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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 Robbins Rest (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 Robbins Rest. 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 Robbins Rest ...

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.

While the name of this community is Robbins Rest, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Robbins Rest may originally have been Robbin's Rest.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Robbins Rest might be written as Robbin Rest.

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Robbins Rest)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Rest, with the one closest to Robbins Rest listed first.
    • Ocean Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Beach
      • Ocean Beach is located in Suffolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean Beach <3>
    • Fire Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fire Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Island
      • Fire Island is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fire Island <3>
    • Saltaire
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltaire have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltaire
      • Saltaire is located in Suffolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saltaire <3>
    • Great River
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great River
      • Great River is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great River <3>
    • Gilgo - Oak Beach - Captree
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • East Islip
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Islip
      • East Islip is located in Suffolk County
    • West Sayville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Sayville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sayville
      • West Sayville is located in Suffolk County
    • Bay Shore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Islip
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Islip Terrace
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islip Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islip Terrace
      • Islip Terrace is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Islip Terrace <3>
    • North Great River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Great River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Great River
      • North Great River is located in Suffolk County
    • Brightwaters
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brightwaters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwaters
      • Brightwaters is located in Suffolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,050 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brightwaters <3>
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Rest, with the one closest to Robbins Rest listed first.
    • East Massapequa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Massapequa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
      • East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
    • Biltmore Shores
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Shores
      • Biltmore Shores is located in Nassau County
    • Farmingdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Harbor Green
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
      • Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
    • Massapequa Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massapequa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
    • South Farmingdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Farmingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
    • Massapequa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • North Massapequa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Massapequa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
      • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
    • Old Bethpage
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Bethpage have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
    • Plainedge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
      • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
    • Seaford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaford
      • Seaford is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaford <3>
    • Bethpage
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Queens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Rest, with the one closest to Robbins Rest listed first.
    • Far Rockaway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Little Neck
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Queens Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Robbins Rest ...

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 207 newspapers that have been published in the area around Robbins Rest.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Robbins Rest, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Robbins Rest.

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 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 Robbins Rest:

Cemeteries Near Robbins Rest ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Robbins Rest.

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 Robbins Rest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
  • St. Ann's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ann's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ann's Cemetery
  • Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Lawrence Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lawrence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lawrence Cemetery
  • Old Central Islip Psychiatric Center Patient Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bohemia Union Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery
  • Babylon Rural Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Babylon Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Babylon.
    • The Babylon Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Babylon Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Babylon Rural Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1032904 <5>
  • First Methodist Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the First Methodist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First Methodist Church Cemetery
  • Blue Point Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Point Cemetery
  • Continue List   (168 more) ...
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Brentwood Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brentwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brentwood 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.<6>

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

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

  • Fire Island
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fire Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Island
    • Fire Island is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fire Island <3>
  • Great River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great River
    • Great River is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great River <3>
  • Islip
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • West Sayville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Sayville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sayville
    • West Sayville is located in Suffolk County
  • Bay Shore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sayville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bayport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Blue Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bohemia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Babylon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Central Islip
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Brentwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Patchogue
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ronkonkoma
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Deer Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
      • Deer Park is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Park <3>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Robbins Rest. 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>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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Robbins Rest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Robbins Rest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6434, Longitude: -73.1646       In this case, the coordinates for Robbins Rest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Robbins Rest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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