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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 Redwood (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 Redwood. 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 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Redwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redwood, with the one closest to Redwood listed first.
    • Sag Harbor
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bay Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Bay Point is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Point
    • North Haven
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • North Haven is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
    • Noyack
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Northwest Harbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Northwest Harbor is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Harbor
    • Bridgehampton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Shelter Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Westmoreland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Westmoreland is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmoreland
    • Sagaponack
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • West Mecox Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • West Mecox Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mecox Village
    • Wainscott
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dering Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Dering Harbor is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dering Harbor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redwood, with the one closest to Redwood listed first.
    • Fenwick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Old Saybrook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Saybrook Manor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
    • Westbrook
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Grove Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Westbrook
      (22 miles [35.4 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
    • Clinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
    • Essex
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Centerbrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redwood, with the one closest to Redwood listed first.
    • Madison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • East River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Guilford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Madison
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Madison is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,924 people
    • Guilford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Guilford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,043 people
    • Stony Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • North Madison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • North Madison is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
    • Pine Orchard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
  • New London County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redwood, with the one closest to Redwood listed first.
    • Old Lyme
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • South Lyme
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Old Lyme
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Niantic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Pleasure Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Pleasure Beach is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Beach
    • East Lyme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • East Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lyme
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,525 people
    • East Lyme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Waterford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Waterford is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,865 people
    • Waterford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Waterford is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
      • Waterford has also been known as:
      • Central Waterford
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <1>
    • Eastern Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Eastern Point is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Point
    • Groton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Groton is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,872 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <1>
    • New London
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • New London is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,870 people

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

Cemeteries Near Redwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Redwood.

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

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

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

  • Noyac Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. David AME Zion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Edgewood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hay Ground Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bridgehampton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Poxabogue Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Nichols Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Shelter Island Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Shelter Island Presbyterian Church Burial Ground
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (161 more) ...
    • Sagg Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Wainscott Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Most Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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 Redwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Redwood.

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

  • Sag Harbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bridgehampton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Shelter Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sagaponack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Watermill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Watermill is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
  • Shelter Island Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Greenport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • East Hampton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Southold
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Southampton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Southampton is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,313 people
    • Southampton has also been known as:
    • Southampton village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southampton <1>
  • Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Springs is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
  • Peconic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Redwood ...

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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Redwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Redwood, 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 Redwood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Redwood:

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 Redwood, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Redwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.