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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 Terryville (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 Terryville. 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 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Terryville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Terryville, with the one closest to Terryville listed first.
    • Port Jefferson Station
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Port Jefferson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Belle Terre
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Belle Terre is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
    • Mount Sinai
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • East Setauket
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Poquott
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Poquott is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
    • Setauket
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Selden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Centereach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Coram
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Stony Brook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Terryville, with the one closest to Terryville listed first.
    • Laurel Hollow
      (21 miles [33.8 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
    • Woodbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Old Bethpage
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cove Neck
      (22 miles [35.4 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
    • Farmingdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • South Farmingdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
    • Swedetown Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
    • Centre Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Centre Island is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
    • Oyster Bay Cove
      (23 miles [37 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bethpage
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Terryville, with the one closest to Terryville listed first.
    • Fairfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgeport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Stratford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Black Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Rock is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Greens Farms
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Southport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgeport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
    • Stratford
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • Compo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Compo is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
    • Westport
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • Fairfield
      (21 miles [33.8 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
    • Greenfield Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenfield Hill is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Hill
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Terryville, with the one closest to Terryville listed first.
    • Milford
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (21 miles [33.8 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>
    • Orange
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • West Haven
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Short Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • Allingtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • East Haven
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Derby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Derby is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
    • Branford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Branford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
    • Branford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Terryville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Terryville.

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 Terryville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Nassakeage - Hawkins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Roe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Caroline Episcopal Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Episcopal Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Caroline Episcopal Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Setauket.
    • The Caroline Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Caroline Churchyard
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #249765 <2>
  • Setauket Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethel African-American Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Laurel Hill African-American Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Agudat Achim Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (315 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Terryville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Terryville ...

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 191 newspapers that have been published in the area around Terryville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Terryville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Terryville.

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 either 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 Terryville:

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 Terryville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Terryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.