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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 Siegfield 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 Siegfield 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 southwest 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 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.

Siegfield Park is located in Suffolk County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Below are the counties that are near Siegfield Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Siegfield Park:

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Siegfield Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siegfield Park, with the one closest to Siegfield Park listed first.
    • Yaphank
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Gordon Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Gordon Heights is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
    • Middle Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Upton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Coram
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Medford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Ridge is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Brookhaven
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • North Bellport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • North Bellport is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellport
    • Shirley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmingville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bellport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siegfield Park, with the one closest to Siegfield Park listed first.
    • Farmingdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Old Bethpage
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Plainview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • South Farmingdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
    • Woodbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • East Massapequa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
    • Massapequa Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Laurel Hollow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
    • North Massapequa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
    • Swedetown Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
    • Bethpage
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Cove Neck
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Cove Neck is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siegfield Park, with the one closest to Siegfield Park listed first.
    • Stratford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Rock is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Bridgeport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
    • Fairfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stratford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Stratford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
    • Bridgeport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
    • Greens Farms
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Southport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Compo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Compo is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
    • Fairfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,215 people
    • Melville Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Melville Village is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Village
    • Westport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Westport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,444 people
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siegfield Park, with the one closest to Siegfield Park listed first.
    • Milford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
    • Milford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>
    • Short Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • West Haven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • West Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
    • West Haven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Branford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • East Haven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Orange
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Orange is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,882 people
    • Orange
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Pine Orchard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
    • Stony Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek

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

Cemeteries Near Siegfield Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Siegfield 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 Siegfield Park - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Siegfield Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Old Baptist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Yaphank Village Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Presbyterian Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • County Home Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Homan & Buckingham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Longwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Nathaniel Hawkins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Barteau Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • David Hawkins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (196 more) ...

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.<2>

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

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

  • Yaphank
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Medford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • South Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • South Haven is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
  • Middle Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Coram
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookhaven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Holtsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • East Patchogue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Patchogue is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Patchogue
  • Bellport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Selden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Patchogue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Moriches
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Siegfield 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 152 newspapers that have been published in the area around Siegfield Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Siegfield Park, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Siegfield Park.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Siegfield Park:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 Siegfield Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Siegfield Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.