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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 Saltaire (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 Saltaire. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Saltaire)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saltaire, with the one closest to Saltaire listed first.
    • Fire Island
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fire Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Ocean Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Gilgo - Oak Beach - Captree
      (4 miles [6.4 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
    • Great River
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Islip
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bay Shore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brightwaters
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brightwaters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • West Bay Shore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bay Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bay Shore
      • West Bay Shore is located in Suffolk County
    • 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.<1> 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 <2>
    • 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Great River
      • North Great River is located in Suffolk County
    • Babylon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • North Bay Shore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bay Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay Shore
      • North Bay Shore is located in Suffolk County
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saltaire, with the one closest to Saltaire listed first.
    • East Massapequa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Massapequa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
      • East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
    • Massapequa Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massapequa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Farmingdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • South Farmingdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Farmingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
    • Biltmore Shores
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Shores
      • Biltmore Shores is located in Nassau County
    • Harbor Green
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
      • Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
    • Massapequa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • North Massapequa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Massapequa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
      • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
    • Old Bethpage
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Bethpage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Seaford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Bethpage
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • North Wantagh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Wantagh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wantagh
      • North Wantagh is located in Nassau County
    • Plainedge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
      • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
  • Queens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saltaire, with the one closest to Saltaire listed first.
    • Bayswater
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater
      • Bayswater is located in Queens County
    • Far Rockaway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Little Neck
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Queens Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Douglaston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglaston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglaston
      • Douglaston is located in Queens County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglaston <2>
    • Hollis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
      • Hollis is located in Queens County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <2>
    • Rochdale Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochdale Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
      • Rochdale Village is located in Queens County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Saltaire ...

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 227 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saltaire.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Saltaire. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Saltaire and those printed in the larger area surrounding Saltaire.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of Saltaire.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Saltaire:

Cemeteries Near Saltaire ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saltaire.

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

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

  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
  • Old Central Islip Psychiatric Center Patient Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
  • Babylon Rural Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 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 <4>
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • St. Ann's Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ann's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ann's Cemetery
  • Union Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Lawrence Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lawrence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lawrence Cemetery
  • St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Brentwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brentwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brentwood Cemetery
  • Continue List   (169 more) ...
    • Bohemia Union Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Breslau Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Breslau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Breslau 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.<5>

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

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

  • Fire Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fire Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Bay Shore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Great River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Islip
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • West Sayville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Sayville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sayville
    • West Sayville is located in Suffolk County
  • Babylon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sayville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bohemia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lindenhurst
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Brentwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Central Islip
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bayport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Blue Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.<1> 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 <2>
    • Wyandanch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

The official website for Saltaire: www.saltaire.org/

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>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saltaire) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saltaire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6388, Longitude: -73.1949       In this case, the coordinates for Saltaire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Saltaire, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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