveyard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cenacle Convent Graveyard
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cenacle Convent Graveyard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

  • Patchogue
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • East Patchogue
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Patchogue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Patchogue
    • East Patchogue is located in Suffolk County
  • Blue Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Holtsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Medford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bayport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Holbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
    • Holbrook is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holbrook <2>
  • Bohemia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Sayville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • West Sayville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Sayville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sayville
    • West Sayville is located in Suffolk County
  • Bellport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Brookhaven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Selden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
      • Selden is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selden <2>
    • Ronkonkoma
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • South Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
      • South Haven is located in Suffolk County

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

Newspapers Published in Patchogue Highlands ...

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 168 newspapers that have been published in the area around Patchogue Highlands.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Patchogue Highlands, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Patchogue Highlands.

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 helpful 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 Patchogue Highlands:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Patchogue Highlands. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Suffolk County: www.co.suffolk.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Patchogue Highlands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Patchogue Highlands) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Patchogue Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7826, Longitude: -73.0271       In this case, the coordinates for Patchogue Highlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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