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 Point (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 Point. 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 Rockaway Point ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Rockaway Point: Rockaway Pt.
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.
Rockaway Point 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 Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockaway Point:
Queens County (The home county of Rockaway Point)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Breezy Point (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Holland (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Broad Channel (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Broad Channel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Channel Bayswater (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bayswater is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater Far Rockaway (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Glendale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Glendale is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Ridgewood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Fresh Pond (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Fresh Pond is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Middle Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Morris Park (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Morris Park is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Park Richmond Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Rochdale Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Rochdale Village is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village Bronx County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Concourse Village (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Locust Point (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Bronx (19 miles [30.6 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
City Island is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Fordham (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Fordham is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Kings Bridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Williams Bridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Eastchester (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Riverdale (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Kings County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Brighton Beach (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach Sheepshead Bay (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay Gravesend (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Gravesend is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Coney Island (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Coney Island is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island Flatlands (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Flatlands is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands Canarsie (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Bath Beach (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Bath Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Beach Bensonhurst (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Bensonhurst is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensonhurst Flatbush (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Flatbush is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Dyker Heights (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Dyker Heights is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyker Heights Fort Hamilton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Fort Hamilton is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hamilton Bay Ridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Bay Ridge is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Ridge Nassau County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Atlantic Beach (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Inwood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lawrence (10 miles [16.1 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 (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Woodsburgh (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Woodsburgh is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsburgh Population from the 2020 Census: 775 people
Woodmere (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett Neck (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Hewlett Neck is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett Neck Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
Hewlett Bay Park (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hewlett (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
South Valley Stream (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
South Valley Stream is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley Stream Valley Stream (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Bay Park (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Fort Jay (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Fort Jay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jay Governors Island (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Governors Island is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Island East Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
East Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Battery Park City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Battery Park City is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Park City Knickerbocker Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Greenwich Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Greenwich Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village Kips Bay (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Kips Bay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Peter Cooper Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 north)
Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town University Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
University Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village Washington Square Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Hell's Kitchen (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Richmond County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Fort Wadsworth (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth Stapleton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton Old Town Station (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Old Town Station is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station New Brighton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Grant City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Grant City is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Oakwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Oakwood is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Staten Island (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Port Richmond (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Great Kills (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Great Kills is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Kills Heartland Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Westerleigh (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Annadale (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Annadale is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadale Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Amity Harbor (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Amity Harbor is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Harbor Amityville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
North Amityville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
North Amityville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville Copiague (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
East Farmingdale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
East Farmingdale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmingdale Lindenhurst (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
North Lindenhurst (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
North Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lindenhurst Melville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
West Hills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
West Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills Westchester County
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Eastchester (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Pelham Manor (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mount Vernon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Pelham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
New Rochelle (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Yonkers (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Bronxville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park Larchmont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Nepperhan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Nepperhan is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan Tuckahoe (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mamaroneck (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Bergen County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
North Arlington (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
North Arlington is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Arlington Fort Lee (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Lyndhurst (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst Linwood (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Ridgefield Park (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Borough of Wood-Ridge (21 miles [33.8 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
Englewood (23 miles [37 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
Hackensack (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
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 north)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck West Englewood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
West Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Garfield (24 miles [38.6 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 north)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park Essex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Newark (18 miles [29 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Belleville is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville East Orange (20 miles [32.2 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
Irvington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Irvington is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington Elm Park Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Nutley (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Nutley is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley Bloomfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Bloomfield is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Maplewood (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Maplewood is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Orange (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange South Orange (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
South Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orange Brookdale (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Brookdale is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Millburn (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Millburn is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn Hudson County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Bayonne (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Jersey City (12 miles [19.3 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
Communipaw (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Hoboken (13 miles [20.9 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
Bergen (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Weehawken (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken Guttenberg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
Union City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
West New York (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
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
North Bergen (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen Harrison (17 miles [27.4 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
Secaucus (17 miles [27.4 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
Middlesex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Laurence Harbor (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Laurence Harbor is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurence Harbor Boynton Beach (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Boynton Beach is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Beach Edgar (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Port Reading (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Port Reading is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Reading Sewaren (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Sewaren is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewaren Avenel (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Hopelawn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Hopelawn is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopelawn Perth Amboy (19 miles [30.6 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Woodbridge is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge Morristown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Morristown is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown Colonia (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Colonia is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonia South Amboy (20 miles [32.2 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
Monmouth County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Waterwitch (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch Navesink Beach (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Navesink Beach is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Beach Belford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Belford is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford Leonardo (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Leonardo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo Navesink (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Navesink is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Chapel Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill North Middletown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown Port Monmouth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth Waterloo (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Waterloo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo New Monmouth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
New Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Monmouth Galilee (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Galilee is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee Fairview (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Morris County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Rosedale Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Rosedale Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village East Hanover (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
East Hanover is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hanover Hanover Neck (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Hanover Neck is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Neck Yardley Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Yardley Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley Village Green Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Passaic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Delawanna (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Passaic (23 miles [37 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
Athenia (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Athenia is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Clifton (24 miles [38.6 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
The Village at Little Falls (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Little Falls (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Paterson (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Singac is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Preakness (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Preakness is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Somerset County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Union Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Union Village is located in Somerset County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Smalleytown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Smalleytown is located in Somerset County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smalleytown Somerset (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Somerset is located in Somerset County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Union County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Elizabeth (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Elizabeth is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
Tremley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Tremley is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremley Elmora (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Elmora is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora Linden (17 miles [27.4 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
Hillside (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Hillside is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Perth Amboy Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Perth Amboy Junction is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Junction Rahway (19 miles [30.6 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Union is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Park Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Park Village is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Clark (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Clark is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cranford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Cranford is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Springfield (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Springfield is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockaway Point, see our County-by-County Page for Rockaway Point .
Cemeteries Near Rockaway Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockaway Point.
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 Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockaway Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Gravesend Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Canarsie Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Washington Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Old New Utrecht Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Holy Cross Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Quaker Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Green - Wood Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green - Wood Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Green - Wood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Brooklyn . The Green - Wood Cemetery has also been known as:
Greenwood Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64718 <2>
Acacia Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Bayside Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
The Evergreens Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Evergreens Cemetery The Evergreens Cemetery has also been known as:
Cemetery of the Evergreens Continue List (417 more) ...
Most Holy Trinity Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Most Holy Trinity Cemetery The Most Holy Trinity Cemetery has also been known as:
Henicke Cemetery Holy Trinity Cemetery Trinity Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Barkaloo Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockaway Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockaway Point, with the one closest to Rockaway Point listed first.
Sheepshead Bay (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay Manhattan Beach (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Manhattan Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Beach Brighton Beach (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach Gravesend (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Gravesend is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Coney Island (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Coney Island is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island Flatlands (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Flatlands is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands Seaside (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Seaside is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside Hammel (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Hammel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammel Holland (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Broad Channel (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Broad Channel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Channel Canarsie (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie New Utrecht (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
New Utrecht is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Utrecht Continue List (14 more) ...
Bensonhurst (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Bensonhurst is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensonhurst Bath Beach (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Bath Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Beach Flatbush (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Flatbush is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockaway Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockaway Point .
Newspapers Published in Rockaway Point ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockaway Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockaway Point, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Rockaway Point.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Point:
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 Suffolk County Westchester County Bergen County Essex County Hudson County Middlesex County Monmouth County Morris County Passaic County Somerset County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for New York Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rockaway Point. 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 Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Rockaway Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.