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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 Secor Gardens (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 Secor Gardens. 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 Secor Gardens ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Secor Gardens: Secor Gdns. (or less commonly used: Secor Gardns., Secor Grdens. or Secor Grdns.)

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.

Cemeteries Near Secor Gardens ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Secor Gardens.

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

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

  • Haviland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haviland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haviland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Presbyterian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Presbyterian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Presbyterian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Mount Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Mount Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Mount Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seacord Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seacord Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seacord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palmer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Florence - Powell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florence - Powell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Florence - Powell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Delancey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delancey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Delancey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Disbrow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Disbrow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Disbrow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Town of Mamaroneck Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Town of Mamaroneck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Town of Mamaroneck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rogers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rogers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gedney Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gedney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gedney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Rural Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rural Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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 Secor Gardens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Secor Gardens.

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

  • Scarsdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
    • Scarsdale is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scarsdale <4>
  • White Plains
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Harrison
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Harrison is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <4>
  • Hartsdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mamaroneck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Purchase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tuckahoe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Larchmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rye
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Rye is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <4>
  • Port Chester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Woodlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodlands. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
    • Woodlands is located in Westchester County
  • Ardsley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ardsley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardsley
    • Ardsley is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,502 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ardsley <4>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bronxville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • New Rochelle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Glenville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
      • Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT)

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

Newspapers Published in Secor Gardens ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Secor Gardens.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Secor Gardens, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Secor Gardens.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Secor Gardens:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Secor Gardens. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Westchester County: www.westchestergov.com/

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>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Secor Gardens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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- Secor Gardens) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Secor Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9945, Longitude: -73.7610       In this case, the coordinates for Secor Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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