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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 Purdys Grove (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 Purdys Grove. 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 Purdys Grove ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Purdys Grove: Purdys Grv.
  • While the name of this community is Purdys Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Purdys Grove may originally have been Purdy's Grove.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Purdys Grove might be written as Purdy Grove.

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.

Newspapers Published in Purdys Grove ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Purdys Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Purdys Grove, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Purdys Grove.

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 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 Purdys Grove:

Cemeteries Near Purdys Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Purdys Grove.

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 Purdys Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lyon - Rawson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Union Cemetery
  • Water Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Water Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Water Baptist Cemetery
  • Water Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Water Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Water Baptist Cemetery
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Second Congregational Church Cemetery
    • Second Congregational Church Union Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103772 <3>
  • Christ Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Second Congregational Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
  • Green Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
  • Merritt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merritt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merritt Cemetery
  • Haviland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haviland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haviland Cemetery
  • Continue List   (529 more) ...
    • Old Town of Mamaroneck Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Town of Mamaroneck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Town of Mamaroneck Cemetery
    • Gedney Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gedney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gedney Cemetery
    • Rogers Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rogers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rogers 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.<5>

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

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

  • Port Chester
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Rye
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Rye is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <6>
  • Glenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
    • Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Greenwich
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Purchase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrison have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Harrison is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <6>
  • Mamaroneck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cos Cob
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mianus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mianus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus
    • Mianus is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • White Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Scarsdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
    • Scarsdale is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scarsdale <6>
  • Larchmont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Stamford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
      • Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stamford <6>
    • Hartsdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Tuckahoe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

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

The official website for Westchester County: www.westchestergov.com/

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).
<2>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- Purdys Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Purdys Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9926, Longitude: -73.6660       In this case, the coordinates for Purdys Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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 Purdys Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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