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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 Reydon Shores (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 Reydon Shores. 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 Reydon Shores ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Reydon Shores: Reydon Shrs.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Reydon Shores)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reydon Shores, with the one closest to Reydon Shores listed first.
    • Westmoreland
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Westmoreland is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmoreland
    • Southold
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Shelter Island Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Shelter Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Peconic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • North Haven
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • North Haven is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
    • Dering Harbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Dering Harbor is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dering Harbor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
    • Greenport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Noyack
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bay Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bay Point is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Point
    • Cutchogue
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • New Suffolk
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reydon Shores, with the one closest to Reydon Shores listed first.
    • Fenwick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Grove Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Old Saybrook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Saybrook Manor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
    • Westbrook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Old Saybrook
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • Westbrook
      (17 miles [27.4 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
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
    • Essex
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Ivoryton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reydon Shores, with the one closest to Reydon Shores listed first.
    • Madison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • East River
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Guilford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Madison
      (23 miles [37 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
    • Stony Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Guilford
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • North Madison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • North Madison is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
    • Pine Orchard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
    • Branford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Branford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
    • Branford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • North Branford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Short Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
  • New London County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reydon Shores, with the one closest to Reydon Shores listed first.
    • Old Lyme
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Old Lyme
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • South Lyme
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • East Lyme
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Niantic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasure Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasure Beach is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Beach
    • Hamburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hamburg is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Sterling City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Sterling City is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling City
    • Lyme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,304 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <1>
    • Lyme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
    • Waterford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Waterford is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,865 people

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

Cemeteries Near Reydon Shores ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reydon Shores.

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 Reydon Shores - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Patrick's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hashamomack Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashamomack Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hashamomack Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Greenport.
    • The Hashamomack Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Arshamomaque Cemetery
    • Hashamomack Old Families Burying Ground
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2272519 <3>
  • Willow Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Shelter Island Presbyterian Church Burial Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shelter Island Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cutchogue Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Burying Ground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Nichols Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Our Lady of the Isle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (201 more) ...
    • St. Agnes Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Southold
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Shelter Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shelter Island Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Peconic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Greenport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cutchogue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Suffolk
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sag Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • East Marion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mattituck
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Orient
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Watermill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Watermill is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Bridgehampton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sagaponack
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Orient Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point

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

Newspapers Published in Reydon Shores ...

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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reydon Shores.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reydon Shores, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reydon Shores.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Reydon Shores:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reydon Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Reydon Shores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.