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 Wakefield (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 Wakefield. 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.
Wakefield is located in Bronx County .
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bronx County : Bergen (NJ) , New York , Queens & Westchester .
Below are the counties that are near Wakefield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wakefield:
Bronx County (The home county of Wakefield)
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Eastchester (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Eastchester is also located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Williams Bridge (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Williams Bridge is also located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Kings Bridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Kings Bridge is also located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Riverdale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Bronx (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bronx is also 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>
Fordham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Fordham is also located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Spuyten Duyvil (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Spuyten Duyvil is also located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil City Island (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
City Island is also located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Throggs Neck (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Throggs Neck is also located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Locust Point (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Locust Point is also located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Concourse Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Concourse Village is also located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Kings County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Greenpoint (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Greenpoint is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint Bushwick (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Bushwick is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick Williamsburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg New York (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
New York is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
Brooklyn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Weeksville ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Weeksville was located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville Brooklyn Heights (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights Brownsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Brownsville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Marcus Garvey Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Flatbush (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Flatbush is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Red Hook (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Red Hook is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hook Canarsie (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Nassau County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Sands Point (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Kings Point (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Manorhaven (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Manorhaven is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
Port Washington North (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Port Washington North is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Washington North Population from the 2020 Census: 3,160 people
Saddle Rock (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Baxter Estates (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Baxter Estates is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
East Atlantic Beach (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
East Atlantic Beach is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlantic Beach Great Neck Estates (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Great Neck Estates is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 2,867 people
Great Neck Gardens (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens Great Neck (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Harbor Hills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills Kensington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Kensington is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
New York County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Inwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Inwood is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Washington Heights (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Washington Heights is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights Delano Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Delano Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village Harlem (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Harlem is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem East Harlem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
East Harlem is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Morningside Heights (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights Park West Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Park West Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village Seneca Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Seneca Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village Yorkville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Manhattan (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Manhattan is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Hell's Kitchen (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Kips Bay (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Kips Bay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Orange County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Tuxedo Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Fort Montgomery (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Continental Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Continental Village is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village Putnam Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Queens County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Beechhurst (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Whitestone (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Astoria (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Flushing (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Jackson Heights (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Corona (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Woodside (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Bayside (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Douglaston (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Elmhurst (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Lefrak City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Lefrak City is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefrak City Little Neck (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Richmond County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
New Brighton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Fort Wadsworth (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth Stapleton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton Port Richmond (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Arlington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Arlington is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Graniteville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Old Town Station (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Old Town Station is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station Staten Island (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Westerleigh (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Grant City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Grant City is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Bloomfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Bloomfield is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
Heartland Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Rockland County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Palisades (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Tappan (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Piermont (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Sparkill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Grand View-on-Hudson (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Grand View-on-Hudson is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View-on-Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
Orangeburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
South Nyack (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
South Nyack is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
Blauvelt (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Nyack (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Central Nyack (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Pearl River (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Nanuet (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Cold Spring Harbor (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Lloyd Harbor (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
Halesite (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Huntington Bay (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Huntington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
West Hills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
West Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills Eatons Neck (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck Huntington Station (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Melville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Asharoken (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Asharoken is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asharoken Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
South Huntington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
South Huntington is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington Centerport (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Westchester County
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Mount Vernon (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Eastchester (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Pelham Manor (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Pelham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
New Rochelle (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Bronxville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park Tuckahoe (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Yonkers (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Nepperhan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Nepperhan is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan Larchmont (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Greenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Greenville is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Fairfield County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Belle Haven (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven Glenville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Greenwich (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
Cos Cob (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Old Greenwich (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Riverbank (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Shippan Point (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point Stamford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Banksville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Banksville is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Glenbrook (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Stamford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
Bergen County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Fort Lee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Englewood (6 miles [9.7 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
Linwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood West Englewood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
West Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Saint Josephs Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Saint Josephs Village is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Josephs Village Teaneck (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck West Norwood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
West Norwood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwood Ridgefield Park (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
River Vale (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
River Vale is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale Hackensack (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
Rochelle Park (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park Borough of Wood-Ridge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Borough of Wood-Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Wood-Ridge Estimated population in 2015: 8,249 people
Essex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Belleville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Belleville is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Brookdale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Brookdale is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Nutley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Nutley is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley Bloomfield (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bloomfield is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Montclair Heights (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Upper Montclair (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Upper Montclair is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Montclair Cedar Grove (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Cedar Grove is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Montclair (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Montclair is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair East Orange (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
East Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
Elm Park Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Newark (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Newark is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
Meadow Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Meadow Village is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village Hudson County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Guttenberg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
North Bergen (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen West New York (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
Union City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
Weehawken (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken Secaucus (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Hoboken (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Jersey City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Bergen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Communipaw (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Kearny (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Kearny is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
Harrison (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Harrison is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
Morris County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Butler (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Butler is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Hanover Neck (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Hanover Neck is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Neck East Hanover (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
East Hanover is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hanover Montville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Montville is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville Boonton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Boonton is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,878 people
Taylortown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Taylortown is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown Troy Hills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Troy Hills is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Hills Rosedale Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Rosedale Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village Whippany (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Whippany is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippany Lyonsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Lyonsville is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville Powerville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Powerville is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville Yardley Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Yardley Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley Village Passaic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Passaic (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Passaic is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Athenia (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Athenia is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Delawanna (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Clifton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Clifton is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Paterson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Paterson is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Borough of Woodland Park (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
Little Falls (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls The Village at Little Falls (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Preakness (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Preakness is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Singac (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Singac is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Wayne (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Wayne is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Haskell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Haskell is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Union County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Hillside (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Hillside is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Elizabeth (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Elizabeth is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
Elmora (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Elmora is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora Union (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Union is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Springfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Springfield is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Tremley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Tremley is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremley Cranford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cranford is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Linden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Linden is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
Park Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Park Village is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Summit (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Summit is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Population from the 2020 Census: 21,812 people
Clark (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Clark is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Perth Amboy Junction (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Perth Amboy Junction is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wakefield, see our County-by-County Page for Wakefield .
Cemeteries Near Wakefield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wakefield.
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 Wakefield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wakefield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Woodlawn Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Sherwood Park Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Beechwoods Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Bronxville Presbyterian Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. Raymonds RC Churchyard Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Blessed Sacrament Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
St. Johns Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Oakland Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Old West Farms Soldiers Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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St. Peter's Graveyard (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Raymond's Cemetery (Old) (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Pelham Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Wakefield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wakefield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wakefield, with the one closest to Wakefield listed first.
Eastchester (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Mount Vernon (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Dunwoodie (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Dunwoodie is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoodie Pelham Manor (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Pelham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Park Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Park Hill is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill Lowerre (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Lowerre is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowerre Riverdale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Bryn Mawr Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park New Rochelle (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Bronxville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Tuckahoe (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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Yonkers (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ludlow (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ludlow is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Nepperhan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Nepperhan is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wakefield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wakefield .
Newspapers Published in Wakefield ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wakefield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wakefield, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Wakefield.
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 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 Wakefield:
Websites specific to New York Pages specific to Bronx County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Kings County Nassau County New York County Orange County Putnam County Queens County Richmond County Rockland County Suffolk County Westchester County Fairfield County Bergen County Essex County Hudson County Morris County Passaic County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for New York Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wakefield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Wakefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wakefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.