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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 Riverhaven Park (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 Riverhaven Park. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Riverhaven Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riverhaven Park, with the one closest to Riverhaven Park listed first.
    • Aquebogue
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Flanders
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jamesport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverhead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Northville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Northville is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
    • Laurel
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Valley is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
    • Luce Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Luce Landing is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce Landing
    • Northampton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Northampton is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton
    • Riverside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Glenwood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Glenwood Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
    • Squiretown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Squiretown is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squiretown
    • Foxwood Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Foxwood Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood Village
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riverhaven Park, with the one closest to Riverhaven Park listed first.
    • Clinton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Grove Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Clinton
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Westbrook
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Westbrook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Fenwick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
    • Saybrook Manor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
    • Old Saybrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Killingworth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Ivoryton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riverhaven Park, with the one closest to Riverhaven Park listed first.
    • East River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Madison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Stony Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Guilford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Pine Orchard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • 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 north)
      • 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)
    • Short Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • East Haven
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Guilford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Guilford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,043 people
    • Madison
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Madison is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,924 people
    • North Branford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • East Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
  • New London County (CT)
    • Old Lyme
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Riverhaven Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverhaven Park.

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 Riverhaven Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Aquebogue Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jamesport Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Northville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Sound Ave. Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Riverhead Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Good Grond Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • East Quogue Methodist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mattituck Presbyterian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Baiting Hollow Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (181 more) ...
    • Eastport Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wells Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Robinson & Gordon Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<3>

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

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

  • Flanders
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Aquebogue
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Riverhead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Jamesport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Calverton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • East Quogue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mattituck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Westhampton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Quogue
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Baiting Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Speonk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Shinnecock Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Shinnecock Hills is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinnecock Hills
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • New Suffolk
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cutchogue
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Eastport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Eastport is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastport

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

Newspapers Published in Riverhaven Park ...

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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverhaven Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverhaven Park, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riverhaven Park.

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 Riverhaven Park:

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