Our Genealogy Helper
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 Rockaway 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 Rockaway 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.
Rockaway Park is located in Queens County .
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Queens County : Bronx , Kings , Nassau , New York & Richmond .
Below are the counties that are near Rockaway Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockaway Park:
Queens County (The home county of Rockaway Park)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Broad Channel (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Broad Channel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Channel Holland (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Far Rockaway (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Bayswater (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Bayswater is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater Breezy Point (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Morris Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Morris Park is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Park Rochdale Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Rochdale Village is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village Rosedale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Glendale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Glendale is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Jamaica (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Kew Gardens (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Richmond Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Forest Hills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Bronx County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Locust Point (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Concourse Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Bronx (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Bronx is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
Bronx has also been known as:
Bronx Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <1>
City Island (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
City Island is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Fordham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Fordham is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Williams Bridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Eastchester (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Kings Bridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Riverdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Kings County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Canarsie (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Flatlands (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Flatlands is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands Marcus Garvey Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Brighton Beach (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach Gravesend (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Gravesend is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Sheepshead Bay (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay Brownsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Brownsville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Weeksville ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Weeksville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville Coney Island (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Coney Island is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island Brooklyn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Bushwick (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Bushwick is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick Bath Beach (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Bath Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Beach Bensonhurst (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Bensonhurst is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensonhurst Nassau County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Atlantic Beach (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Inwood (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Lawrence (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Lawrence is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Population from the 2020 Census: 6,535 people
Cedarhurst (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett Neck (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett Neck is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett Neck Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
Woodmere (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Woodsburgh (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Woodsburgh is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsburgh Population from the 2020 Census: 775 people
Hewlett Bay Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett Harbor (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett Harbor is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett Harbor Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
Hewlett (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
South Valley Stream (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
South Valley Stream is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley Stream Valley Stream (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Bay Park (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Bay Park is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Park New York County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
East Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
East Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Fort Jay (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Fort Jay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jay Governors Island (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Governors Island is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Island Knickerbocker Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Peter Cooper Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village Stuyvesant Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town Battery Park City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Battery Park City is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Park City Greenwich Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Greenwich Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village Kips Bay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Kips Bay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay University Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
University Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village Washington Square Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Yorkville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville East Harlem (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
East Harlem is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Richmond County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Fort Wadsworth (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth Old Town Station (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Old Town Station is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station Stapleton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton Grant City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Grant City is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City New Brighton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Oakwood (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Oakwood is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Staten Island (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Westerleigh (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Graniteville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Great Kills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Great Kills is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Kills Heartland Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Port Richmond (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Arlington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Arlington is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Rockland County
Palisades (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Amity Harbor (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Amity Harbor is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Harbor Amityville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Copiague (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
North Amityville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
North Amityville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville East Farmingdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
East Farmingdale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmingdale Lindenhurst (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
North Lindenhurst (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
North Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lindenhurst Melville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
West Hills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
West Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills West Babylon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
West Babylon is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Babylon Wheatley Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Wyandanch (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Babylon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Westchester County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Eastchester (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Pelham Manor (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mount Vernon (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Pelham (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
New Rochelle (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bronxville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Larchmont (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Yonkers (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park Mamaroneck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Nepperhan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Nepperhan is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan Tuckahoe (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Harrison (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Bergen County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Fort Lee (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Linwood (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Lyndhurst (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst North Arlington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
North Arlington is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Arlington Ridgefield Park (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Englewood (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
Borough of Wood-Ridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Borough of Wood-Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Wood-Ridge Estimated population in 2015: 8,249 people
West Englewood (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
West Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Hackensack (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
Teaneck (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck Garfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Garfield is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
Rochelle Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park Saddle Brook (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook Essex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Newark (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Newark is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
Belleville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Belleville is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Irvington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Irvington is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington East Orange (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
East Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
Nutley (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Nutley is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley Bloomfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Bloomfield is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Elm Park Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Orange (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange South Orange (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
South Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orange Brookdale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Brookdale is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Maplewood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Maplewood is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Montclair (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Montclair is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair West Orange (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
West Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Orange Hudson County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Communipaw (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Jersey City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Bergen (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Hoboken (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Bayonne (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Union City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
Weehawken (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken West New York (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
Guttenberg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
North Bergen (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen Secaucus (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Harrison (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Harrison is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
Kearny (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Kearny is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
Middlesex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Boynton Beach (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Boynton Beach is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Beach Port Reading (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Port Reading is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Reading Sewaren (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Sewaren is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewaren Avenel (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Edgar (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Laurence Harbor (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Laurence Harbor is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurence Harbor Perth Amboy (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Perth Amboy is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Population from the 2020 Census: 51,309 people
Woodbridge (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Woodbridge is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge Morristown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Morristown is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown Colonia (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Colonia is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonia Hopelawn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Hopelawn is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopelawn South Amboy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
South Amboy is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amboy Population from the 2020 Census: 9,095 people
Fords (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Fords is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Monmouth County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Waterwitch (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch Navesink Beach (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Navesink Beach is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Beach Belford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Belford is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford Leonardo (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Leonardo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo Navesink (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Navesink is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Chapel Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill North Middletown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown Port Monmouth (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth Waterloo (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Waterloo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo Galilee (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Galilee is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee New Monmouth (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
New Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Monmouth Fairview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Branchport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Branchport is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchport Passaic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Delawanna (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Passaic (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Passaic is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Clifton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Clifton is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Athenia (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Athenia is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Little Falls (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls The Village at Little Falls (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Paterson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Paterson is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Borough of Woodland Park (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
Singac (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Singac is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Union County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Elizabeth (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Elizabeth is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
Tremley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Tremley is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremley Elmora (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Elmora is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora Hillside (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Hillside is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Linden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Linden is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
Perth Amboy Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Perth Amboy Junction is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Junction Rahway (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Rahway is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
Union (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Union is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Park Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Park Village is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Clark (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Clark is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cranford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Cranford is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Springfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Springfield is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Westfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Westfield is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockaway Park, see our County-by-County Page for Rockaway Park .
Cemeteries Near Rockaway Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockaway 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 Rockaway Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockaway Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Canarsie Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
St. Marys Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Acacia Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Bayside Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Maimonides Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
B'nai Jeshurum & Shereth Israel Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Salem Fields Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Trinity Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Holy Cross Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Washington Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Gravesend Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Rockaway Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockaway Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockaway Park, with the one closest to Rockaway Park listed first.
Seaside (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Seaside is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside Hammel (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hammel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammel Holland (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Broad Channel (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Broad Channel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Channel Arverne (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Arverne is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arverne Far Rockaway (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Canarsie (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Flatlands (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Flatlands is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands Manhattan Beach (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Manhattan Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Beach East New York (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
East New York is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New York Cedarhurst (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Ozone Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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Gravesend (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Gravesend is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Sheepshead Bay (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockaway Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockaway Park .
Newspapers Published in Rockaway 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 192 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockaway Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockaway Park, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Rockaway Park.
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 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 Rockaway Park:
Websites specific to New York Pages specific to Queens County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bronx County Kings County Nassau County New York County Richmond County Rockland County Suffolk County Westchester County Bergen County Essex County Hudson County Middlesex County Monmouth County Passaic County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for New York Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rockaway Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Rockaway Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Rockaway Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.