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 South Huntington (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 South Huntington. 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 South Huntington ...
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 South Huntington: S. Huntington
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 and 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.
South Huntington 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 South Huntington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Huntington:
- Suffolk County (The home county of South Huntington)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- West Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Hills is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
- Huntington Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Melville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dix Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Greenlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Halesite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cold Spring Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatley Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Commack
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Centerport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bronx County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- City Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- City Island is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
- Locust Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Locust Point is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Throggs Neck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
- Eastchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eastchester is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
- Bronx
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Williams Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge
- Fordham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fordham is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham
- Kings Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
- Concourse Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Concourse Village is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village
- Riverdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spuyten Duyvil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil
- Kings County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Bushwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bushwick is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick
- Canarsie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canarsie is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie
- Marcus Garvey Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Greenpoint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greenpoint is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint
- Weeksville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Weeksville is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
- Brooklyn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Nassau County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Woodbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
- Plainview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Bethpage
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Swedetown Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
- Oyster Bay Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oyster Bay Cove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,243 people
- Syosset
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cove Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cove Neck is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Farmingdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethpage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hicksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Norwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Norwich is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwich
- Jericho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New York County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Inwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Inwood is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Delano Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Delano Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village
- East Harlem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem
- Harlem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Washington Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Washington Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Yorkville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Manhattan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Manhattan is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
- Morningside Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morningside Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights
- Park West Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Park West Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village
- Seneca Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seneca Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village
- Kips Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kips Bay is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay
- Peter Cooper Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village
- Stuyvesant Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town
- Queens County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Douglaston
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Little Neck
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Queens Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bayside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rosedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beechhurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Beechhurst is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
- Queens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Whitestone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jamaica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
- Flushing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Far Rockaway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Palisades
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Piermont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Milton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milton is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Port Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rye
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rye is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,634 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <1>
- Harrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mamaroneck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Larchmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rye Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Rochelle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pelham Manor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Purchase
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scarsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pelham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eastchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Shippan Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
- Darien
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
- Rowayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Old Greenwich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Darien
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Noroton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
- Belle Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
- Stamford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Noroton Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights
- Cos Cob
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
- Greenwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Fort Lee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Linwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Saint Josephs Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Josephs Village is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Josephs Village
- Englewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Huntington, see our County-by-County Page for South Huntington.
Cemeteries Near South Huntington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Huntington.
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 South Huntington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Huntington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Mt. Golda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Hills Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Melville Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- AME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Burial Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Huntington Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Melville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Long Island National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Northport Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Northport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- St. Johns Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pinelawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinelawn Memorial Park
- The Pinelawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Pine Lawn Memorial Park
- Pinelawn Cemetery
- Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #174076 <2>
- Beth Moses Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 South Huntington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Huntington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Huntington, with the one closest to South Huntington listed first.
- Melville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huntington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Greenlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandanch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Commack
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Northport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- Centerport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Northport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kings Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Amityville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lindenhurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Huntington. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Huntington.
Newspapers Published in South Huntington ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Huntington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Huntington, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Huntington.
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 professional and volunteer 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 South Huntington:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Suffolk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bronx County
- Kings County
- Nassau County
- New York County
- Queens County
- Rockland County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Bergen County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | 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 South Huntington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- South Huntington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |